Lawrence County, Mississippi

Lawrence County Obituaries & Biographies

Services for Mr. James Earl Crane, Sr. will be held on Friday, March 15, 2019, at 2:00pm at Antioch Baptist Church with interment in the church cemetery. Visitation will be on Thursday, March 14, 2019, from 5:00-8:00pm at Riverwood Family and will resume prior to the service at the church starting at 1:00pm on Friday.

James Earl Crane, Sr., 79, of Brookhaven, went to be with his Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ on March 12, 2019. He was born on November 18, 1939, to Plez Crane and Pauline McGuffie Crane. Mr. Crane served in the United States National Guard and was the retired Maintenance Supervisor for the Brookhaven Housing Authority. He also was a member of Antioch Baptist Church where he served as a Deacon.

Preceding him in death was his parents and granddaughter, Misty Bounds.

Those left to cherish his memory are his wife of 59 years, Anna Lee Douglas Crane; son, Jamie Crane and wife Felicia; daughters, Brenda Dixon and husband George and Shana Foster and husband Shannon; brother, Charles Ray Crane and wife Wanda; sister, Bertile Beasley along with seven grandchildren, Natasha Folkes, Curtis Dixon, Johnathan Dixon, Adam Nations, Kasea Nations, Chase Crane and Brady Crane. He is also survived by eleven great grandchildren.

The Family would like to give special thanks to the staff of Deaconess Hospice and Hospice Volunteer, K.W. Douglas.