Extracted from The Birmingham News (Birmingham, AL)
CROWSON, Mrs. Rachel Auton, of 1705 3rd Avenue North, Bessemer,
passed away Thursday am at a local hospital.
She is survived by her
husband William P. Crowson, one daughter in law, Mrs. Margaret Auton
of Bessemer, one step son W. B. Barton of B'ham, one step daughter
Mrs. Faye Whitley of Oakridge, Tenn., one sister Mrs. Georgia Mae Tyler
of Fort Meyers, Fla., one brother Bill Blake of Bessemer, four grandchildren,
Davis M. Auton of Oklahoma City, Okl., William E. Auton, Jr. of B'ham,
Roy B. Auton of Bessemer and Ray Whitley of Chatanooga, Tenn.,
four great-grandchildren.
Funeral service will be Saturday 4pm from
Bessemer Chapel, interment in Val Halla Cemetery, Rev. William C.
Campbell officiating.
Active pallbearers: George Cowart, John and
Clarence Brasher, Eugene Ford, Jack Sadler, and Ed Payne.
Brown-Service Bessemer directing.
Friday, July 9, 1976