 1954 - 2017 (63 years)
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| Name |
Martha Mae Crookshanks [1] |
| Birth |
5 Jul 1954 |
Greenbrier County, WV  [1] |
| Gender |
Female |
| Death |
12 Oct 2017 |
Rainelle, Greenbrier County, WV [1] |
- Obituary for Martha Mae Crookshanks Gipson
With a sad and heavy heart, the family of Martha Mae Crookshanks Gipson, 63 announces she passed away Thursday, Oct 12, 2017, at home surrounded by family, after a long and courageous battle with cancer.
Born July 5, 1954 she was the daughter of the late Leeson David Crookshanks and Christine Carr Crookshanks. She attended the Sturgeon Branch Baptist Church and Chestnut Knob Christian Church and others. She was a devoted wife, mother, and grandma.
Martha worked 24 years at Pizza Hut in Rainelle, and later at J&S Restaurant, and Kroger. She also helped at the Voting Polls. For several years she has excelled at raising funds for the Fayette County "Shop With A Cop" program.
In addition to her parents she is preceded in death by her father-in-law and mother-in-law, Garland "Bus" Gipson and Mary Gipson, brother-in-law, Teddy Claypool, nephew, Mason Claypool and her grandparents, Lee and Nellie Sims Crookshanks and Arthur "Gordon" and Edith McGuire Carr.
Surviviors include her loving husband of 44 years, Richard G. Gipson; her children, Christine (Travis) Puffenbarger, Richie Gipson, and Ashley (Nick) Wilson; her grandson, Layne Puffenbarger and granddaughter, Isabella Wilson; her sisters and brothers; Kathy Cox (John), Audrey Claypool, David Crookshanks (Jeanne), Pamela Arrington (Scott), Timmy Crookshanks, Millie Callsion (Kenny), and Randy Crookshanks (Lisa).
Martha, at yhyer wish, is to be creamated.
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| Person ID |
I7252 |
Crane Genealogy |
| Last Modified |
14 Oct 2017 |
| Father |
Leeson David Crookshanks, b. 10 May 1924, Bellwood, Fayette County, WV d. 3 Oct 2014, Rainelle, Greenbrier County, WV (Age 90 years) |
| Mother |
Christine Belle Carr, b. 24 Sep 1929, Springdale, Fayette County, WV d. 21 Sep 2011, Rainelle, Greenbrier County, WV (Age 81 years) |
| Marriage |
22 Jan 1950 |
Rainelle, Greenbrier County, WV [2] |
| Family ID |
F496 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Sources |
- [S1420] Obituary, CROOKSHANKS, Martha Mae (Gipson), 14 Oct 2017 (Reliability: 2).
- [S1107] West Virginia Marriages, 1853 - 1970, 27 Jun 2018 (Reliability: 3).
Leeson Crookshanks & Christine Carr
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