MULLINS — Mr. Ed McCracken, 91, widower of Sally Mae Strickland McCracken, died Wednesday, March 29, 2006, at his daughters home after an illness. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, April 1, at the Chapel of Cox-Collins Funeral Home. Burial will follow in Devotion Gardens Cemetery. Mr. McCracken was born Jan. 8, 1915, in Georgia, a son of the late Alpha Thomas McCracken and the late Olabell Williams McCracken Soles. He was a farmer and an avid fisherman. Mr. McCracken was very devoted to the Lord, and was a member of Mars Bluff Pentecostal Church and attended Church of God of Prophecy. Surviving Mr. McCracken are his children, Ruth Buffkin of Mullins, Ed (Pat) McCracken Jr. of Florence, Patricia (Glenn) Odom of Florence and Betty (Wayne) Hardee of Marion; 11 grandchildren, Glenn Buffkin, Chip McCracken, Joe McCracken, Michelle Driggers, John Odom, Audrea Carter, Teresa Shaw, Rodney Hardee, Douglas Wayne Fowler, Wanda Gail McLellan and Ray Fowler; 18 great-grandchildren; 10 great-great-grandchildren; three sisters, Beulah Ward of Whiteville, N.C., Flora Kinlaw of Whiteville, N.C., and Mable Soles of Chadbourn, N.C.; and a devoted brother-in-law, Elger Strickland of Loris. Mr. McCracken was predeceased by two daughters, Margaret Fowler and Beatrice McCracken; a granddaughter, Linda Buffkin; two sisters, Willa Mae Clark and Esteen Staub; and three brothers, Luther McCracken, Carl McCracken and Boyd McCracken. Memorials may be made to Shepherd Care Hospice, P.O. Box 392, Nichols, SC 29581. Visitation will be from 7 to 9 p.m. today at Cox-Collins Funeral Home.