Winfield F Crowley (1889 - 1971)

Born 17 Jul 1889 in Cordell, Scott, Tennessee, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Litha (Burress) Crowley — married 20 May 1916 in Campbell County, Tennessee, USA

Died 6 Jan 1971 at age 81 in Oak Ridge Hospital, Oak Ridge, Anderson, Tennessee, USA

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Biography

Winfield was born on July 17, 1889, at Cordell in Scott County, Tennessee. He was the son of James Lewis Crowley and Elizabeth Jane ( Chambers ) Crowley. He married Salitha Burress on May 20, 1916 in Scott County. He passed away on January 6, 1971 at the Oak Ridge Hospital in Oak Ridge, Anderson County, Tennessee.

Obituary,

Jan 7, 1971 Ex-Grocer Crowley,80,Is Dead

Winfield F.Crowley,80,a retired grocer, died at 8:30 a.m. Wednesday in Oak Ridge Hospital after a long illness. He operated Crowley's Grocery in front of his home on Foley Hill Rd. on Clinton Rt.3 for about 10 years until retiring in 1961. Earlier he mined coal for more than 30 years. He was a member of Jarnigan's Chapel Baptist Church.

The body is at Martin Funeral Home in Clinton. The family will receive friends Thursday (tonight).Services are to be at 2 p.m. Friday night at Jarnigan's Chapel Church with the Rev. R.L. Gibson and the Rev. Arless Lamarr officiating. Burial is to be in the church cemetery.

He leaves his wife, the former, Litha Burress, three daughters, Mrs. Letha Bunch of Clinton Rt.2, Mrs. Lillian Phillips of Beech Fork, and Mrs. Virgie Helen Newport of Xenia, O.H, three sons, Ondes Crowley of Clinton Rt.3, Estel Crowley of Lexington, Ky., and Audie of Corbin, Ky.,42 grandchildren and 28 great-grandchildren.

Sources

Burial : Jarnigan Chapel Cemetery, Clinton, Anderson County, Tennessee, U.S.A. Burial Date : Find A Grave memorial # 7143387, [1]

• Find a Grave, database and images ( https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7143387/winfield-f-crowley: accessed 19 May 2023), memorial page for Winfield F. Crowley Sr. (17 Jul 1889–6 Jan 1971), Find a Grave Memorial ID 7143387, citing Jarnigan Chapel Cemetery, Clinton, Anderson County, Tennessee, USA; Maintained by Les Byrd (contributor 48460681).

• "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JLW5-CWB : 10 January 2021), Winfield Crowley, Jan 1971; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).

• "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZ6G-543 : 29 December 2021), Winfield Crowley, 1917-1918.

• "Tennessee State Marriage Index, 1780-2002," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VNFQ-RNM : 4 December 2014), Windfield Croley and Letha Buress, 20 May 1916; from "Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2008); citing p. 128, Campbell, Tennessee, United States, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, Tennessee.

• "United States Census, 1900", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSZS-VYK : 11 March 2022), Winfield Croley in entry for Lewis Croley, 1900.

• "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNG7-PWD : 3 February 2021), Winfield Crowley, 1920.

• "United States Census, 1930", database with images, FamilySearch (ark:/61903/1:1:SPW3-XBS : Tue Apr 04 16:32:44 UTC 2023), Entry for W F Crowley and Litha Crowley, 1930. From <https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SPW3-XBS>

• "United States 1950 Census", database, FamilySearch (ark:/61903/1:1:6FS3-2JNJ : Mon Jan 30 03:25:43 UTC 2023), Entry for Winfield Crowley and Litha Crowley, 24 April 1950, Anderson, Tennessee, From <https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6FS3-2JNJ>