March 18, 1940 - November 19, 2020
The Memorial Service celebrating and honoring the life of Teddy Crawford, 80, of Enid, will be held privately in the Brown-Cummings Funeral Home Chapel. The service will be live streamed on the Brown-Cummings Funeral Home Facebook page any time after 2:00 P.M on Saturday December 5, 2020. Services and complete cremation care are under the direction of Brown-Cummings Funeral Home.
Teddy was born March 18, 1940 to Lester and Ernestine Crawford in Ames, Oklahoma and passed from this life November 19, 2020 in Enid, Oklahoma.
He was raised and educated in Ames graduating from Ames High School with the class of 1958. In 1959 he married Karen Avery in Ames. The couple made their home in Enid. He worked for Champlin Petroleum and later for the Champlin family. He then worked form Phillips Petroleum in Bartlesville, Texas and New Mexico in Division Order. He began working at Enid High School in 1994 as Head of Grounds retiring in 2016. In his retirement he enjoyed caring for his cats, farming, and thinking of things for his grandkids to do. He loved conversation and called his family daily to make sure he knew what everyone was doing.
He is survived by his wife Karen Crawford, of the home, one daughter Kim and husband Jess Goodman, of Enid; one son Dennis Crawford, of Allen, TX; grandchildren, Jeremy Goodman, Nicholas Crawford, Krystal Wright, Jeffry Crawford, and Jessica Goodman; siblings, Caroleen Clester, Twilla Nusz, Bobby Crawford; sister-in-laws, Diane Avery and Reeta Avery and numerous great-grandchildren, and nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by one Son Teddy Crawford Jr., brothers Dean Crawford, Jimmy Crawford, and Billy Crawford; sisters, Hazle Schwind, Edith Ann Moler.
Condolences may be made to the family online at www.Brown-Cummings.com. As one of Oklahomaʼs oldest single family owned and operated providers of funerals and cremations, Brown-Cummings is the name families have turned to for generations. They fully understand the honor and responsibility entrusted to them to preserve the story of oneʼs life. Visit 400 W. Maple, Enid, OK 73701. Call: (580) 237-5432.
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