Spalding-Fulton-Coweta County GaArchives Obituaries.....CROWE, Morgan R. February 12, 1945 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Valerie (Johnson) Freeman http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00009.html#0002248 and Linda (Burdette) Patterson mackandlinda@yahoo.com March 1, 2006, 12:49 am Unknown Newspaper / Unknown Date Lt. M. R. Crowe Killed in Takeoff Fatal to Seven Lt. Morgan R. Crowe, 19, of the Army Air Corps, was one of seven crew members fatally injured when a four-engine Army bomber crashed yesterday on the takeoff from Hunter Field near Savannah, his parents, Mr. And Mrs. L. G. Burdette [see notes below], of 513 Chestnut street, Hapeville, have been notified by the War Department. Only three aboard the bomber survived. They were taken to the AAF regional hospital at Hunter Field. Witnesses said fire and explosion followed the crash which was in the wooded section near the junction of the Atlantic Coast Line railroad and the Burkhalter road. Lt. Morgan was graduated from Hapeville High school and entered the Army in June 1943. In addition to his parents, he is survived by a brother, Sgt. Elmer M. Burdette of the Army, and his grandmother, Mrs. J. M. Crowe, of Griffin. Howard L. Carmichael will have charge of the funeral arrangements. Additional Comments: GA Death Index: Morgan R. Crowe Date of Death: 12 Feb 1945 County of Death: Fulton Gender: M Race: W Age: 20 years Cert: 1925 Hapeville is in Fulton Co., GA; Griffin is in Spalding Co., GA. Grandson of Esther Viola (Swygert) Crowe, the daughter of Martha Madora “Dora” Nixon & 1st husband, Morgan Govan Swygert. Son of Morgan Robert Crowe (b. 18 May 1903, d. 20 Nov 1982 Jax, Duval Co., FL) and Fairy Martha (Unknown) – divorced 1944 in Duval Co., FL. Fairy then married Lucius Guy Burdette, son of Dora Nixon and 2nd husband, Thomas N. Burdette. Therefore Lt. Crowe's Grandmother, Esther, and Step-father, Lucius, were half siblings as they had the same mother. * GA Death Index: Name: Fairy M Burdette Death Date: 30 Mar 1957 County of Death: Fulton Gender: F Race: W Age: 53 years County of Residence: Fulton Certificate: 09004 * Descendants of John Marshall Crowe, Rev. 1 John Marshall Crowe, Rev. b: 1 Sep 1857 in Forsyth Co., Georgia d: 26 Nov 1932 in Spalding Co., Georgia Burial: Hanleighter Methodist Church/Oak Hill Cemetery - Griffin, Spalding Co., Georgia +Mary Jane "Molly" (McGuier) McGuire b: Abt 1851 in of Paulding Co., Georgia m: Bef 1879 d: Oct 1900 in (Polk Co., Georgia) Burial: Haralson Co., Georgia Father: James Monroe McGuire Mother: Sarah ?_______ ~ 2 Samuel Crowe b: Abt Feb 1880 in Georgia (Paulding Co.) d: Bef 1900 ~ 2 Thomas N. Crowe b: Abt 1883 in Georgia ~ 2 Andrew G. Crowe b: Abt 1892 in Georgia *2nd Wife of John Marshall Crowe, Rev.: +Esther Viola Swygert b: 23 Aug 1873 in Georgia m: 29 May 1901 in Coweta Co., Georgia d: 6 May 1958 in Floyd Co., Georgia (Resident of Spalding Co., Georgia) Burial: Hanleighter Methodist Church/Oak Hill Cemetery - Griffin, Spalding Co., Georgia Father: Morgan Govan Swygert Mother: Martha Madora "Dora" Nixon ~ 2 Marshall L. Crowe b: Abt 1902 in Georgia ~~ +Janie M. ?_______ b: Abt 1903 Father: Mother: ~~~~ 3 J. T. Crowe b: Abt 1921 ~~~~ 3 Lettie Crowe b: Abt 1928 ~ 2 Morgan Robert Crowe b: 18 May 1903 in Georgia d: 20 Nov 1982 in Duval Co., Florida ~~ +Fairy Martha ?_______ b: Abt 1904 in Georgia m: Abt 1924 in Divorced - 1944 - Recorded Duval Co., Florida d: 30 Mar 1957 in Fulton Co., Georgia Father: Mother: ~~~~ 3 Morgan R. (Robert?) Crowe b: 1924-1925 d: 12 Feb 1945 in Fulton Co., Georgia ~ 2 Pierce Crowe b: Abt 1905 in Georgia ~ 2 Mary Ruth Crowe b: Abt 1907 in Georgia ~ 2 John D. Crowe b: Abt 1908 in Georgia ~ 2 Warren Chandler Crowe b: 25 Apr 1910 d: 20 Sep 1933 in Spalding Co., Georgia Burial: Hanleighter Methodist Church/Oak Hill Cemetery - Griffin, Spalding Co., Georgia ~ 2 Wilson Crowe b: Abt 1912 in Georgia File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/spalding/obits/c/crowe3921gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/gafiles/ File size: 4.6 Kb