- Date Of Birth: February 28, 1934
- Date Of Death: June 25, 2017
- State: Indiana
Anderson- Charles A. Crabtree, 83, finished his journey and went home to be with his Lord, whom he served faithfully as a charter member and an Ordained Deacon of Mt.
Charles attended Armathwaite city schools and later married the love of his life, Norma (Ausmus) on, April 3, 1954, in Armathwaite, and she survives. Mr. Crabtree had worked in the cleaning room of Interstate Casting in Indianapolis for 10 years prior to his retirement in 1995, before that, he had worked for Frank Foundry in Muncie for 31 years in the maintenance dept.
Besides his wife of 63 years, Norma he is survived by two daughters, Tamara Marie Sluss (husband-Mark), Marion and Elizabeth Ann Purcell (husband-Gary), Claksville, Tennessee; two sons, Wendell Crabtree (wife-Meleny), Indianapolis and Charles Brent Crabtree (wife-Angela), Muncie; eight grandchildren; thirteen great grandchildren; one sister, Louise Morris, Muncie; several nieces and nephews; a whole host of friends.
He is preceded in death by his daughter, Mata Jean Crabtree in 1957; one grandson, Shane Crabtree in 2012; his parents; three sisters, Ova Sheppard, Opal Beaty and Mary Hall; three brothers, Johnnie, Doc and Howard.
