Curtis Cranford

Funeral Services for Mr. Curtis Cranford will be held Friday, August 10, 2018, at 11:00 AM at Prentiss Baptist Church. Mr. Cranford passed away from this life on Tuesday, August 7, 2018 in Prentiss.  Reverend Roland McMillan and Reverend Buddy Keyes will officiate. Interment will follow in the Tyrone Cemetery.Pallbearers will be: John Logan, John Mcgee, Jim Parkman, Rudy McNease, Randy Stamps and B.J. Berry; Honorary bearers will be: Prentiss Baptist Church Deacons and the members of the Ingram Foster Sunday School Class. Saulters Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Curtis Cranford was born June 30, 1930 in Laurel, MS to Edward Jerome and Alma Tyrone Cranford.  He was a drilling superintendent in the oil and gas industry. He was a member of Prentiss Baptist Church. He was preceded in death by his mother and father; one son, Tommy Cranford; two sisters, Louise Burrow and Elizabeth King and one brother, Kenneth E. Cranford. Mr. Cranford is survived by; his wife of 69 years, Charlie Merle Cranford of Prentiss; one daughter, Charlotte (Ronald) McPhail of Hattiesburg; two grandchildren, Melissa (Keith) Braddock of Laurel and Jason McPhail of Hattiesburg; four great-grandchildren, Kye Braddock, Dawson Braddock, Colby McPhail and Hayden McKellar; and one great-great-grandchild, Charlee McKellar. Visitation will be held on Thursday, August 9, 2018 from 6:00 to 8:00 PM at Saulters-Moore Funeral Home. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to; Blaire E. Batson Children’s Hospital, at University of Mississippi Medical Center, Development Accounting, 2500 N. State Street, Jackson, MS 39216 or to Baptist Children’s Village Headquarters, 114 Marketridge Drive, Ridgeland, MS 39157. Online condolences and a guest registry are available at www.saultersmoorefuneralhome.com.