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Submitted: 5/4/18 • Approved: 5/4/18 • Last Updated: 5/7/18 • R1220701-G1220700-S3
Jan 4, 1927-Oct 28, 2014
Evelyn Virginia Thompson Crowe was born Jan 4, 1927, the only child of Willie Ray Thompson and Grace Virginia Fitzgerald Thompson. She passed away Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2014. She attended First Baptist Church in Paris, where a funeral service will be held at 2:30 p.m. Friday with the Rev. Harlin Brewton officiating. Her grandsons will serve as pallbearers. Interment will follow at Baxley Cemetery in Paris. The family will hold visitation from 5-7 p.m. today at Roller Funeral Home in Paris. Mrs. Crowe of Paris passed away Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2014, at home.
Her parents and one granddaughter, Anna Virginia Redfern, preceded her in death.
She is survived by her husband of 65 years, Dr. Murry Maxwell Crowe of Paris; a son, Maxwell Thompson “Tom” Crowe of Paris; three daughters, Cheryl Virginia Crowe Adams and Delane of Winnfield, La., Susan Lea Crowe Clark and Carlton of Rayville, La., and Lauren Kaye Crowe Redfern and Robert of Danville; eight grandchildren, Chad Adams and Carolee, Chris Adams and Marie, Lindsey Clark Lowe and Ryan, Max Clark, Jenny Redfern Fish and Daniel, Clay Redfern, Spencer Redfern and Nicholas Redfern; eight great-grandchildren, Jack Adams, Emily Grace Adams, Taylor Adams, Alex Adams, Logan Adams, Dawson Adams, Willa Rae Lowe and Guy Lowe; special friend, Wanda Keener; and a host of friends and family.
Evelyn was born and educated in Paris. She graduated from Ouachita Baptist College (Ouachita University). She began teaching in the Paris Public School system, where she met her husband, Max. They later lived 19 years in Winnfield, where she taught kindergarten for eight years at First Baptist Church. They moved to Monroe, La., living there seven years before returning to Paris in 1977. Evelyn’s legacy was her devotion to the Lord. Whether it was her decades of teaching Ladies’s Adult Sunday school classes, working at vacation Bible schools, or leading mission studies, she served faithfully until the Lord called her home. She loved her church, and they in turn established The Evelyn Crowe Mission Offering in her honor for her commitment to the Women’s Missionary Society. A creative person, her talents were shared through entertaining, decorating, programs she led and her watercolor paintings. Evelyn was an avid reader, and she never met a stranger. She was also a member of PEO, a weekly painting group, and a past member of The Daughters of the American Revolution and Delta Kappa Gamma Society.
The family would like to extend a special thank you to her friends who rallied around her and especially Peachtree Hospice in Fort Smith and to Dr. John Charles Smith.
Contributed on 5/4/18 by billsully060
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