Mary Kimberly Cranford

Mary Kimberly Cranford, age 64, passed away Monday, June 2, 2025, at the North MS Baptist Memorial Hospital in Oxford, MS.

Funeral services for Mary will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Thursday, June 5, 2025 in the Martin Willingham Memorial Chapel of Wells Funeral Home with the interment to follow at Chapel Hill Cemetery in Pope, MS. The family will receive friends beginning at 9:00 a.m.

Mary was born in Indianola, MS, on October 5, 1960, to the late Charles and Juanita Hill. She is also preceded in death by her brother, Mike Hill.

Mary was a member of Enid Lake Baptist Church. A devoted wife, mom, grandmother, and great-grandmother, she loved spending time with her family and cooking for them, cherishing every minute spent with them all.

Mary worked in the grocery store all of her life, greeting customers with her kind smile and friendly personality. In fact, the grocery store is where she met the love of her life, Jerry Cranford. She also worked for many years with the Pope Fire Department.

The family she leaves behind includes her husband, Jerry Lee Cranford, Sr.; her children, Anita Walters (Jeff) and Charles Cranford (Paige); her step-children, Rebekka Thorton (Odie) and Jerry Cranford, Jr.; 11 grandchildren, Anna, Landon, Mike, Savannah, Ashton, Scotti, Kimberly, Adam, Shelby, Brandon, and Robby; and her great grandchildren.

She also leaves behind three brothers, Charlie Hill (Rhonda), Jim Hill (Karen), and Roy Welch (Patsy); and one sister, Carolyn Castens.