Edward Junior Crockett

Mr. Edward Junior Crockett, 83, of Martin died Thursday, April 26, 2012, at Martin Health Care. Services will be held at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, April 29, 2012, at McCabe United Methodist Church with Rev. Jimmy Carter officiating. Interment will follow in Parham Cemetery. Visitation will begin at 1 p.m. Sunday at the church. Edward J. Crockett was born to the late Valeria Hooper Crockett and John Edward Crockett in Martin, Tennessee. He was married to the late Catherine (Woodson) Crockett. Ed graduated from the former Weakley County High School and attended Tennessee A & I State college before joining the Air force in 1948. He retired twenty years later as a technical sergeant in 1968. During his stint in the military, Ed visited all over the world, traveling to several countries, including France, Italy, England, Japan, Greenland, Turkey, Germany, Greece and Hawaii before it became the country’s fiftieth state. After leaving the service, Ed got back into the work force and worked for the University of Tennessee at Martin for ten years, then worked another five years at Van Ayer Manor Nursing Home and nineteen years for the City of Martin with Parks and Recreation, then retired in 1999. He served on the advisory board of the Northwest Area Agency on Aging and Disability, as a volunteer for the Ombudsman program, WE CARE Ministries and was a volunteer at the Martin Senior Center where he was the number one Bingo caller. He served as a board member for the Hope of Martin Community Development. Ed was a devoted and loving member of McCabe United Methodist Church. He was a member of the United Methodist Men, the Men’s Choir and a member of Jacksonville Lodge No. 50. Ed leaves to cherish his memories one son, Edwin (Beverly) Crockett of Paducah, Kentucky; one stepson, Kennard (Diane) Jefferson of Kelseyville, California; grandsons, Christopher Crockett of Louisville, Kentucky and Derek Crockett of Lexington, Kentucky; two great grandchildren, Kennedy Crockett and Cayden Crockett; one aunt, Ruby Crockett Dinwiddie; cousins, Arie Dinwiddie, Liz Dinwiddie, Solomon D. Clay, Byron Phelps, Shirley Lenoir, Bob (Linda) Hogard and Stephanie (Maurice) Stone; a special friend, Amy Busby Lawler and a host of other relatives and friends. Rawls Funeral Home – Union City 731-885-8110