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They took different paths to the same place, and since 2007, all three of Wayne Cranford's sons had been working with him at the advertising agency he had helped to found in 1961, Cranford Johnson Robinson Woods.
Thew suddenly, all four Cranfords - dad and sons - were gone. For the first time in almost 54 years, there was no Cranford at CJRW.
Jay, 48, and Ross, 46, resigned at the end of April, a couple of months after Darin Gray was brought in as CEO. Chris, 41, who was creative director for CJRW's Jones Film Video division, was on vacation in Nepal when his brothers made the surprising move, but when he returned, the Cranford exodus was complete.
What Jay described as "philosophical differences" came to a...