4/30/2011
Mrs. Louise Rhodes Crouse
CHESTER, S.C. — Mrs. Louise Rhodes Crouse, 84, went home to be with the Lord on April 27, 2011.
The funeral service will be at 2 p.m. Saturday, April 30 at Glen Hope Baptist Church in Burlington, N.C. with Dr. Stephen G. Crouse, Pastor Larry Redding and the Rev. Norman Fargis officiating. Interment will be in Alamance Memorial Park cemetery in Burlington. The family will receive friends from 1 to 2 p.m. Saturday at Glen Hope Baptist Church.
Born Nov. 7, 1926 in Alamance County, N.C., Mrs. Crouse was the daughter of the late Lonnie Henry Rhodes and Myrtle Robinson Rhodes. She attended the schools of Alamance County and retired from General Electric and also Rose’s Department Store. She was a faithful member of Glen Hope Baptist Church where she was a former choir member and was involved in Sunday school leadership.
Mrs. Crouse was an avid Southern cook. She was twice widowed, first to Jack Clemmons and then to Clair H. Crouse Sr. She was also preceded in death by her sister, Violet King, on Oct. 7, 2010 with whom she shared a residence.
She is survived by four sons, George H. Crouse and his wife Edna Mae of Durham, N.C., Marvin H. Crouse and his wife Vickie of Cary, N.C., C. Hurley Crouse Jr. of Chester, S.C. and Dr. Stephen G. Crouse and his wife Martha of Travelers Rest, S.C.; one daughter, Patricia C. Hutcherson and her husband Glenn of Graham, N.C.; 15 grandchildren; 20 greatgrandchildren and nine greatgreat-grandchildren.
Memorials may be made to North Greenville University Christian Ministry Scholarship Fund, P.O. Box 1892, Tigerville, S.C. 29688.
Barron Funeral Home, 133 Wylie St., Chester, S.C. is in charge of arrangements.
Online condolences to the family may be made at
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