She was born in Decatur, AL, and grew up in Columbia, TN. Her parents were Jordan T. Walker and Annie Frances Lee Walker. Frances was preceded in death by her husband, Dr. Alvin S. Crawford, also from Columbia, TN, and her oldest son, Thomas L. Crawford, of Columbia, SC.
Frances is survived by her sons Jeff Crawford of Brentwood, TN (wife Lucy F. Crawford, daughters Courtney E. Windham and Elizabeth C. Denami), and Randy Crawford of Hillsborough, NC (wife Rebekah B. Crawford, daughter Rena Crawford, son Ryan Crawford), as well as daughter-in-law Christine F. Crawford (son Thomas L. Crawford II and daughter Walton C. Hoover), and 6 great-grandchildren.
She graduated from the University of Tennessee and married her husband immediately afterward. They lived in several places during his residency before settling in Bristol, TN, where Dr. Crawford served as a pathologist at Bristol Memorial Hospital for 27 years. After raising their family, she earned a master's degree from East Tennessee State University. Frances had a brief career in counseling services for the Commonwealth of Virginia and Sullins College before retiring with her husband to Hilton Head Island, SC. After 13 wonderful years there, they relocated to Brentwood, TN, to be closer to family.
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