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Russell Crowder Obituary
Born Feb. 5, 1952 in Sussex County, he was the son of the late Pauline Crowder and Raymond Bailey. He was preceded in death by his twin sister, Nancy Lee, and three brothers, Bobby, James and Kenneth.
Sgt. Crowder served 19 honorable years in the U.S. Army.
He leaves to cherish his memory six sisters, Mary L. Daymond (John), Annette Ampey (Jerry) and Paulette Pulliam (Ricky), all of Petersburg, Virginia Branch, Ethel Crowder and Audrey Crowder, all of Stony Creek; four brothers, Clyde Crowder (Alma) of Stony Creek, Bernard Crowder (Edith) of Jarratt, Lawrence Jones (Lucy) of Dinwiddie and John Crowder (Evette) of Petersburg; a host of aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, cousins and friends, among them a very devoted cousin, Wayne Parham; and friends, Joe Lewis, Ms. Dee, Louise and Phyllis, all of Petersburg and his Army buddies.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Chapel of Tucker Funeral Home with the Rev. Gwendolyn Henderson officiating. Interment will be in First Baptist Church Cemetery, Jarratt. Relatives and friends will assemble at 1 p.m. at the residence, 121 Slagle Ave. Services are under the direction of Tucker Funeral Home, 415 Halifax St., Petersburg, A. A. Tucker, funeral director.
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Memories and Condolences
for Russell Crowder
3 Entries
Carol Perry-Square
August 25, 2008
Remember
Remember me when I am gone away,
Gone far away into the silent land;
When you can no more hold me by the hand,
Nor I half turn to go yet turning stay.
Remember me when no more day by day
You tell me of our future that you plann'd:
Only remember me; you understand
It will be late to counsel then or pray.
Yet if you should forget me for a while
And afterwards remember, do not grieve:
For if the darkness and corruption leave
A vestige of the thoughts that once I had,
Better by far you should forget and smile
Than that you should remember and be sad.
By Christina Rossetti
The Poetry Foundation
Sussex Central High School Class of 1973
August 25, 2008
Crossing the Bar
Sunset and evening star,
And one clear call for me!
And may there be no moaning of the bar,
When I put out to sea,
But such a tide as moving seems asleep,
Too full for sound and foam,
When that which drew from out the boundless deep
Turns again home.
Twilight and evening bell,
And after that the dark!
And may there be no sadness of farewell,
When I embark;
For tho' from out our bourne of Time and Place
The flood may bear me far,
I hope to see my Pilot face to face
When I have crost the bar.
By Alfred, Lord Tennyson
The Poetry Foundation
Anna Jane, Billy, Wilburt & Hattie Bonner
August 25, 2008
To The Family, You are in our thoughts and prayers. We pray that God will strenghten you and may he find a comforting place in your hearts. Look to the hill whence cometh your help. "For His anger is but for a moment, His favor is for life; weeping may endure for a night, but joy comes in the morning".
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