Marion Cranford Jr.;52;of 341 11th St.;Donora;died enroute to Charleroi Division of Mon Valley Hospital on Sunday evening;November 9;1975. He was born in Royal;Pa.on Aug.3;1923 and spent most of his life in Dayton;Ohio before moving to Donora. A world War II veteran;serving in the U.S.Army; he had been employed at the former Mon Valley Recon;Inc.of Donora. Mr.Cranford is survived by six children;S-Sgt.Theodore Cranford;serving with the U.S.Air Force in Japan;Mrs.Clestine Taylor of Dayton;Ohio;Airman 1-C Rodney Cranford;also with the U.S.Air Force;Jeffrey Cranford;Almetta Cranford and Marion Cranford III;all three of Dayton;Ohio;three sisters;Mrs.Mattie Ora Jones of Monessen;Mrs.Anette Davis of Belle Vernon and Mrs.Carol Corbin of Chicago;Ill.;one brother;Richard Cranford of Chicago;Ill;and several nieces and nephews. Friends are being received at the Beverly C.Draper Funeral Home;Monessen from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.Wednesday. Services will be held on Thursday at 1 p.m.in Macedonia Holiness Church;Arnold City;with the Rev.Bonner Dupree;pastor;officiating. Interment will follow in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Beverly C.Draper is funeral director in charge.