Oct 10, 2018

Jean Crawford, 88, of Conroe, Texas, passed away Thursday, August 2, 2018, in Conroe.

Born April 11, 1930, in Dilliner, she was a 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 Point Marion High School. It was at Keener grade school she met her future husband, Thomas F. “Tom” Crawford. Jean and Tom were married in Mt. Pleasant “Dixie” United Methodist Church July 22, 1950. They had two children, Thomas F. Crawford II (Gisella) and Mercedes I. Crawford-Jones. There are five grandchildren, Kimberly Jean Crawford Keto, Ashley Sue Crawford, Brittney Kay Crawford, Logan Crawford Jones and 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: brothers Edward Garrison and wife Virginia of Big Canoe, Ga., Jacob Garrison and wife Georgia of Augusta National, Fayette, and the late Glen West 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, La., they moved to Quito, Ecuador, where they had a lovely full-floor apartment with a view of snow-capped volcanoes.

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.

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 11 a.m. Saturday, October 13, in Wolf’s Cemetery, Dilliner, with the Rev. Mark Blair of Mt. Pleasant United Methodist Church officiating. A guest luncheon will be held in the church at 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.

Fond memories and expressions of sympathy may be shared with the family at www.herod-rishel.com.