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Submitted: 9/22/21 • Approved: 9/23/21 • Last Updated: 9/26/21 • R1391119-G0-S3
Apr 1, 1987 - June 21, 2017
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Nathaniel Clark Crump, 30, of Beebe, Arkansas went to be with his Heavenly Father June 21, 2017. He was a 2005 graduate of Beebe High School. Nathaniel was a firefighter for the Little Rock Fire Dept. and a volunteer fireman for the Antioch Fire Department. He was a member of Mt. Zion Methodist Church.
Nathaniel is survived by his wife, Jessica Crump of Beebe; mother and stepfather, Carol and Michael Westergren of Beebe; father and stepmother, Steve and Gina Crump of Ozark, Missouri; father and mother-in-law, Danny and Terri Schmitz of Beebe; two brothers, Caleb Crump and Peyton Crump; three sisters, Tara James, Stephanie Leahey and Krista Davis; and grandmothers, Barbara Webb, Lee Mills, Jenifer Hampton and Sandra Rye, all of Beebe.
Nathaniel has become a hero to many. His strength and courage were two of the many words that best describe him. His contagious smile will always be remembered.
Memorials may be made to the Antioch Fire Dept., 166 Jim Corbitt Rd., Beebe, Ark. 72012. Visitation will be 10 a.m. to 12 noon Saturday, June 24, 2017 at Mt. Zion United Methodist Church, 4259 Mt. Tabor Rd., Lonoke, Ark. 72086, with funeral to follow at 12:30 p.m. Burial will be in Antioch Cemetery. Arrangements by Smith-Westbrook Funeral Home www.SmithFamilyCares.com.
Published June 23, 2017
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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (KATV) — An Arkansas lawmaker has filed a bill that would give firefighters more sick leave when battling cancer.
House Bill 1299 was introduced at the State Capitol on Wednesday by state Rep. Nicole Clowney, D-Fayetteville. The proposal comes after the death of Little Rock firefighter Nathaniel Crump, who in 2017 lost his fight against cancer.
The bill has been dubbed "Crump's Law".
"It was so frustrating because that was Nathaniel's one passion and the one thing that kept him going was being a firefighter," Nathaniel's wife Jessica Crump said.
Jessica remembers Nathaniel as a man who loved his job. In 2015 he was diagnosed with cancer and things started going downhill.
"We started treatment," Jessica said. "He started losing some time. He eventually lost all of his sick days while we were in the hospital. We were having to face making decisions of him losing his job and his insurance."
Crump exhausted his sick leave and was forced to return to fighting fires just weeks before he died, Clowney said.
"We've got a gap in Arkansas law and we've got to close it," she said.
Under Arkansas law, according to Clowney, firefighters with cancer are not entitled to any special category of sick leave. Under the bill, they would have one year of sick leave.
While Jessica Crump continues to process the pain of losing her husband, she's still pushing for change in hopes that one day other firefighters won't have to go through what her husband did.
The Arkansas Professional Firefighters Association is currently compiling a bank of firefighters who'd be affected.
A federal bill will soon mandate that the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention keep track of cancer in the fire service.
Contributed on 9/22/21 by hawkinsdonna48
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