In Memoriam : Luther McCrary

Luther McCrary - age: 92
(May 30, 1919 to January 22, 2012 )
Resident of De Kalb, Texas

Visitation Information:
Visitation will be held 5:00 P.M. to 7:00 P.M. Friday, January 27, 2012
Bates Family Funeral Home.

Obituary:
Luther McCrary, 92, passed away Sunday, January 22, 2012, at his home in De Kalb, Texas.

Luther was born May 30, 1919 in De Kalb, Texas, to Otto and Bertha Smith McCrary. He was a retired Sandblaster from Red River Army Depot and a member of Oak Ridge Baptist Church in De Kalb, Texas. On December 24, 1939, he was married to Christana Easter.

He is preceded in death by a son, James Zell McCrary of Knox City, Texas.

He is survived by his wife, Christana McCrary of De Kalb, Texas; four daughters and three sons-in-law, Dorothy Smith of Caddo Mills, Texas, Luther Mae and Roger Toliver of Hooks, Texas, Loist D. and Louis Bennett of Duarte, California, and Carolyn J. and Greg Harris of De Kalb, Texas; five sons, Wesley G. McCrary of Stanford, Texas, Willie J. McCrary of De Kalb, Texas, Garry D. McCrary of De Kalb, Texas, Chester R. McCrary of Ashdown, Arkansas and Danny R. McCrary of De Kalb, Texas; as well as a host of grandchildren, great grandchildren and great-great grandchildren.

Services will be 11:00 A.M. Saturday, January 28, 2012, at Bates Family Funeral Home with Rev. Roger Toliver and Rev. Delphine Germany officiating. Interment will follow at Oak Ridge Cemetery in De Kalb.

Visitation will be held 5:00 P.M. to 7:00 P.M. Friday, January 27, 2012, at Bates Family Funeral Home.

Memorials may be made to Oak Ridge Baptist Church, 5361 FM 2735, De Kalb, Texas 75559.

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MS. MCCRARY AND FAMILY, WE ARE SO SORRY TO HEAR ABOUT YOUR LOSS OF YOUR HUSBAND AND DADDY HE WILL BE MISSED BY EVERYONE WHO KNEW HIM I WILL MISS MR.LUTHER WAVING AND BLOWING HIS HORN AT ME WHEN I WOULD BE OUT IN MY YARD HE WOULD ALWAYS WAVE AND HONK HIS HORN AT ME WHEN YOU AND HIM WOULD DRIVE BY MY HOUSE IN YOUR PICKUP MY DADDY ( BABE CLARK ) WAS A LONG TIME FRIEND OF MR. LUTHER . YOU ALL ARE IN OUR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS. MAY GOD BLESS AND COMFORT YOU ALL . EDWARD AND MARY ( BABE CLARK OLDEST DAUGHTER) FORSYTH