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Submitted: 7/14/09 • Approved: 5/24/22 • Last Updated: 5/27/22 • R213060-G213058-S3
Gus 30 Nov 1912 - 27 Jan 2009
Mae 14 Dec 1918 - 06 July 2009
Marriage: 30 Dec 1939
Gus Charles Crider son of Charles Toliver Crider and Mary Alice (Fooks) Crider. Melissa Mae (Willett) Crider daughter of William Henry Willett and Arrie Edna (Norris) Willett.
Please see husbands entry for more information.
**obituary
Melissa Mae Crider
Melissa Mae Crider, 90, of Walnut Ridge, died July 6, 2009, in Walnut Ridge.
Born Dec. 14, 1918, in Smithville, she was the daughter of William Henry and Arrie Norris Willett. She was a homemaker and was a member of First Baptist Church in Holbrook, Ariz.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Gus Charles Crider, whom she married Dec. 30, 1939, in Smithville; and a son, Louis H. Crider.
Survivors include a daughter, Paula Wilson, Alamogordo, N.M.; a son, Wayne Crider, Oak Harbor, Wash.; a brother, Curtis Willett, St. George, Utah; two grandchildren, Melissa Wilson and Charles Crider Jr.; and a great-granddaughter.
Funeral was Friday at 11 a.m. at Higginbotham Funeral Home with Johnny White officiating. Burial was in Smithville Cemetery.
Obituary courtesy of The Times Dispatch Walnut Ridge, Lawrence County, Arkansas posted 15 Jul 2009.
Contributed on 7/14/09 by catrichey37
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