Services: 10 a.m. Monday, Jan. 14, at Wellspring Church, Houston.

Barbara Ann (Cunningham) Crawford passed away Jan. 8, 2019, surrounded by family. She was born Aug. 26, 1950, to Robert Bruce Cunningham and Bonnie Jean (Volesky) Cunningham. She grew up on a farm in Kansas with her two brothers, and her family later moved to Missouri, where she attended and graduated from Clinton High School in 1968. She married Newton Ulysses Crawford Jr. on Aug. 5, 1972, and they eventually moved to the Crawford family farm in Texas County, Mo., where they raised their 10 children.

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Isaiah Buse has served as the publisher of the Houston Herald since 2023. He started with the organization in 2019, and achieved a bachelor's degree in business administration in 2023. He serves on the...