Graveside services for Esther Lee Cranford, 90, of Monroe, LA will be held at 2:00 PM, Friday, January 20, 2012 at Springhill Cemetery in Swartz, LA with Rev. Johnny Yates officiating. Services are under the direction of Kilpatrick Funeral Home of Monroe. Mrs. Cranford was born March 5, 1921 in Ouachita Parish and passed away on January 16, 2012 in Bossier City, LA. She is survived by five children: Vivian Franks and husband, Emmitt, Ruby Griffin, Robert Griffin and wife, Laura Hope, Ruby Lewis, and Dorothy Duchesne and husband, Roger; 16 grandchildren and numerous great grandchildren. Visitation will be held from 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM, Thursday, January 19, 2012 at Kilpatrick Funeral Home of Monroe.