Otis Crews b. 19 Nov 1923 Benton, Columbia, Florida, USA d. 29 Sep 2015 Gainesville, Alachua, Florida, USA: acw

1923 - 2015 (91 years)

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Name	Otis Crews [1, 2, 3, 4]
Birth	19 Nov 1923	Benton, Columbia, Florida, USA [1, 2, 3, 4]
Gender	Male
Race	White [4]
Residence	1930	Benton, Columbia, Florida, USA [4]
Residence	Age: 6; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Son
Residence	1935	Precinct 3, Columbia, Florida, USA [1]
Residence	1991	Lake City, Columbia, Florida, USA [3]
Death	29 Sep 2015	Gainesville, Alachua, Florida, USA [2]
Death	Otis Crews Mr. Otis Crews, 91, of Lake City, passed away on Tuesday, September 29, 2015, at the VA Medical Center in Gainesville after a lengthy battle with Alzheimer's disease. He was born on November 19, 1923, in Hamilton County to the late Joe and Arrie Crews. He served ten years in the U.S. Navy during World War II in the South Pacific. He also served 10 years in the Air Force along with ten years in the Air Force reserve, retiring in 1972. He also was a City Mail Carrier for 23 years for the U.S. Postal Service in Ocala. He was a member of the Parkview Baptist Church and was a past member of the Wyomina Park Baptist Church in Ocala and a member of the Marion-Dunn Masonic Lodge in Ocala. He loved gospel, bluegrass and old time country music, he sang in the church choir for many years as well. Yard work and gardening were not chores to him, but enjoyment. He also loved to travel our country and also Europe with his wife Ethel, which brought him some of his most treasured memories. He is preceded in death by his brothers: Ernest, Emory, Clyde and Vernon Crews; sisters: Eva Wheeler, Ada Dubberly, Marie King and Emma Jean Morrell; first wife: Janice Brannen Crews and daughter: Patricia Anne Crews. He is survived by his wife of 37 years: Ethel Crews of Lake City; son: Gordon B. Crews (Virginia) of Bend, Oregon; daughters: Glenda C. O'Donnell (Robert) of Trinity, FL and Cathy C. Baker (Michael) of Springboro, OH. Three brothers J. Paul Crews, Jacksonville, FL; William Eldridge Crews (Betty) Lake City, FL; and Lenvil Crews, Sarasota, FL; grandchildren: Brian Baker, Bradley Baker, Sean O'Donnell, Kevin O'Donnell and Jennifer Varvarigos, and twelve great-grandchildren; step-children: Duyral Reynolds, Debra Webb and Renita Dennis also survive. Funeral services for Mr. Crews will be conducted on Saturday, October 3, 2015 at 10 A.M. in the chapel of the Dees-Parrish Family Funeral Home with Rev. Mike Tatem of Parkview Baptist Church officiating. Interment will follow in Memorial Cemetery. The family will receive friends on Friday evening, October 2, 2015 from 6-8 P.M. in the chapel of the Funeral Home. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations please be made to alzheimers.org or to the Parkview Baptist Church in memory of Otis Crews. Arrangements are under the direction and care of the DEES-PARRISH FAMILY FUNERAL HOME, 458 S. Marion Ave., Lake City, 32025. Please sign the online guestbook at www.parrishfamilyfuneralhome.com Lake City Reporter (FL) - Friday, October 2, 2015 CITE THIS RECORD "Lake City Reporter", Florida, GenealogyBank.com (http://www.genealogybank.com/doc/obituaries/obit/1583CBCF078DDA68-1583CBCF078DDA68 : accessed 19 November 2016)
Burial	3 Oct 2015	Memorial Cemetery, Lake City, Columbia, Florida, USA [2]
Person ID	I3468	tng Genealogy

Father	Joseph L Crews, b. 3 Feb 1884, Florida, USA
Relationship	natural
Mother	Arrie Rhoden, b. 12 Oct 1896, Florida, USA d. 9 Apr 1995, Lake City, Columbia, Florida, USA (Age 98 years)
Relationship	natural
Family ID	F1498	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Janice Elizabeth Brannen, b. 10 Aug 1930 d. 28 Dec 1973, Ocala, Marion, Florida, USA (Age 43 years)

Children

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Family ID F10067 Group Sheet | Family Chart

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	Birth - 19 Nov 1923 - Benton, Columbia, Florida, USA
	Residence - Age: 6; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Son - 1930 - Benton, Columbia, Florida, USA
	Residence - 1991 - Lake City, Columbia, Florida, USA
	Death - 29 Sep 2015 - Gainesville, Alachua, Florida, USA
	Burial - 3 Oct 2015 - Memorial Cemetery, Lake City, Columbia, Florida, USA

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[S351] Ancestry.com, Florida State Census, 1867-1945, (Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2008;).
Census Year: 1935; Locality: Precinct 3; County: Columbia; Page: 3; Line: 1; Archive Series #: S5, Roll 4
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[S541] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;), https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/153096798.
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[S396] Ancestry.com, U.S. Public Records Index, Volume 1, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), Database online.
Record for Otis Crews
[S337] Ancestry.com, 1930 United States Federal Census, (Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2002;).
Year: 1930; Census Place: Benton, Columbia, Florida; Roll: 308; Page: 2B; Enumeration District: 0002; Image: 653.0; FHL microfilm: 2340043
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