Jean Garrison Crawford
Jean (Garrrison) Crawford, 88, of Conroe, Texas, passed away on Thursday, August 2, 2018 in Conroe.
Born on April 11, 1930 in Dilliner, Pennsylvania, she was the daughter of the late Charles E. and Madalene (Cowell) Garrison.
Jean attended Keener Elementary School, a one-room school house in Dilliner, and was a 1948 graduate of the Point Marion High School. It was at Keener grade school that she met her future husband Thomas F. Crawford “Tom”. Jean and Tom were married at Mount Pleasant “Dixie” United Methodist Church on July 22, 1950. They had two children: Thomas F. Crawford II (wife Gisella), Mercedes I. Crawford-Jones. There are five grandchildren: Kimberly Jean Crawford Keto, Ashley Sue Crawford, Brittney Kay Crawford, Logan Crawford Jones, Dawson Garrison Jones; and two great grandchildren: Thomas Joseph Keto and Ella Jean Keto, who gave Jean a smile when she heard of her birth the day before she passed.
Jean was close to her family: brother, Edward Garrison and wife Virginia of Big Canoe, Georgia, Jacob Garrison and wife Georgia of Augusta National, Fayette, Pa., and Glen West (now deceased) of New Jersey; and many nieces and nephews.
After graduating from high school in 1949, Tom took a job offer to work in the oil fields of Venezuela in 1954. Jean followed Tom to various Oil Field Camps in Venezuela and always made a house into a happy, lovely home. They spent 23 years in Venezuela and after a two-year assignment in Houma, Louisiana, they moved to Quito, Ecuador, where they had a full floor lovely apartment with a view of snow capped volcanos.
Don Tomas, as he was known there, retired from “putting oil in the tank” and they moved to Texas in early 1991. Jean picked a new golf course home in Montgomery and named it “La Casona de Jean”, Jean’s Big House. She and Tom spent their retirement years there until January 2018, when they moved to Woodhaven Senior living facility in Conroe, Texas.
Jean rescued two animals, Max and Mr. Lucky, whom she loved dearly. Max was her beloved dog, who was never a step or two behind her. Mr. Lucky the cat was bottle fed when she found him abandoned outside. Her other beloved dog, Sugar, preceded these two, and was loved just as much.
Graveside Services will be held at WOLF’S CEMETERY, Dilliner, Pa at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, October 13, 2018 with the Reverend Mark Blair, Mount Pleasant United Methodist Church, officiating. Guest Luncheon will be held at the Church at 12 Noon.
Memorials may be offered in Jean’s name to either the SPCA at www.houstonspca.org or Habitat for Humanity at www.houstonhabitat.org
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