James Earl "Jim" Crandell Obituary (1918

Let Us Pause To Honor the Memory of Mr. James Earl "Jim" Crandell Mr. James Earl "Jim" Crandell, age 95, of Sanger, Texas, entered this life on April 2, 1918 in Moorefield, Indiana. He was the loving son of the late, Glenn Rouse and Margaret "Maggie" Storie Crandell. He was raised in Moorefield and was a 1937 graduate of Vevay High School. James Earl was united in marriage on November 19, 1941 to Mildred J. Webster in Uniontown, Indiana. This happy union of seventy two years was blessed with a daughter, Marilyn, and two sons, James Kenneth and Harold Bernard. He was inducted into the United States Army Air Corps on March 2, 1942 at Fort Benjamin Harrison during World War II. James Earl served in the 1045th Army Air Forces Base Unit with the rate of Technical Sergeant. He served in the campaigns of the Rhineland and was honorably discharged on October 25, 1945 from Davis Monthan Field in Tucson, Arizona. He received the EAME Ribbon with one Bronze Star, the Good Conduct Medal and the American Theater Ribbon. James Earl graduated from the Missouri Aviation Institute of Automotive and Electrical School. James Earl returned home and resided in the Madison Community and began farming. James Earl enjoyed mechanical work and automobiles and began a twenty year career with Bennett Motors Oldsmobile Cadillac Dealership in Madison as the service manager retiring in 1970. He then served as service manager at Hoffman Motors in Madison for two years. James Earl was a member of the North Madison Baptist Church where he had served as trustee. He enjoyed residing in Florida during the Winter months and held membership in the Cornerstone Baptist Church in Bradenton, Florida and had served as trustee there as well. James Earl enjoyed traveling, gardening, farming, and automobiles. He was a devoted husband, father, grandfather and great grandfather. James died on Friday, February 14, 2014, at 10:29a.m. at the Red Bird Assisted Living in Sanger, Texas. Click Here for Funeral Service or Tribute Video A LOVING FAMILY James Earl will be missed by his loving wife of seventy two years, Mildred J. Webster Crandell of Sanger, Texas; his loving daughter, Marilyn L. Beaver and her husband, Larry of Globe, Arizona; his loving sons, James Kenneth Crandell and his wife, Lila of Dade City, Florida and Harold Bernard Crandell and his wife, Elaine of Denton, Texas; his loving grandchildren, Tim, Angie, Clint, Jason, Zachary, Kimberly, Kevin, Michelle, Megan, & Mackenzie; his 21-great grandchildren and four great great grandchildren; his sisters in law, Clarabell Crandell and Marietta Crandell both of Moorefield, Indiana; several nieces, nephews and other relatives. He was preceded in death by his parents, Glenn R. and Margaret "Maggie" Storie Crandell; his brothers, Carl Scott Crandell & Robert Crandell; and his sister, Mary Louise Crandell. FUNERAL CEREMONY Funeral services will be conducted Thursday, February 20, 2014, at 1:00 p.m., by Pastor Frank McGee at the Morgan & Nay Funeral Centre, 325 Demaree Drive in Madison, Indiana. Interment will follow in the Grandview Memorial Gardens, 9306 North U.S. 421 near Madison, Indiana, VISITATION Friends may call Wednesday from 5:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. and Thursday from Noon until the time of service at the Morgan & Nay Funeral Centre, 325 Demaree Drive in Madison, Indiana. MILITARY HONORS A final salute will be conducted on Thursday at 1:30 p.m. at the Morgan & Nay Funeral Centre, by Jefferson Post 9, of the American Legion with full military honors to follow at the Grandview Memorial Gardens. MEMORIAL EXPRESSIONS Memorial contributions may be made to the North Madison Baptist Church. Cards are available at the funeral home. To send a flower arrangement in memory of James Earl "Jim" Crandell, please click here to visit our sympathy store.