Natalie Crawford
July 19, 1929 ~ February 28, 2017
Natalie Crawford, 87, formerly of Edna, went to be with her Lord and her family, on Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2017. She was born on Friday, July 19, 1929, in Edna to George Koop and Caroline Cline Koop, She was one of 11 children — six girls and five boys — blessed to this family. Natalie married the love of her life, James "Dale" Crawford, on Friday, Oct. 1, 1948, in Edna and they were blessed with four children: two boys and two girls. Natalie had always wanted to be a nurse, so when they were transferred to Lake Charles, Louisiana, in 1966, she had her opportunity to go to nursing school, and she became a LPN. In 1969, they were again transferred to Gonzales, Louisiana, where she nursed at the Federal Leprosarium Hospital in Carville, Louisiana.