DENNIS F. CRANE, JR.
September 5, 1962 – January 15, 2018

Dennis Filbert Crane, Jr. 55, of 276 Longridge Road, Columbia, died Monday, January 15, 2018, at Lifeway Hospitals of N. C. in Rocky Mount.

Born in Tyrrell County, September 5, 1962, he was the son of Mary Ann Hassell Crane Cooper and the late Dennis F. Crane, Sr.  He was a graduate of Columbia High School and has just been recognized for 15 years of service to Tyrrell County as water plant operator.  He also worked for 17 years as an Emergency Medical Technician.

Funeral services will be held at 11:00 A.M. on Saturday, January 20, 2018 in the Columbia Chapel of Bryan Funeral Service.  Steve Bryan will officiate.  Burial will follow in Soundside Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery.

Surviving in addition to his mother are a son, Dennis F. Crane III; two sisters, Barbara Ann Crane Smith and husband, Huey of Loxahatchee, Florida and Christi Lynn Cooper of Columbia.

The family will receive friends during the hour prior to the funeral on Saturday beginning at 10:00 a.m. at the funeral home and other times at his mother's home.