Whitesell-Somers Family Web Project - Person Sheet
Whitesell-Somers Family Web Project - Person Sheet
NameFred J. CRENSHAW 
470, Fred J. Crenshaw
470, Fred J. CrenshawBirthMay 1882470, Fred J. Crenshaw
DeathJan 5, 1952470, Fred J. Crenshaw
BurialSpringwood Presbyterian Church, 1422 Springwood Church Road, Whitsett, Guilford County, North Carolina470, Fred J. Crenshaw
FatherNewton CRENSHAW
MotherAugusta SEISKEY
Spouses
BirthOct 10, 1890, North Carolina241,470, Roberta Shepherd Crenshaw
DeathApr 29, 1972470, Roberta Shepherd Crenshaw
BurialSpringwood Presbyterian Church, 1422 Springwood Church Road, Whitsett, Guilford County, North Carolina470, Roberta Shepherd Crenshaw
FatherAlbert Macon SHEPHERD Sr. (1866-1941)
MotherAnna Eudora CLAPP (1862-1923)
ChildrenWilliam Jennings (Died as Child) (1926-1929)
Obituary Online notes for Fred J. CRENSHAW
CRENSHAW, Frederick J.
Funeral services were conducted Sunday afternoon from the Ansel Funeral Home for Fred J. Crenshaw, 69, who succumbed Saturday at an serious illness of several weeks. He had been in declining health for some three years. The Rev. J. Claude Evans and Rev. Peter Stokes conducted the final rites. The body remained at the funeral home until Monday when it was carried to Whitsett, N. C. for interment in Springwood Cemetery. Pall-bearers were Lewis Campbell, Newton Crenshaw,Jack Kelley, Alfonso Johnson, Melvin T. Johnson, and Floyd B. Crenshaw. Before returning to Walhalla to make his home in 1949, Mr. Crenshaw had served with the Capitol Police Force in Washington, D. C. He was injured severely in the line of duty while making an arrest shortly before his retirement from the force. Since returning here he had become one of Walhalla's most respected and beloved citizens.
He was a son of the late Newton and Augusta Seiskey Crenshaw. He was born and reared in Walhalla, and left here in 1905 for Washington, D. C. where he was connected with the Capital Transit Company for 39 1/2 years. Later he was with the U. S. Capitol police force, for about two years. Following his retirement in 1949 he came back to Walhalla to make his home. He was a member of St. Luke Methodist church in Walhalla. Survivors include Mrs. Roberta Sheperd Crenshaw; five sisters, Miss Ella Crenshaw and Miss Sallie Crenshaw of Walhalla, Mrs. Grace C. Harrison, of Walhalla, Mrs. Augusta C. Hobart ofAtlanta,and Mrs. Viola C. Hetrick of West Palm Beach, Fla.; one brother, Grover C. Crenshaw, of West Union; also a number of nieces and nephews.
Keowee Courier January 10, 1952 470, Fred J. Crenshaw
Funeral services were conducted Sunday afternoon from the Ansel Funeral Home for Fred J. Crenshaw, 69, who succumbed Saturday at an serious illness of several weeks. He had been in declining health for some three years. The Rev. J. Claude Evans and Rev. Peter Stokes conducted the final rites. The body remained at the funeral home until Monday when it was carried to Whitsett, N. C. for interment in Springwood Cemetery. Pall-bearers were Lewis Campbell, Newton Crenshaw,Jack Kelley, Alfonso Johnson, Melvin T. Johnson, and Floyd B. Crenshaw. Before returning to Walhalla to make his home in 1949, Mr. Crenshaw had served with the Capitol Police Force in Washington, D. C. He was injured severely in the line of duty while making an arrest shortly before his retirement from the force. Since returning here he had become one of Walhalla's most respected and beloved citizens.
He was a son of the late Newton and Augusta Seiskey Crenshaw. He was born and reared in Walhalla, and left here in 1905 for Washington, D. C. where he was connected with the Capital Transit Company for 39 1/2 years. Later he was with the U. S. Capitol police force, for about two years. Following his retirement in 1949 he came back to Walhalla to make his home. He was a member of St. Luke Methodist church in Walhalla. Survivors include Mrs. Roberta Sheperd Crenshaw; five sisters, Miss Ella Crenshaw and Miss Sallie Crenshaw of Walhalla, Mrs. Grace C. Harrison, of Walhalla, Mrs. Augusta C. Hobart ofAtlanta,and Mrs. Viola C. Hetrick of West Palm Beach, Fla.; one brother, Grover C. Crenshaw, of West Union; also a number of nieces and nephews.
Keowee Courier January 10, 1952 470, Fred J. Crenshaw