Barbara Cranford Fraser, 65, of Lusby, MD passed away on July 8, 2010 at Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, D. C. She was born on May 19, 1945 in Upper Marlboro, MD to the late William Mortimer Cranford and Edna Mae Cranford nee Wheatley.

She worked in Human Resources for the United States Air Force at Andrews Air Force Base.

She is survived by her loving husband Edward H. Fraser of Lusby, MD; daughter Kimberly Daugherty, step-daughter Maria Fraser; two grandchildren Chelsea and Kristen Dougherty; brothers Carl E. and his wife Shirley Cranford of North Port, Fl, Charles E. and his wife Shirley Cranford of Boynton Beach, FL and the late Joseph E. Cranford, William A. Cranford and John M. Cranford; sisters M. Marie and her husband James Chaney, Jr. of Bridgeville, DE, Dolores and her husband Johnny Drake, Sr. of St. Leonard, MD, Joan and her husband James Fittro of Ocala, FL, Catherine and her husband Alvin Dressler of Ocala, FL, Carolyn and her husband Forrest Drummond of Ft. Meyers, FL, Diana and her husband Charles Diana of Brandywine, MD and the late Mary L. Brown; sister-in-law of Mary Ann Cranford of Port Charlotte, FL and Linda Fraser of Sewell, NJ. She is also survived by sixteen nieces and eleven nephews.

The family will receive friends on Wednesday, July 14, from 5:00 to 8:00 PM at the Rausch Funeral Home, P. A., 20 American Lane, Lusby, MD. Funeral services will be held on Thursday, July 15, 2010 in the Rausch Funeral Home Chapel at 1:00 PM. Interment to follow at the Maryland Veterans Cemetery, Cheltenham, MD.

Should friends desire memorial contributions may be made in her memory to the American Diabetes Association, P.O. Box 11454, Alexandria, VA 22312.

Arrangements provided by Rausch Funeral Home.