Rev. Henry Herbert Crisler III

The Reverend Henry Herbert Crisler III died Wednesday, July 19, 2006 at St. Joseph 's Hospital. Born in Port Gibson, Mississippi, 29th December 1921, he studied English at Millsaps College (BA 1943), and served in the Army from 1943 to1946. He studied divinity at the University of the South (BD 1953), and in 1953 was ordained as deacon and priest in the Episcopal Church. He served as Rector or priest-in-charge of several parishes in the dioceses of Mississippi, Louisiana, and New York. In 1977 he received his Master of Social Work from Fordham University; and was Honorary Priest Associate at St. John's Church in Savannah from 1999 until his death. He is survived by his wife of twenty-eight years, Joyce Jourdan-Moise, her children and grand-children; his sister, Harriet Mayer, and numerous nieces and nephews. Requiem Eucharist: Monday, July 24, 2006 at 11:00a.m., St. John's Church, The Reverend Gavin Dunbar officiating. Memorials: St. John's Church, Music Program, 1 West Macon Street, Savannah, GA 31401. Fox and Weeks Funeral Directors, Hodgson Chapel.