Maye Carter Crumm

Crumm, Maye Carter, age 92 of Parker, Colorado, died Thursday, March 17 at home. She was born March 7, 1913 to Dr. Jesse Taylor Carter and Mary Belle Pattison Carter in Bulls Gap, Tenn. She grew up on a family farm in Alfalfa, Okalahoma. She attended Weatherford College in Oklahoma and, received a Masters Degree in Education from W.S.U. She married Carl Woodrow Crumm on September 10, 1936 in Alfalfa, Ok. In the '40's, they moved to Kansas where Maye and Woodrow lived for 5 years. In 1947, they moved to Alamosa, Colorado for 2 years where Woodrow was a jeweler and Maye taught at the College. In 1953, the family moved back to Wichita where Maye became the Editor of the Beachcraft newspaper. Several years later, she accepted the position of Principal of Plainview High School in Wichita. She started Belle Carter School in 1958 and just a short 2 years later, in 1960, she purchased the Campbell Castle in Riverside to house her growing school. This castle thereafter became known as the Crumm Castle. Maye was the Head Mistress and Owner of the school until her retirement in 1989. She was a lifelong learner and scholar, whose poems earned her several national awards and were printed in several poetry books. In 2000, she moved from Wichita, Kansas to Parker, Colorado to live with her daughter Jennifer until her passing. Maye had two sisters, Neva Blanch Widener and Opal Pearl McGuire, both of which preceded her in death. Also preceded in death was her husband, Carl Woodrow Crumm Sr. and a great grandchild, Carl W. (Seth) Crumm IV. Survivors include two children, Jennifer, of Parker, Colorado: C.W. (Punny), of Larkspur, Colorado. Two grandchildren, Carl W. (Gebi) Crumm III of Castle Rock, Colorado; and, Christian Wulf, of Wichita, Kansas. Two great-grandchildren, Sara Marie and Caleb Wulf, of Wichita, Kansas. Memorial services and Internment will be held at Resthaven Mortuary in Wichita, Kansas on Wednesday, March 23, 2005 at 1:00 pm