Biography: Boyce Orville Cranford, 76, of Little Rock, died Sunday, May 4, 2008. He was born January 20, 1932 in Little Rock. Mr. Cranford entered military service at age 17 and served 36 years in the United States Air Force and the Arkansas Air National Guard. He was a Command Pilot and retired in 1986 as a Brigadier General serving as the Assistant Adjutant General for the Arkansas Air National Guard. Mr. Cranford formed Cranford Construction Company in 1965 and served as Past President of the Associated General Contractors of Arkansas. He was a 33rd Degree Mason and a Past Master of Trinity Lodge #694. He was also a member of Arkansas Consistory #1, the Scimitar Shrine Temple, and a Jester in Arkansas Court #12, Calvary Baptist Church, and a Life Member of the National Guard Association. Mr. Cranford is survived by his wife, Patricia Willbanks Cranford; two sons, Steven Michael Cranford and his wife Lillian, of North Little Rock, Bryan Edmund Cranford and his wife Donna, of Little Rock; one sister, Linda Gail Pledger of Sheridan; one brother, Larry Dwight Cranford of Tierra Verde, Florida; and four grandchildren, Jessica and Jason Cranford of North Little Rock and Kathleen and Lauren Cranford of Flower Mound, Texas. He is preceded in death by his parents, Elmo and Ophie Cranford, his late wife Patsy Jones Cranford and his brother Norman Wayne Cranford. Memorial services will be 11:00 am Wednesday, May 7, 2008 at Ruebel Funeral Home. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be sent to the Shriner Hospital for Children (Burn Center), 2900 Rocky Point Drive, Tampa FL 33607 or The American Lung Association, 61 Broadway, New York, NY 10006.
Very sorry to hear about the passing of your brother. Our prayers are with you and your family.
Your old friend...Rex