Published: March 16, 2009 02:28 pm            

ERNEST ESTIL CRABTREE

ERNEST ESTIL CRABTREE

July 30, 1932-Mar. 7, 2009

Ernest Estil Crabtree, age 76, passed away Saturday, March 7, 2009 at

the Wayne County Hospital after an extended illness.

He was born July 30, 1932, the son of the late Henry and Mossie Meredith

Crabtree.

He is survived by three children-Tammie Renee Dobbs and Tony Reed

Crabtree, both of Monticello, Ky., and Ernie Lee Crabtree of New Castle,

Ind.; and step-children-Kevin Kiger and Kenneth Lawson; two sisters-Martha

Goodman and Mary Criswell; two brothers-Golmon and Henry Crabtree; two half

sisters-Dolly Howell and Ruby Sharp; and one half brother-Robert Shelton;

and eight grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his sisters-Bonnie Shelton and Bessie

Foster; brother-Virgil Crabtree; half brothers-John and Milford Shelton; and

step-son-Kirby Kiger.

Ernest was retired from Ingersoll-Rand of New Castle, Ind. and was a

member of the Sandusky Chapel Baptist Church.

Funeral services were held Tuesday, March 10, 2009 in the funeral home

chapel with Bro. Anson Perkins officiating with the music provided by

Sandusky Chapel Choir. Burial followed in the Sandusky Chapel Cemetery.

Hickey and Son Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.

        

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