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Extracted from The Hammond Daily Star (Hammond, LA)
Wednesday, October 10, 2001

SARA MCKNEELY CRANE

BATON ROUGE -- Sara McKneely Crane, 75, died Monday, Oct. 8, 2001, at her home.

She was a native of Tangipahoa Parish. She was a graduate of Southeastern Louisiana University and Tulane University. She was a Sunday School teacher and director at First Baptist Church and Goodwood Baptist Church. She was also a member of Crosspoint Baptist Church.

She is survived by her husband, James M. “Jim” Crane of Baton Rouge; one daughter, Mary Anne Crane Blackburn of Winchester, Ky.; one son, James Hewitt Crane of Lafayette; and seven grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Wall Hewitt McKneely and Winnie Strickland McKneely; two brothers, Harry McKneely Sr. and William Thomas “Billy” McKneely.

Visitation will be Wednesday at Rabenhorst Funeral Home East, Baton Rouge, from 6 to 9 p.m. and Thursday from 9 a.m. until the funeral at 10. The Rev. Don Pucik and the Rev. Jerry Ratcliff will conduct the service. A graveside service will be at 12:30 p.m. at Tangipahoa Cemetery in Tangipahoa.