Arvel Leroy CROOKSHANKS
- Born: 28 Mar 1927, Greenbrier Co., WV 55
- Marriage: Bonnie Faye KING
- Died: 18 May 1998, Rupert, Greenbrier Co., WV at age 71 55
- Buried: 21 May 1998, Burns Cemetery, Kieffer, Greenbrier Co., WV 74
General Notes:
The Charleston Gazette, Online Edition, 20 May 1998
RUPERT - Arvel Leroy Crookshanks, 71, of Rupert died May 18, 1998, at home after a short illness.
He was a retired miner, a Navy veteran and a Baptist.
Surviving: wife, Bonnie King Crookshanks; sons, John "Rod" Crookshanks of White Sulphur Springs, Ernest "Willie" Crookshanks of Kieffer; daughters, Charlene Roy of Randolph, Ala., Karen Crookshanks of Tampa, Fla.; sisters, Mildred Hunter of Kieffer, Margie Hunter of Rupert, Velma Curtis of Lexington, Ky.; 10 grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren.
Service will be 1 p.m. Thursday at Smathers Funeral Chapel, Rainelle, with the Rev. Gary Eisenman officiating. Burial will be in Burns Cemetery, Kieffer. Friends may call from 7 to 9 p.m. today at the funeral chapel. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests donations to Greenbrier Valley Hospice, 540 N. Jefferson St., Lewisburg, W.Va. 24901.
Arvel married Bonnie Faye KING, daughter of John Lloyd KING and Belle Elizabeth RUTTER. (Bonnie Faye KING was born on 15 Jun 1931 in Fayetteville, Fayette Co., WV,68 died on 30 Jul 2003 in Fairlea, Greenbrier Co., WV 68 and was buried on 2 Aug 2003 in Burns Cemetery, Kieffer, Greenbrier Co., WV 68.)
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