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Hilton McCrory Obit

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Name of Deceased: Robert Hilton McCrory Age at Death: 91 Birth Date: abt 1913 Death Date: May/10/2004 Newspaper Title: Alexandria Daily Town Talk Newspaper Location: Alexandria, LA, US Obituary Publication Date: May/12/2004 Locations Mentioned in Obituary: Alexandria; Funeral; Baton Rouge; Pineville; New Orleans, LA; Houston, TX

Robert Hilton McCrory
Funeral services celebrating the life of Robert Hilton McCrory will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday, May 12, 2004 in the Bolton Chapel at Emmanuel Baptist Church with Dr. Larry Taylor officiating and Dr. Lee Weems assisting.. Burial will be in Greenwood Memorial Park, Pineville under the direction of Hixson Brothers, Alexandria.

Mr. McCrory, 91, of Alexandria, died Monday, May 10, 2004 at Health South Riverside Hospital.

Mr. McCrory moved to Alexandria in 1951. He was an active businessman for over forty years in the production and sales of educational publications. In February 2003, he was awarded the Alexandria Human Relations Commission Award for efforts to promote better understanding and quality of life in the community. Mr. McCrory was on the Executive Board of Directors and Treasurer for the Shepherd Ministries and a volunteer counselor for the Shepherd Center. He was named Lion of the Year and was former President of the Alexandria Lions Club and was a member of the Lions Club International Foundation, where he was awarded the Melvin Jones Fellow Award for dedicated humanitarian services. Mr. McCrory was an Executive Board member for the Louisiana Lions Eye Foundation and a board member for the Louisiana Crippled Children's Camp. He was awarded the Louisiana Lions Eye Foundation President's Award (2003-2004), this was the first time ever awarded for his outstanding contributions throughout the state in the promotion and care of vision health. Mr. McCrory joined Emmanuel Baptist Church in 1951, became a deacon in 1965, was budget chairman from 2003-2004 and was on numerous committees.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Dolly Stanley McCrory and his son, Robert Hilton McCrory, Jr.

He leaves to cherish his memory his sons, Dr. Ronald Stanley McCrory of Baton Rouge and Thomas Howard McCrory of Alexandria; his grandchildren, Catherine McCrory Pears of Alexandria, Allison McCrory of Baton Rouge and Erin McCrory Evans of Houston, Texas and two great grandchildren, Madeline Pears and Emily Pears.

Pallbearers will be Nippy Blair, Don Neely, Jimmie Long, Bob Lowry, Luke Purdy and Chuck Tosten. Friends may call from 5 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. today and from 9 a.m. until shortly before service at Hixson Brothers, Alexandria.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Louisiana Lions Eye Foundation, 2020 Gravier St. Suite B, New Orleans, LA 70112, 1-800-441-5466.