Betty R. Crosby

Betty R. Crosby, 90, widow of Robert Leon Crosby, entered into eternal rest on Saturday, October 16, 2021.

Funeral Services will be held 2:00 PM Tuesday at Memorial Baptist Church with Pastor Craig Crosby officiating.  Burial will follow in the St. George Memorial Gardens. Visitation will be an hour before the service.  Pallbearers will be Chris Crosby, Troy Crosby, Chad Crosby, Zac Crosby, Donnie Crowe, David Crowe and Daniel Crowe. 

Mrs. Crosby was born on March 2, 1931, in Spartanburg, a daughter of the late George Edward and Susan Pauline High Roper.  She was a cashier at Fairey’s Drug store which later became St. George Pharmacy for over 40 years. She was a member of Memorial Baptist Church and was blessed with a loving family.  She enjoyed her grandchildren and later her great grandchildren were special treasures.  She was predeceased by sons, David C. Crosby and Rev. Stephen M. Crosby; and siblings, Fred Roper, Buford Roper, Paul Roper, George Roper, Ruth Roper and Jennie Roper.

Surviving is her daughter, Ellen (Don) Crosby Crowe, St. George; a son, Tim (Karen) Crosby, Charleston; daughters-in-law, Brenda Crosby and Helen Crosby; 10 grandchildren, 24 great grandchildren, Troy and Katie Crosby and their son, Lukas; Chris and Leslie Crosby and their children, Lydia and Noah, Craig and Aimee Crosby and their sons, Matthew, Joel, Seth and Asher; Joy Crosby Langworthy and husband Edward, daughter Anna and sons Adam and Jared; Chad and Farrah Crosby, daughter, Briannah, sons, Brody and Brooks; Cheryl Crowe  Hicks and husband Derek, sons, Dallas, Chandler, and Emmett, daughter Rayna; Donald A. Crowe and wife Hilda, daughters Nicole and Haley, sons Dominick and Charlie; Daniel Crowe and wife Caity, son Isaac and daughter Eliza; David Crowe and wife Caley, Zac Crosby and daughter August and Alex Baldauf; and, sisters, Shirley (Elliott) Huggins and Myra (Joe) Genobles.

Memorials may be made to St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital or the American Cancer Society. 

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