George Martin Crawford

A Celebration of Life for George Crawford, 67, of Houston,Texas, will be held at 2pm, January 16th, 2023 at Kingwood Funeral Home in Kingwood, Texas. Visitation with his family will begin at 1pm.

Mr. George Crawford was born on July 3rd,1955 in Memphis, Tennessee to parents, Russell and MaryAnn Crawford. He passed away on December 5, 2022 in Houston, Texas.

George Crawford graduated from Trezevant High School as Class President of 1973. He attended the University of Memphis for his Bachelors and Masters at the Herff College of Engineering. He later attended Virginia Tech University for an additional Master’s degree.

George Crawford was a Senior Director of Design and Construction Management at The Howard Hughes Corporation, having started in June of 2012. He worked in every region of the company providing design and construction management. He was the best in the company at design review, specifically as it relates to constructability and quality control. He could solve any construction problem and he was great at resolving conflicts and disputes. George was a great teacher and mentor. He trained many employees on programs and construction practices. He loved taking construction photos. He was extremely proficient with technology and documentation and he is known around the company for this.

George was passionate about photography, making his friends and family laugh, and baking pies. He often could be found sharing recipes and making interesting new things for his loved ones to try. In the past two years, he had found a love of preserving his family’s film memories to digital files so they would never be lost. He planned to retire with his loving wife and best friend, Jackie, in Hot Springs, Arkansas, surrounded by beautiful forests to photograph, and new patrons for his delicious home-cooked dishes.

George also pursued charity work, supporting such charities as Habitat for Humanity. He designed an orphanage in Uganda, as a part of his ongoing work with his brother’s charity, One Million Wells, from its early stages, and intended to spend much of his retirement doing further work for the charity.

He is survived by his wife of 27 years, Jacquelyn Massey Crawford; and his children, Andrew, Chandley, Emily, and Grace. He is also survived by his brother Russell Crawford and his sister-in-law Carol Crawford.

He is preceded in death by his father and mother, Maryann and Russell Crawford as well as his sister and brother Mary and Joe Crawford.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made in honor of George to the 501 (c3) Charity, One Million Wells.