Isle of Wight County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Crumpler, George M., 1948 

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GEORGE MADISON CRUMPLER 

GEO. M. CRUMPLER OF SMITHFIELD BURIED DEC. 31ST 

  George Madison Crumpler died Wednesday morning, December 29 after an illness 
of some months.

  He was a native of Isle of Wight County and had made his home in Smithfield 
for the past 40 years.

  Mr. Crumpler was well known though out this section, having been a rural mail 
carrier for 23 years until his retirement about 10 years ago.  He attended the 
old Windsor Academy and was a member of the Smithfield Baptist Church, where 
he taught the Baracca class for 35 years.

  Besides his wife, Mrs. Fannie Scott Crumpler, he is survived by two sons, 
George M. Crumpler, Jr., of Richmond, and Frank W. Crumpler of Suffolk; a 
granddaughter, Cheryl Ann Crumpler of Richmond, and a number of nieces and 
nephews.

  Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Friday at the Bullock Funeral Home, 
conducted by the Rev. L.F. Paulette.  Burial was in the Whitehead's Grove 
Baptist Cemetery.

  Active pallbearers were Ralph Griffin, Parke Griffin, Frank Griffin, George 
Lee Griffin, Shepard Scott Jr., and Rea Scott.

  Honorary pallbearers were members of the Baracca Class of the Smithfield 
Baptist Church.


George Madison CRUMPLER, of Smithfield, retired rural mail carrier, 
b. 2 Nov 1867*, Isle of Wight Co., d. 29 Dec 1948, Williamsburg, 
interred in Whitehead's Grove Baptist Cemetery*, 31 Dec 1948, 
"The Smithfield (VA) Times," Vol. 31, No. 31, Jan. 5, 1949, p. 1, col. 4 

*Isle of Wight County Historical Society {IWCHS} 
   Grave Site Survey Task Force {GSSTF} #73: 
   http://www.iwchs.com/Cemetery-Reports.html 

Birthdate &c. from D.Cert. #27945, which gives sn/o James Crumpler. 

George's m.rec. (23 Nov 1918, IoW.Co.) gives sn/o James and Julia Crumpler. 

James J. CRUMPLER 2m. 19 Jul 1868 (IoW.Co.) Julia Ann (BLAND; wid/o Wm.) 
   BRIDGER. 

They appear in the 1870 Census (Newport, IoW.) with William, 15; Lee Jackson, 
   6; James C., 5; & George M., 3. 


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