Eva Jeanette “Jan” Crawford, Age 90, of Greenville passed away peacefully at her home on June 25, 2009. Services will be held at 11:00 AM Friday, July 3, 2009 at Coker-Mathews Funeral Home with visitation beginning at 10:00 AM until service time.
Rev. Marvin McDaniel will officiate. Interment will be at Forest Park Cemetery.
Mrs. Crawford was born on April 21, 1919 in Nevada to William Marcus and Bessie Candus Boyd Patterson. She graduated from Greenville High School and Business College and attended East Texas State Teachers College in Commerce. On June 21, 1941, she married James N. Crawford of Greenville in a ceremony in New Orleans, Louisiana. She worked in the secretarial field throughout her career. She lived in Garland with her family for a number of years before returning to Greenville where she resided for her remaining years.
Her survivors include her daughter, Candus Crawford Lozito and husband Jim of Albuquerque, New Mexico; granddaughter Jenny Lozito of Dallas; grandsons Michael Lozito and wife Megan of Dallas, Chris Lozito and wife Kim of Portland, Oregon and Kevin Crawford of Waco; and great-grandchildren Campbell Lozito of Dallas and Dylan and Serena Lozito of Portland, Oregon.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband of 67 years who passed away on March 15, 2009; son James N. “Jimmy” Crawford, Jr. on April 29, 2009; 3 brothers and 4 sisters.
