 robert oliver crofton iii robert oliver crofton iii ray mon 12302013 1103 courtesy of janice hogannovember 2013  robert o crofton iii robert oliver crofton iii was born at biloxi mississippi on october 18 1908 to robert o crofton ii 18811937 and loretta gilbert crofton who later married henry y tourner 18881945 ro crofton iii expired february 5 1956  robert o crofton 47 206 w water st biloxi commercial artist designer and interior decorator died at 850 pm sunday at memorial hospital gulfport after a 17 month illness mr crofton had been in the hospital five weeks he was a native biloxian and had lived in biloxi and gulfport all of his life he was a world war two veteran mr crofton attended biloxi high school and was graduated from st joseph catholic school in gulfport he had done considerable art work along the coast at one time he was with the saenger theatres at biloxi gulfport and other points on the circuit he was engaged in display work and remodeling and redecorating fronts of theatres and lobbies he also formerly was with northrop s gulfport he has been engaged in work for biloxi carnival clubs 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 he was an active member of the gulf coast art assn he was survived by his mother mrs henry tourner biloxi sister mrs c l sheehan orlando fla 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     the daily herald february 6 1956 p2  references  the daily herald   robert o crofton   february 6 1956 88 views  