H.L. married B.R. Hargis [Group Sheet]

T.R. married V.R. Crnkovic [Group Sheet]

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Funeral services for Mr. Preston Crnkovic will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday, February 10, 2010 at the Chapel of Cox Funeral Home of Bastrop with the Rev. Phillip McCready officiating. Interment with military honors will follow at Memorial Park Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 6-8 p.m. Tuesday, February 9 at the funeral home.

Preston Crnkovic was born May 14, 1931 in West Carroll Parish to the union of the late Angel Crnkovic and Fannie Gunter Crnkovic. He died Sunday, February 7, 2010 surrounded by his family at his home in Bastrop.

Preston was a unique person in many ways, very practical, with a dry sense of humor. God had blessed him with many talents along with the knowledge and skillfulness to use them during his lifetime. He was talented in farming, carpentry, welding, electrical, and plumbing. He was mechanically inclined to fix many things. He always tried to be organized before starting a project. His motto was "Count the cost before you start and do it right to start with. Make it low maintenance."

Some friends would call him a "perfectionist" but he was always neat in his job performance. A loyal company man, Preston retired from Louisiana Gas with over 30 years of service. He excelled in his job and was promoted to construction superintendent for the North East district. He believed in treating his co-workers with dignity and respect.

Preston was also an Army veteran of the Korean Conflict. He was a paratrooper with the 101st Airborne Division stationed at Fort Campbell, Ky. During his military service he made over 20 successful jumps.

He loved his family, especially his wife of nearly 59 years, Fay and his two special granddaughters, Hannah Mardis and Amelia Crnkovic. They were the spice of his life and an enjoyment on their summer vacations together. He was an avid fisherman and he hosted many a good fish fry for family and friends. He also provided many others with an abundance of white perch. Preston was always eager and willing to help his neighbors and friends. He was a good provider for his family and he will be missed by many.

Mr. Crnkovic was preceded in death by his parents; three brothers, Bill, Keith, and Robert Crnkovic; and a sister, Doris Crnkovic.

Preston is survived by his wife of 59 years, Fay Trichell Crnkovic of Bastrop; three children, Gary Crnkovic of Bastrop, Vicki Crnkovic Mardis and her husband Ted of Tulsa, Okla., Scott Crnkovic and his wife Kim of Bastrop; two granddaughters, Hannah Mardis of Baton Rouge and Amelia Crnkovic of Bastrop; step-grandson, Jonathan Moreland of Bastrop; sister, Jane Acreman of Oak Grove; and numerous nieces and nephews.

Serving as pallbearers will be Ted Mardis, Randy Gunter, Robert Craft, Jerry Crnkovic, Quenton Burchfield, and George Book. Honorary pallbearers are Jerry Freeland and Royal Kempier.

(Published in The Bastrop Daily Enterprise from February 8 to February 12, 2010)

Preston married C.F. Trichell [Group Sheet]

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Funeral services for Mr. Angel Gabriel Crnkovic, 93, of Oak Grove, were held at 2 p.m. Monday, October 23, 1995, at Cox Funeral Home Chapel in Oak Grove with Father Joe Martina officiating.

Burial followed in Oak Grove Cemetery for Mr. Crnkovic who died Sunday, October 22, 1995 in West Carroll Memorial Hospital. Services were under the direction of Cox Funeral Home.

Mr. Crnkovic was born on March 23, 1902 in Stari-Laz, Yugoslavia to Bartol and Mary Crnkovic. He came to the United States at the age of 9 where his family settled at Zwolle, Louisiana. They moved to West Carroll Parish in 1925 and he married Fannie Gunter in 1926. To that union, six children lived to be grown. He became a citizen of the United States on April 28, 1967. He lived a very long, good and productive life.

Survivors include three sons, Robert Crnkovic, of Oak Grove; Preston Crnkovic, of Bastrop; and Bill Crnkovic, of Lake Providence; two daughters, Jane Acreman, of Oak Grove and Doris Crnkovic, of Alexandria; a brother, Joseph Crnkovic, of Zwolle; 16 grandchildren; 28 great grandchildren, and a number of nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Fannie Gunter Crnkovic; and two sons, Barley Crnkovic and Keith Crnkovic.

Pallbearers were Hoye Terrell, Charles Frith, Joseph Martin, Charlie Hankins, Jeff Chop and Todd Chop.

(Published in The Oak Grove West Carroll Gazette on November 1, 1995)

Angel married Mary Frances Gunter 18 Mar 1926, Chicot County, Arkansas, USA. Mary was born 2 Jan 1909, Oak Grove, West Carroll Parish, Louisiana, USA; died 26 Aug 1983, Oak Grove, West Carroll Parish, Louisiana, USA; was buried 28 Aug 1983, Oak Grove Cemetery - Oak Grove, Louisiana, USA. [Group Sheet]

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Services held Sunday for Mrs. Fannie G. Crnkovic

Services for Mrs. Fannie Gunter Crnkovic, 74, were held at 2 p.m. Sunday in First Baptist Church, Oak Grove, with the Revs. Chuch Gladden and Wendell Russell officiating.

Burial followed in Oak Grove cemetery for Mrs. Crnkovic who died Friday in West Carroll Hospital after a short illness.

Survivors include her husband, Angel Crnkovic, of Oak Grove; two daughters, Mrs. Jane Acreman, of Oak Grove, and Miss Doris Crnkovic, of Monroe; three sons, Robert Crnkovic, of Oak Grove, Bill Crnkovic, of Lake Providence, and Preston Crnkovic, of Bastrop; 16 grandchildren; and 15 great-grandchildren.

Pallbearers were Paul Lee, Rudell Mobley, Charlie Hankins, Hoye Terrell, Henry Corley and Jim McCarty.

(Published in The West Carroll Gazette on August 31, 1983)