Dougherty-Baker County GaArchives Obituaries.....Croy, Rev. Dr. Arven Levoid  March 15, 2007
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Kimbrell-Stern  2007
Date of Birth: June 28, 1925  
Date of Death: March 15, 2007  

The Reverend Doctor Arven Levoid Croy, 81, 465 Sunset Boulevard, Dewton, 
Georgia, died Thursday, March 15, 2007, at Palmyra Medical Center, Albany, 
Georgia. The funeral service will be at Radium Springs Baptist Church in 
Albany, Georgia on Sunday at 2 PM, with burial to follow in the Oakridge 
Cemetery, Tifton, Georgia at 4:30 PM. The Reverend Carl Dunn will officiate.

 Born June 28, 1925 in Tift County to Susie Neal Croy and Charlie Milton Croy, 
Dr. Croy resided in Tifton until 1957. Dr. Croy served in the United States Air 
Force during World War II, after which he was employed with the United States 
Postal Service for a period of 13 years. On April 16, 1955, Dr. Croy was 
licensed to the Gospel Ministry and was ordained in June 1956. He received his 
formal education from Norman College, Norman Park, Georgia and Mercer 
University, Macon, Georgia. He was awarded his Doctor of Divinity from Southern 
Baptist School for Bibical Studies, Jacksonville, Florida. Dr. Croy was an 
active and full time pastor for over 50 years serving churches in North 
Florida, North Georgia and South Georgia, including churches in Albany and 
Newton, Georgia. During his ministry, Dr. Croy served in various capacities on 
the associational and state convention levels including serving on the Georgia 
Baptist Convention Executive Committee and Georgia Baptist Royal Ambassadors 
Advisory Committee. He served several years as a Royal Ambassador State Camp 
counselor and led several Regional Training Sessions for Baptist Brotherhood 
and Royal Ambassadors. He retired from the ministry after his health began to 
decline. Dr. Croy also served on the Baker County Mental Health and Inter-
Agency Councils, and the Baker County Historical Society. He was instrumental 
in canvassing the county cemeteries for the Baker County Historical 
Society’s “History of Baker County Book”. 

Dr. Croy is survived by three daughters, Yvonne Gilbert and her husband, Bill, 
of Sugar Valley, Georgia, Celeice Burch and her husband, Jarrell, of Baker 
County, and Elaine Croy of Newton; three grandchildren, Paige Galt and her 
husband, Jason, of Newnan, Georgia, Matthew Burch and Jeremy Burch of Baker 
County; several nieces and nephews also survive. Dr. Croy was preceded in death 
by his wife, Julia Virginia Matthews Croy, to whom he was lovingly devoted to 
for 58 years. He was also preceded in death by his parents, brothers and 
sisters. The family will receive friends at Kimbrell-Stern on Saturday from 5 
to 7 PM. 

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