Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 4, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 April 1909 — ANGEL ON CRAWFORD’S GRAVE [ARTICLE]

ANGEL ON CRAWFORD’S GRAVE

Many Weep as the Author’s Funeral Cortege Passes. Sorrento, Italy. April 13.—From the windows and balconies flowers were thrown on the hearse and many persons wept as F. Marion Crawford’s funeral cortege passed. . i The statue placed over the grave was by the dead author's father, who designed it his youthful days. The author kept it always in his study and called it his guardian angel. Just before he died, he expressed the wish to have it at his grave.