Crandalls Memorials

Rick Egan The Salt Lake Tribune) Bob Murray addresses the press during a press conference at the command center at the ... (Trent Nelson The Salt Lake Tribune) Emery County Sheriff Lamar Guymon surveys the media scene at the command post for t... (Tribune File Photo) Brandon Kimber's former mother-in-law, Margie Burge, touches his likeness at the unveiling of the Crand... (Scott Sommerdorf The Salt Lake Tribune) Wendy Black, widow of fallen rescuer Dale Black, releases a six-month old golde... (Tribune File Photo) Emergency medical technician Sue Copinga was at the Crandall Canyon as a member of the Huntington volun... (Chris Detrick The Salt Lake Tribune) Norma Florez, back left, embraces Maria Lerma, back right, after finding out that ... (Tribune File Photo) Kristin Kimber, left, and her mother hold up Kristin's daughter Bryton and twin sons Peyton and Paxton ... (Tribune File Photo) Family of fallen miner Carlos Payan — from left, niece Britney Castro, 6; sister Miriam Payan; mother ... (Scott Sommerdorf The Salt Lake Tribune) Wendy Black, widow of fallen rescuer Dale Black, hugs a friend just prior to re... (Trent Nelson The Salt Lake City) A memorial to six miners and three rescuers who died in the 2007 Crandall Canyon mine disaster adorns the grounds next to the cemetery in Huntington.(Rick Egan The Salt Lake Tribune) Bob Murray addresses the press during a press conference at the command center at the intersection of Huntington and Crandall canyons on Aug. 9, 2007, three days after the mine's walls blew and buried six miners underground..(Trent Nelson The Salt Lake Tribune) Emery County Sheriff Lamar Guymon surveys the media scene at the command post for the Crandall Canyon mine disaster on Aug. 9, 2007.(Tribune File Photo) Brandon Kimber's former mother-in-law, Margie Burge, touches his likeness at the unveiling of the Crandall Canyon Memorial on Sept. 14, 2008 in Huntington. Hundreds of family and friends turned out for the unveiling of the monument to the nine men who died in the two-pronged disaster in August of 2007.(Scott Som... (Salt Lake Tribune)

Bill” Crandall was born to Wilbert M. and Lena LaBaron Crandall on August 19, 1927, in San Antonio, Texas. He passed from this life on August 16, 2017, at the age of 89. Bill served in both WWII and Korea, enlisting in the Army Air Force and serving from 1944 to 1946. He was recalled to active duty in 1950 and served in the United States Airforce Medical Corps in Japan and Korea until 1952, attaining the rank of Tech Sgt. In 1950, before his Korean service, he married Nell Atwell, but this marriage ended in 1974. Bill graduated from Trinity University in San Antonio in 1953, and moved to Port Arthur, Texas where he worked as an executive for the Boy Scouts of America. His leadership with the Boy Scouts brought him to Oklahoma in 1957. In 1962, he began his work for Carpenter Paper. He was transferred to Ardmore in 1966 and retired from there in 1991. In 1979, he married Doris Reed Adams. Together they enjoyed traveling, both domestically and abroad.Bill was a member of the First United Methodist Church, Mattie Bruce Chapter of Eastern Star, Carter Co. AARP, and member-at-large of Triangle Home and Community Education, as well as Carter Co. Retired Educators.Bill was preceded in death by his parents.He is survived by his wife, Doris, of the home; son, David LaBaron Crandall and his wife, Margie of Coraopalis, Pa.; daughter, Anne Elizabeth Davidson, of Oklahoma City; step-children Lynn Adams of Pulaski, Va., Keith Adams of Oxnard, Calif., Eric Adams of Fort Smith, Ark., Alicia James of Morro Bay, Calif.; twelve grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.Memorial services will be held at 2 p.m., Saturday, August 19, 2017 at the Craddock Memorial Chapel with the Rev. David Daniel officiating. A visitation will be held Friday evening from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Craddock Funeral Home.Online condolences can be made at www.craddockfuneralhome.com. (News - The Daily Ardmoreite - Ardmore, OK - Daily Ardmoreite)