ST. CHARLES PARISH, LA.Obituary For CRANFORD, ESSIE MAE DAVIS Submitted By: Louis LavedanSource: The St. Charles Herald Guide, St. Charles Parish, La.Published: June 13, 2014===================================================================Copyright.  All rights reserved.http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htmhttp://www.usgenweb.org/volunteers/copyright.shtml=======================================================================NOTE: If a Photo is available for an obituary record, a reference note will beincluded with the record. =========================================================== CRANFORD, ESSIE MAE DAVIS ==========A photo is available for this file. Please go to http://usgwarchives.net/la/stcharles/photos/obits/2014 and click on the name of interest.==========Essie Mae Davis Cranford, 89, a native of Tinsman, Ark.and a resident of Luling, passed away on Tuesday, May 27.Visitation and religious services were Thursday, May 29 at Life Church in Boutte. A second visitation was Saturday, May 31 at Benton Funeral Home in Fordyce, Ark. with burial in Ernest Cemetery, Tinsman, Ark.She is survived by son, Wendell Cranford and wife Brenda; grandchildren, Tina Cranford, Kerry Cranford and wife Allison; great-grandchild, Bentley Cranford and brother, Frank Davis.She was preceded in death by her husband James Hollis Cranford; parents, James and Effie Smith Davis; brother, Earl Davis and sisters, Nettie Mercer and Eva Porter.Falgout Funeral Homes in charge of arrangements.===================