Margaret Ruth Crouch

Margaret Ruth Kesot Crouch, 79, of Gastonia, died Wednesday, June 9, 2010, at Brian Center Health&Rehabilitation. A Service is scheduled for 3:00 pm Sunday, June 13, 2010, at Parkwood Baptist Church. Dr. Ned Matthews will officiate. The family will receive friends after the service Sunday at Parkwood Baptist Church. Mrs. Crouch was born March 11, 1931 in Elwood, IN. She was the daughter of the late Fred Kesot and Edith Perdue Kesot. She worked for Courtland Terrace as a Nurse. She was a member of Parkwood Baptist Church. Her gift in life was taking care of others. She was a loving mother, grandmother, great grandmother and friend who will be dearly missed. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband John Crouch. Mrs. Crouch is survived by daughter, Sherri Bond and husband Ellis of New Port Richey, FL, son, John Crouch and wife Christine of Lewisville, NC son, Anthony Crouch and wife Dolly of Clyde, OH , daughter, Marquita Stephenson and husband Terry of Bessemer City, NC, daughter, Kelly Crouch of Gastonia, NC, 12 Grandchildren, 20 Great Grandchildren. Memorials may be submitted to Gaston Hospice, P. O. Box 3984, Gastonia, NC 28054 or Dr. Ned L. Matthews Educational Scholarship Fund, c/o Parkwood Baptist Church, 1827 Dixon Road, Gastonia, NC 28054. Remembrances may be sent to the family at www.mcleanfuneral.com. McLean Funeral Directors placed this obituary on behalf of the Crouch family, who is in charge of services.