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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">[Courtesy of Janice Hogan-November 2013]</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: georgia, serif;"><strong>Robert O. Crofton III</strong></span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: georgia, serif;">Robert Oliver Crofton III was born at Biloxi, Mississippi on October 18, 1908 to Robert O. Crofton II (1881-1937) and Loretta Gilbert Crofton who later married Henry Y. Tourner (1888-1945).&nbsp; R.O. Crofton III expired February 5, 1956.</span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: georgia, serif;"><strong><em>&quot;Robert O. Crofton, 47, 206 W. Water St. Biloxi, commercial artist, designer and interior decorator, died at 8:50 pm Sunday, at Memorial Hospital, Gulfport, after a 17 month illness.&nbsp; Mr. Crofton had been in the hospital five weeks.&nbsp; He was a native Biloxian and had lived in Biloxi and Gulfport all of his life.&nbsp; He was a World War Two veteran.&nbsp; Mr. Crofton attended Biloxi High School and was graduated from St. Joseph Catholic School in Gulfport.&nbsp; He had done considerable art work along the Coast.&nbsp; At one time he was with the Saenger Theatres at Biloxi, Gulfport and other points on the circuit.&nbsp; He was engaged in display work and remodeling and redecorating fronts of theatres and lobbies. He also formerly was with Northrop&#39;s, Gulfport.</em></strong></span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: georgia, serif;"><strong><em>He has been engaged in work for Biloxi carnival clubs.&nbsp; He did designing and decorating for the Hotel Biloxi MacArthur Creole Room; Broadwater Driftwood Lodge, White House pool and other projects, including work for Ingalls Shipbuilding Corporation at Pascagoula.&nbsp; He was an active member of the Gulf Coast Art Assn.</em></strong></span></span></p>
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	<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: georgia, serif;"><em style="font-weight: bold;">He was survived by his mother, Mrs. Henry Tourner, Biloxi; sister, Mrs. C. L. Sheehan, Orlando, Fla.&nbsp; Funeral services will be held at 10 am Tuesday from Bradford Funeral Home with services at the Church of the Nativity and burial in Biloxi Cemetery.&quot;</em>&nbsp;<em>(The Daily Herald, February 6, 1956, p.2)</em></span></span></p>
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	<em style="font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;">The Daily Herald,&nbsp;</em><strong style="font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;">&ldquo;Robert O. Crofton&rdquo;</strong><span style="font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;">, February 6, 1956.</span></p>
