SAWYERVILLE &8212; Deacon Joseph Crawford, 87, of Sawyerville died on Oct. 16, 2007, at D.C.H. Regional Medical Center in Tuscaloosa. Funeral services were held 2007 at 1 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 20, at the New First Baptist Church on Lock 6 Road in Sawyerville. The Rev. L. C. Eatman officiated. Interment followed with military honors in Sarah Christian Cemetery in Greensboro. Larkin and Scott Funeral directors of Demopolis were entrusted with arrangements.

Survivors include a wife, Arselee Wiggins Crawford, of Sawyerville; one daughter, Annie R. Cotton, of Chicago; two granddaughters; three great-grandchildren and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins, other relatives and friends.