Loss of a family

Serena Crawford’s obit describes her as a strong woman who loved her family deeply.  Where others may have cracked, God blessed her with fortitude.

Russell Ashford Crawford, the son of Samuel Ashford Crawford and Annie Mabel Vincent married Serena Grace Carter in 1936 and went on to have 5 children.  They lost little Madeline about a month after she was born.

Russell was a hard-working lumberman from the Cumberland area of Nova Scotia who died in a car crash in April of 1977. 

But fate was not done with this little clan.

 

Chronicle Herald, Tues, 19 Nov 1985

Funeral Wednesday for Victims of Crash

Lower Greenville, Cumberland County -  Funeral services will be held in Oxford Wednesday for three members of a Lower Greenville, Cumberland County family who died in a weekend highway crash. 

Curtis Murray Crawford, 44, his wife, Gwendolyn (Pansy) (Carter) Crawford, 36, and their 10-year old son, Darren Leroy, died Saturday in a truck-tractor trailer collision in Milford, Inverness County.  

The bodies are in W. Allen Funeral Home, Oxford, where the funeral will be 1 p.m. Wednesday, Rev. Stephen Ashley officating.  Burial will be in the Wallace River Cemetery. 

Born in Springhill, Mr. Crawford was a son of Mrs. Serena (Carter) Crawford, Oxford, and the late Russell A. Crawford.  Besides his mother, he is survived by two brothers, Lloyd, Sunnybrae, Pictou County; Blaine, Amherst; a sister, Isabelle (Mrs. George Lewis), Fenwick, Cumberland County; several nieces and nephews.  He was predeceased by a son, Joseph; a sister Madeline. 

Born in Hartford, Cumberland County, Mrs. Crawford was a daughter of Leon Carter and the late Lillian (Carter) Carter.  Besides her father, she is survived by her stepmother, Vera; a sister, Jean (Mrs. Norman Gower) Wentworth; two brothers, Wilfred, Prince George, B.C.; Orland, Truro; several nieces and nephews.  She was predeceased by a son, Joseph. 

Darren Crawford was born in Prince George, B.C.  He was a grade nine student at Wentforth Consolidated School.  He was predeceased by a brother Joseph. 

Memorial donations may be made to any charity.