Lillie Crockett

Lillie W. Crockett Lillie Magnolia "Big Mama" White Crockett, 83, of Ashtabula, Ohio, died Thursday, Aug. 13, 2009, at the Ashtabula County Medical Center Hospice Unit. Funeral service was held Tuesday, Aug. 18, at 11 a.m. at Hiawatha Church of God in Christ with Superintendent David Howard Jr. officiating. Interment was in Edgewood Cemetery. She was born Sept. 4, 1925, in Ivanhoe, daughter of the late Ellis and Edna Gilliam White. She had been a resident of Ohio for more than 50 years. She was a member of Hiawatha Church of God in Christ where she served on the Mother's Board and was a member of the Bible Band. She loved to cook, especially when it came to making sweet potato pie, and was employed as a cook at Ashtabula General Hospital for many years. She was preceded in death by a daughter, Patricia Chapman; a son, Ellis Crockett; a sister, Mary Jane Bragg; and three brothers, James White and two others who died in infancy. Survivors include four sons, Ronald Crockett of California, Timothy Crockett of Virginia, Alfred Crockett and Robert Crockett, both of Ashtabula, Ohio; 11 grandchildren and their spouses, Terrence and LaDon Chapman, Kimberly and Robert Rivera, LaCebian and Chyvon Crockett, Kevin and Kristie Crockett, Keyonna Wells-Crockett, Kendis Crockett, Kurtis Crockett, Kayla Crockett, Devon Crockett, Mariah Crockett and Jessica Crockett; two great-grandchildren; eight sisters, Josephine Brown, Martha Murrell, Edna Venita Cox, Dorothy White, Alma Novella White, Ann Velma White, Mary Alice White and Gwendolyn White, all of Virginia; and a brother and sister-in-law, Alfred and Marie White of Ashtabula, Ohio. Contributions may be made to the family in care of Ducro Funeral Services & Crematory, 4524 Elm Ave., Ashtabula, OH 44004. Ducro Funeral Services & Crematory in Ashtabula, Ohio, was in charge of the arrangements.