Garland Calvin Crane

1927 - 2004  (77 years)

• Name	Garland Calvin Crane  [1]
  Birth	22 Aug 1927	Esty, Greenbrier County, WV   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	5 Nov 2004	Greenbrier Valley Medical Center   [1]
  	Obituary -- Garland Calvin Crane LEWISBURG - Garland Calvin Crane, 77, of Lewisburg, passed away Friday, Nov. 5, 2004, at Greenbrier Valley Medical Center in Fairlea. Mr. Crane was born Aug. 22, 1927, at Esty, and was the son of the late Eddie E. and Bessie Viers Crane. He was of the Primitive Baptist Faith, a member of the National Rifle Association, a heavy equipment mechanic for construction and mining industries, and was a National Guard veteran. He was preceded in death by two sisters, Ina Franklin and Irene Cohenour; four brothers, Bradford Crane, Gerald Crane, Orval Crane and Alstin Crane; a stepdaughter, Carmen Ratliff; and a stepgrandson, Bobby McCallister. Survivors include his wife, Geneva Burns Crane; a daughter, Janet Alderson and husband, Frank, of Asbury; three sons, Wayne Crane and wife, Gale, of Alderson, Brad Crane and wife, Mona, of Alderson and Steve Crane and wife, Joyce, of Williamsburg, Va.; two sisters, Christina Mills of Lafayette, Ind., and Maycel Williams of Frankford; two brothers, Lanford Crane and wife, Sharon, of Lewisburg and Harold Crane and wife, Carol Jean, of Lewisburg; two stepdaughters, Deanna McCallister and husband, Lewis, of Alderson and Charlotte Ann "Tottie" Falls and husband, Tommy, of Lewisburg; a stepson, Johnny Burns and wife, Doris, of Lewisburg; stepson-in-law, Glenville Ratliff of Ronceverte; 11 grandchildren, a great-graddaughter, 10 stepgrandchildren, 12 stepgreat-grandchildren and a stepgreat-great-grandchild; and several nieces and nephews. Graveside rites will be 11 a.m. Monday at Greenbrier Memorial Gardens, Lewisburg, with Elder Tim Crane officiating. Friends may call 6 to 8 p.m. today at Wallace and Wallace Funeral Home, Lewisburg. Arrangements by Wallace and Wallace Funeral Home, Lewisburg. Register Herald - Sunday, November 7, 2004
  Burial	8 Nov 2004	Greenbrier Memorial Gardens Cemetery   [1]
  Person ID	I1093	Crane Genealogy
  Last Modified	7 May 2018

  
  

  Father	Eddie Edward Crane,   b. 8 Oct 1894, Renick, Greenbrier County, WV d. 30 Jul 1964, Renick, Greenbrier County, WV (Age 69 years)
  Mother	Bessie Belle Viers,   b. 24 Jun 1896, Dickerson County, VA d. 26 May 1984, Humana Hospital (Age 87 years)
  Marriage	26 May 1915	Renick, Greenbrier County, WV   [2]
  Family ID	F332	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Hazel Agnes Boggs,   b. 28 Feb 1929, Rainelle, Greenbrier County, WV d. 12 Mar 2012, Greenbrier Manor (Age 83 years)
  Marriage	11 Mar 1950	Clifton Forge, Alleghany County, VA   [3]
  Children	1. Living   2. Living   3. Living   4. Living
  Family ID	F338	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	15 Nov 2022

  
  

  Family 2	Living
  Family ID	F339	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	14 Dec 2025

  
  

• Sources

  [S835] Obituary, Crane, Garland Calvin, (Beckley Register Herald; Novemnber 7, 2004), 2 Sep 2013 (Reliability: 2). [S243] Marriage Record: CRANE, Mary Louise & MORTON, John Johnson, 14 Jan 2017, 15. (Reliability: 3). Book 2, Page 252, Year of 1915. [S168] Crane - Cohenour Group Sheet, Charles A. Cohenour, 37.