Photo courtesy of Woodfin Funeral Chapel - Smyrna
Smyrna, Tennessee
Sep 10, 1931 – Jul 8, 2021 (Age 89)
Jack C. Crumpton Sr. age 89, of Smyrna, Tennessee, passed peacefully on Thursday, July 8, 2021.
A Memorial Mass will be Wednesday, July 14, 2021, at 11:00 a.m. at St. Luke Catholic Church. Rev. Phillip A. Halladay will officiate. Entombment will be at 1:00 p.m. in Calvary Cemetery with military honors.
He is survived by his loving wife, Eugenia Keith Crumpton; children, Jack Crumpton Jr. of Smyrna, Marian Watson and her husband Brad of Rockvale, TN, Michael Crumpton and his wife Jackie of Lewisburg, TN, Christopher Crumpton of Smyrna, Thomas Crumpton of Nashville, TN, and Bonnie Gillespie of Knoxville, TN; eight grandchildren; ten great-grandchildren; along with much loving extended family. He was preceded in death by his father, Ernest Crumpton; his mother, Mamie Graves Kanaley; and his daughter, Patricia Crumpton.
A native of Greenville, South Carolina, Jack was a 1949 graduate of Greenville High School and a 1953 graduate of Clemson University where he received his Bachelor’s Degree. He was a proud veteran of the United States Army and was a retired Quality Control Manager with Collins and Aikmen. Jack was a die-hard Clemson sports fan, an avid golfer an amateur boxer; and a 4th Degree Member of the Knights of Columbus Council 4972. He will be greatly missed by all those who knew him.
Memorials in memory of Jack can be made to any charity of your choice within Clemson University.
Visitation will be Wednesday, July 14, 2021, from 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. at St. Luke Catholic Church.
Read MoreObviously, a man who deeply loved his family and who’s family deeply loved him. Please accept our heartfelt condolences and sympathy for your loss in your great time of sorry, while also celebrating his life.
Brad, Lynn, Ashley and James Wells
July 14, 2021 | Naples, FL | Friend
We'll miss your smile! Blessings and love to all who you leave behind.
Judy Chambers
July 13, 2021 | Nashville, TN | Friend
In loving memory of a wonderful person. We will love you and miss you always. So sorry that such a bright light in so many lives passed away - with sympathy, Barbara Keith
Barbara Keith
July 11, 2021
I loved sharing your pew at 8:00 o’clock Mass. I will miss you when I finally go
back and once again sit with your beloved Gene.
Jacqueline Barkley
July 11, 2021 | LaVergne, TN | Friend
In loving memory of a wonderful person. We will love you and miss you always.
Hester (Joy) Brown
July 10, 2021 | Beechgrove, TN | Family
May God bless you and your family in this time of sorrow.
Mary Kirk
July 10, 2021 | Lavergne, TN | Friend
Whenever I saw Jack normally around the holidays Thanksgiving or Christmas when the crumpton household was full of family extended family and close friends always had a smile on his face and a hand open if you needed it he was proud of his family loved his wife and life godspeed and for the family grieving just remember this you have an angel waiting for you in heaven he will be your greeter Godspeed warm wishes for the family love Richey Flick...
Richey Flick
July 09, 2021 | DALEVILLE, IN | Teacher
Love and Light from this heart to the Crumpton family.
Dawn Thompson
July 09, 2021 | Daleville, IN
A great man to everyone.
Roger Jarvis
July 09, 2021 | Smyrna, TN | Friend