[bulla] Linea Paterna
PATERNAL LINE OF ANTARUS DEI GRATIA MEDICUS DOCTOR ECCLESIAE SUI JURIS, BORN ANTARAH ALDRIC CRAWLEY
Aldric G. Crawley and IBé Bulinda Hereford Crawley—
Parents of Antarah and Aton Crawley.
Maynard O. Crawley, Sr.*, and Velma Vaughan Crawley—
Parents of Aldric Crawley; Grandpa known to me as Papa Crawley.
*Maynard O. Crawley Sr., departed this life on Veterans Day, November 11, 2008. He was predeceased by his wife, Velma V. Crawley; and brother, Waverly Robert Crawley Jr. He is survived by four sons, Maynard Jr. (Pearl), Lamont, Aldric (IbeBulinda), Terence Crawley (Lanel); one daughter, Alison R. Wilson (Dannie Sr.); seven grandchildren; one brother, Leon Crawley (Jane); two sisters, Audrey Anderson (Ezra) and Helen Hawkins; two brothers-in-law, one sister-in-law; devoted companion, Stephanie Watts; a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends. Mr. Crawley was a retired U.S. Air Force veteran with over 26 years of service to his country. He also served in the Korean and Vietnam Wars.
**Waverly Robert Crawley Jr., Departed this life April 25, 2005. He was predeceased by a son, Raymond Crawley. He is survived by a son, Waverly III; two sisters, Audrey Crawley Anderson and Helen Crawley Hawkins; two brothers, Maynard O. Crawley and A. Leon Crawley; two grandchildren, a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives and many devoted friends. Interment Quantico National Cemetery (private). Mr. Crawley was known as the “Mayor of Second Street.”
Waverly Robert Crawley, Sr.*, and Elizabeth “Big Ma” Crawley—
Parents of Papa Crawley, Aunt Audrey Anderson, etc. *Twin to a brother that looked exactly alike except Waverly brown paper bag color and the twin was my complexion, no one knows what happened to the twin. N.B.: There is another Crawley branch that started the Hawks Restaurant and funeral house that may be derivative.
Weldon Montague, Sr., and Cornilia “Mama Nia” Robinson Montague—
Parents of Grandma Velma, Uncle Rock (Jr.), Uncle John, etc.
Minnie “Chatty” Young and “The Indian“ (first husband; absent/unknown)—
Parents of Big Ma, from Lumbee* people in North Carolina (brown paper bag Indians out of Ohio), came down for a gathering; when Aunt Audrey was young Big Ma took her, she recalls. *The Lumbee, also known as People of the Dark Water, are a mixed-race, state-recognized Native American tribe primarily located in Robeson County, North Carolina, who claim to be descended from numerous Indigenous peoples of the Southeastern Woodlands who once inhabited the region.
