Ernest Russell CROOKSHANKS
- Born: 28 Jun 1893, Kieffer, Greenbrier Co., WV 792
- Marriage: May Tresia CRANE on 5 Apr 1916 in Greenbrier Co., WV 779
- Died: 5 Jan 1944, Rupert, Greenbrier Co., WV at age 50 792
- Buried: 1 Aug 1944, Burns Cemetery, Kieffer, Greenbrier Co., WV 792
Cause of his death was angina pectoris.
General Notes:
The Charleston Gazette, 7 January 1944
Ernest Russell Crookshanks, 51, sawmill operator of Keiffer, Greenbrier county, died yesterday at a
hospital at Rupert.
Services will be held at 1 p. m. tomorrow at the Beaver Creek Baptist church of which he was a
member. Rev. W. L. Crane will officiate. Burial will be in the family plot with Nickell mortuary of East Rainelle in charge.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. May Tresia Crookshanks; two sons, Charles E. at Camp Wohers, Tex., and Orvel at home; three daughters, Delma, at home; Mrs. Margie Hunter of Rupert and Mrs. Mildred Hunter, Keiffer; his father, Edward D. Crookshanks; three brothers and four sisters.
Ernest married May Tresia CRANE, daughter of Albertis Edward "Bert" CRANE and Lee Verta "Vertie" ROBINSON, on 5 Apr 1916 in Greenbrier Co., WV.779 (May Tresia CRANE was born on 1 May 1898 in Greenbrier Co., WV,55 died on 13 Aug 1993 in Kieffer, Greenbrier Co., WV 74 and was buried on 16 Aug 1993 in Burns Cemetery, Kieffer, Greenbrier Co., WV 74.)
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