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Essie Cranford Obituary
Visitation will be from 5:30 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Life Church in Boutte. Funeral services will be at 7 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home. Visitation will also be from 9 a.m. until funeral time Saturday at Benton Funeral Home in Fordyce, Arkansas, with burial in Ernest Cemetery in Tinsman, Arkansas.
She is survived by her son, Wendell Cranford; brother, Frank Davis; 2 grandchildren; and one great-grandchild.
She was preceded in death by her husband, James Hollis Cranford; parents, James and Effie Smith Davis; brother, Earl Davis; and sisters, Nettie Mercer and Eva Porter.
Falgout Funeral Home in Raceland is in charge of arrangements.
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