Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Crumpler, Peter D., 1949 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ PETER DANIEL CRUMPLER Peter Daniel Crumpler, 72, a resident of the Handsom community for the past 34 years, died Tuesday afternoon, May 24, after an illness of many weeks. He was the husband of Mrs. Aline McLaughlin Crumpler, who survives him, and was the son of the late Isaac and Carolina Bradshaw Crumpler of this county. He was a member of the Sunbeam Baptist Church. Besides his wife Mr. Crumpler is survived by one son, P.D. Crumpler, Jr., of Newsoms; a daughter, Mrs. Ray Porter of Handsom; two grandchildren; a sister, Mrs. Paul Riddle of Norfolk; two brothers, Charlie Crumpler of Handsom and Crawford Crumpler of Norfolk; and a number of nieces and nephews. Funeral services were conducted from the residence on Thursday afternoon at three o’clock by Rev. R.L. Chadwick, pastor of the Newsoms Baptist Church. Burial was in the cemetery at Sycamore Baptist Church. ****************************************************************************** PETER DANIEL CRUMPLER Funeral services for Peter Daniel Crumpler, 72, who died at his home in the Handsom community of Tuesday, May 24, after an illness of several weeks, were conducted from the residence on Thursday afternoon at 3:30 o’clock by his pastor, Rev. R.L. Chadwick, assisted by Rev. R.H. Shapland of the Newsoms Methodist Church. Burial was in the cemetery at Sycamore Baptist Church. The active pallbearers were Jack Farmer, Jack Story, Lloyd Taylor, B.F. Ellis, Jr., Richard Railey, Marvin Porter, Cecil Porter and Gordon Bridges. The deceased, who had resided in the Handsom community for the past 34 years, was the son of the late Isaac and Caroline Bradshaw Crumpler of this county. He was a member of the Sunbeam Baptist Church. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Aline McLaughlin Crumpler; one son, P.D. Crumpler, Jr., of Newsoms; a daughter, Mrs. Ray Porter of Handsom; two grandchildren; a sister, Mrs. Paul Riddle of Norfolk; two brothers, Charlie Crumpler of Handsom and Crawford Crumpler of Norfolk; and a number of nieces and nephews. Peter Daniel CRUMPLER, Southampton Co. native, d. 24 May 1949, at home, Handsom, age 72, interred in Sycamore Baptist Church Cemetery (Row 5, Plot 50*), 26 May 1949, "The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), May 27, 1949, p. 5; "The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), June 3, 1949, p. 4 *Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 4 (MV-IV-43): http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/miscvol4.txt His widow's obit ("Tidewater News," Dec. 8, 1969, p. 9) is posted at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/c651a1ob.txt Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), and re-formatted by File Manager. file at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/c651p1ob.txt