Extracted from The Natchez Democrat (Natchez, MS)
Ernest M. “Sonny” Crum
May 21, 1927 - Feb. 21, 2004
FERRIDAY, La. -- Services for Ernest M. “Sonny” Crum, who died Saturday, Feb. 21, 2004 in Shreveport, La., will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday at Comer Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Barry Dennis officiating.
Burial will follow in Woodlawn Mausoleum under the direction of Comer Funeral Home of Ferriday.
Visitation is from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Monday at the funeral home.
Mr. Crum was a lifelong resident of Ferriday and a member of Sevier Memorial United Methodist Church. He was a retired welding contractor and a member of the Ferriday Masonic Lodge No. 390. He was a veteran of World War II serving in the Navy.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Basker S. and Bessie Crum, a brother, W.L. Crum and two sisters, Edna Enloe and Lois Williams.
Survivors include his wife, Mary Ann Crum of Ferriday; three daughters, Cynthia “Cookie” Dickerson of Shreveport, Brenda Kobb of Clermont, Fla., and Connie Wilson of Natchez; six grandchildren, Daye Walker, Ramee Dickerson, Lindsey Kobb, Rayne Wilson, Brad Wilson and Luke Wilson; two great-grandchildren, Elle Walker and Ashley Wilson; one brother, Russell Crum of Monterey, La. and two sisters, Melanie Sibley of Ferriday and Jeanie Hale of Houston, Texas.
Pallbearers will be Frank Wilson, Rayne Wilson, Luke Wilson, Jimmy Dinger, Jimmy Dickerson and Justin Smith.
Honorary pallbearers will be Bobby Jones, Kyler McNeely and George Comer.
Monday, Feb. 23, 2004