Isle of Wight County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Crumpler, Lee J., 1945 

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LEE JACKSON CRUMPLER 

LEE J. CRUMPLER, 81, OF SMITHFIELD BURIED THURSDAY 

  Lee J. Crumpler, 81, died at his home in Smithfield March 6th after a long 
illness.  He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Lulie Edwards Crumpler; one 
daughter, Miss Bessie Lee Crumpler, and a brother, George M. Crumpler all of 
Smithfield.

  Funeral services were conducted Thursday at 3 p.m. at Whitehead's Grove 
Baptist Church, of which he was a member, by the Rev. J.F. Colston.  Burial 
was in the church cemetery.

  Pallbearers were Seth Lankford, Jesse Oliver, J.W. Horne, Sr., Livy 
Vellines, Leon Chapman, S.T. Butler, E.P. Gale and Vernon Barnes.

  Mr. Crumpler had been a member of Whitehead Grove Baptist Church since 1876 
and served as senior deacon, teacher of the Men's Bile Class and in other 
activities of church life.


Lee Jackson CRUMPLER, mail carrier, former constable, 
b. 26 Jul 1863, Long View, IoW.Co., d. 6 Mar 1945, at home, Smithfield, 
interred in Whitehead's Grove Baptist Church Cemetery*, 8 Mar 1945, 
"The Smithfield (VA) Times," Vol. 27, No. 50, Mar. 14, 1945 

*Additional information: 

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. #6401 (Newport #7), which gives 
   sn/o James J. Crumpler, b. Southampton Co., & Julia Ann Bland, b. IoW.Co. 

However, James & Julia, both widowed, did not marry until 19 Jul 1868. 
   James, sn/o Solomon & "Polly" (Brock) Crumpler, 1m. 14 Mar 1854 
   Martha J. Bryant, dt/o Jonathan & Cherry (Webb) Bryant. 
   Julia 1m. 8 Jan 1856 William Bridger, sn/o James & Betsey. [all in IoW.Co.] 

The 1900 Census (Smithfield town) gives b. Jul 1864, County Constable; 
   1870 (Newport) gives age 6; 1880 (Newport), age 16. 


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