Services set for former Crawford Mayor’s funeral

CRAWFORD, Miss. (WCBI) – Services are set for former Crawford Mayor Helen O’Neal.

The funeral will be Saturday at Charity Mission Full Gospel Baptist Church, in Crawford, beginning at noon.

Burial will be at Memorial Gardens Cemetery.

O’Neal was mayor of the small Lowndes County town for 16 years.

She was the first female and first African-American to serve in that role.

O’Neal was 70 years old.