Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries......Crumpler, William M. Sr., 1950 

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WILLIAM MAHONE CRUMPLER

CRUMPLER RITES TO BE TODAY AT SUFFOLK

   Suffolk, May 12 - (AP) - William Mahone Crumpler, 69, president of the 
Suffolk-Nansemond County Bar Association and eminent in law practice in Suffolk 
for the past 50 years, died Thursday night in a Suffolk hospital after a brief 
illness.

   Mr. Crumpler, in 1900, had the distinction of being the youngest man ever 
admitted to the Virginia bar. Because he was under age at the time, it took a 
special act of the State Assembly to pass the bar. He was graduated from the 
Richmond College law school.

   Active also in banking circles, he was one of the founders of the American 
Bank and Trust Company and served on the board of directors since the 
institution’s inception. He was a member of the Suffolk Knights of Pythias.

   Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Viola S. Crumpler; one son, William M. Crumpler, 
Jr.; one granddaughter, Miss Viola Janice (Billie) Crumpler; one sister, Mrs. 
Fannie Crumpler Parrish, all of Suffolk; and one nephew, James Shepherd Parrish, 
of Hulbert, Mich.

   Funeral rites will be conducted at 3 p.m. Saturday at R.W. Baker and Co. 
Funeral Home.


[William Mahone CRUMPLER, Sr., d. 11 May 1950, Suffolk, age 69, 
 interred in Cedar Hill Cemetery, Suffolk, 13 May 1950, 
 donated obit, newspaper unknown, dateline May 12, 1950] 

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