Ernest Worth McCrary, 91, of Tifton died Wednesday, September 9, 2009, at Tift Health Care. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, September 12, 2009, at the First Baptist Church of Ty Ty. Rev. Jim Duggan will officiate with burial to follow in Oak Ridge Cemetery. His grandsons, Wayne McCrary Jr., Tommy McCrary, Timmy McCrary, Kris McCrary, Wade Young, Wyatt Young and Andrew McCrary will serve as pallbearers. Honorary pallbearers will be his granddaughters, Stacy Hambright, Andrea Apple and Alison McCrary. The family will receive friends on Friday, September 11, 2009, from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. in the Chapel of Bowen-Donaldson Home for Funerals.
Mr. McCrary was born on April 2, 1918 in Gordon County and was the son of Elbert C. McCrary and Ada Thomas McCrary, both deceased. He was also preceded in death by three brothers and one sister. He was a retired farmer from Goldkist and from 20 years with the Tift County School System as a bus driver. He was a World War II Navy veteran and served for two years aboard President Roosevelt’s yacht. He was a member of the First Baptist Church of Ty Ty.
Mr. McCrary is survived by his beloved wife of 66 years, Cora Belle McFarland McCrary of Tifton; three sons and daughters-in-law, Wayne McCrary and Patricia Jordan of Minnesota, Frank and Patama McCrary of Tifton and Glyn and Beth McCrary of Valdosta; two daughters, Deborah Young of Apex, North Carolina and Lynn McCrary of Tifton; three brothers, Howard McCrary of Tifton, Earl McCrary of Birmingham, Alabama and E. J. McCrary of Waco, Texas; four sisters, Doris Johnson of Tallahassee, Florida, Ruby Jean Summers of Paris, Texas, Mary Lou Lux of Apex, North Carolina and Joyce Hall of Tifton; eleven grandchildren; and eight great grandchildren.