Mary Frances Cavender Crawley

Ruby, SC

Mrs. Mary Frances Cavender Crawley, age 89, entered into rest on Tuesday, November 7, 2017. A Celebration of Life Service will be 5:00 PM Friday, November 10, 2017 at Ruby Baptist Church by Pastor Ronald Thurman, Nathan Gardner, and Bessie Freeman. The family will receive friends 6:00 – 8:00 PM Thursday, November 9, 2017 at Miller-Rivers-Caulder Funeral Home.

Mrs. Crawley was born March 2, 1928 in San Antonio, TX a daughter of the late Cecil Lloyd Cavender and Dorothy G. Phillips Cavender. She loved her family, her God, and her church, where she served as a Sunday school teacher, WMU Director, VBS Director, Training Director, Librarian, and was honored as Church Woman of the Year in 1972. She loved cooking, gardening (both vegetable and flower), and in her later years she loved to color.

She took care of her family and worked as a Teacher’s Aide at Ruby Elementary for many years. “Miss Frances” loved all her children. After retirement, she became a caregiver and took care of several sweet ladies.

In addition to her parents, Frances was also preceded in death by her husband, Edwin Kenneth Crawley, Sr.; sons, William Lloyd Crawley, Edwin Kenneth “Kenny” Crawley, Jr.; granddaughter, Rebekah Anne Crawley; and infant sister, Dorothy May Cavender.

Survivors include her daughter, Mary Jean C. Freeman of Ruby, SC; grandchildren, Bessie Freeman of Ruby, SC, Matthew K. Crawley, Michael P. (Brooke) Crawley, and Lindsay Crawley Lewis all of McBee, SC, Jena C. (Jimmy) Crowder of Cheraw, SC, and Billy (Taylor) Crawley of Nashville, TN; great-grandchildren, Hannah and Keith Crowder of Cheraw, SC, Mackenzie, Katlynn, Jacob and Laney Lewis all of McBee, SC, Bayleigh MaKenna Crawley of McBee, SC; brother, Cecil Lloyd (Kay) Cavender of Orem, Utah; daughters-in-law, Carol Crawley of Franklin, TN, Alice Ann Crawley of McBee, SC; sister-in-law, Sylvia Crawley of Atlanta, GA.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the bands of McBee High School, 264 East Pine Ave., McBee, SC 29101.  Frances supported generations of band members and attended all band functions as long as her health allowed.

Miller-Rivers-Caulder Funeral Home (www.mrcfuneralhome.com) of Chesterfield, SC is serving the Crawley family.