Sallie Ward (Lawrence) Crawford (1893 - 1992)

Born 3 Sep 1893 in New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, United States

Died 22 May 1992 at age 98 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States

Biography

Sallie Ward was born in 1893. She was the daughter of Wesley Eaton Lawrence and Sarah Ann Davis Gustine. She passed away in 1992.

Biography from findagrave:

The Boston Globe (Boston, MA), May 23, 1992"

Sallie Crawford, 98 Was musician, tennis player

Sallie Ward Crawford, an accomplished musician and tennis player, died yesterday at Rivercrest Nursing Home in Concord. She was 98 and had been a resident of Beacon Hill since the 1920s.

Mrs. Crawford was born in New Orleans and moved to Boston in 1915 after her marriage to Seth Turner Crawford, who died in 1943.

Before World War I, she studied the harp in Dresden, Germany and Paris. While living in Boston she played many concerts with the Boston Flute Players and the Durrell String Quartet, both groups composed of members of the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

She competed successfully in many tennis tournaments in New England and in 1941 was runner-up in the National Women's Veteran's Doubles Championship.

Mrs. Crawford was a director of the Turner Free Library in Randolph, a director of Gore Place Society, and a member of the Colonial Dames, Chilton Club, the Country Club, and Longwood Cricket Club.

She leaves one daughter, Alice Montgomery Turner Coolidge; two sons, Dr. John Douglas Crawford of Lincoln and Seth Turner Crawford of Markham, Va.; seven grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.

The funeral will be Wednesday at 1:30 p.m. in Trinity Church, Boston.

Sources

• Memorial: Find a Grave (has image)
  Find A Grave: Memorial #137036885 (accessed 15 April 2023)
  Memorial page for Sallie Ward Lawrence Crawford (3 Sep 1893-22 May 1992), citing Central Cemetery, Randolph, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA; Maintained by Kathleen Manuel (contributor 48481257).