Nancy Delores Crawford

Nancy Delores (Cox) Crawford, age 59, passed from this life to eternal life on Wednesday, July 16, 2008. Nancy was a devoted and loving wife, mother, grandmother, great grandmother and friend. She worked at JCPenney's for 24 years. She was a teacher at MGCCC for 15 years. All who knew her, knew of her passion for people and teaching. She loved helping others make a difference in their lives and teaching was her favorite tool for doing just that. Serving others was always important to her as well and she spent most of her adult life doing exactly that. Most of all, she loved her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ and that is why we can say that this in not the end, but merely the beginning of a glorious new life for our beautiful and loving Nancy. Nancy was preceded in death by her father, Charles Alfred Cox; her mother, Alice Madora Holley Cox and one sister, Dorothy Dell Lopez. Survivors include her husband of 40 years, Larry Joseph Crawford, Sr.; daughter, Susan Elizabeth Crawford Bigelow; son, Larry Joseph Crawford, Jr.; grandchildren, Nicholas Bigelow, Melinda Bell, Christopher Colton Bigelow, Timothy Bigelow, Devon Bigelow; great granddaughter, Rachel Bigelow; sister, Jeareld Dean Farley; brothers, Charles Alfred Cox, Jr. and Patrick A. Cox. She was blessed with many nieces and nephews, as well as great nieces and great nephews. In lieu of flowers, she would like donations to: MGCCC Alumni Scholarship Fund. Visitation is Friday, July 18, 2008 from 5:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. at Bradford-O'Keefe Funeral Homes, Howard Ave., Biloxi. Services will be Saturday, July 19, 2008, 9:00 a.m. at Holy Family Catholic Church. Interment is in Allen Cemetery, Long Beach, MS. View and sign register book at www.bradfordokeefe.com