Ashby Calvin Crowder, 92, of Front Royal, Virginia passed away on Wednesday, March 30, 2022 at Hidden Springs Senior Living in Bentonville, Virginia.
A funeral service will be held on Thursday, April 7, 2022 at 11 AM at First Baptist Church, 14 West First Street, Front Royal with the Rev. Christy McMillin-Goodwin and the Rev. Mark Jordan officiating. Burial will follow at Prospect Hill Cemetery.
Mr. Crowder was born on April 27, 1929 in Botetourt County, Virginia to the late Warner Calvin and Virginia Nininger Crowder. He was also preceded in death by his wife, Pearl Short Crowder; two sisters, Norma Johnson and Katherine Teaford; brother, Dennis Crowder and grandson, Jacob Crowder. He retired as a Virginia State Trooper and was a member of First Baptist Church Front Royal, South Warren Ruritan and Warren County Habitat for Humanity. He was an Army Veteran of the Korean War.
Survivors include his two sons, Richard Ashby Crowder (Donna) and James W. Crowder (Linda); brother, Loyd Crowder; four grandchildren, Bradley Crowder, Stephanie Crowder, Brian Cook and Ashleigh North and six great grandchildren, Willow Crowder, Emma Ford, Bailey Cook, Hunter Cook, Isabel North and Keinan North.
The family will receive friends on Wednesday, April 6, 2022 from 6 to 8 PM at Maddox Funeral Home, 105 West Main Street, Front Royal.
In lieu of flowers memorial donations may be made to First Baptist Church, 14 West First Street, Front Royal, Virginia 22630.
So Sorry for your loss, Prayers for comfort for the family
Ashby was such an integral part of Warren County Habitat for Humanity and we send our deepest condolences from all of our members past and present.
Mr Crowder was a very special man. He will most definitely be missed.
So sorry for your loss he was a wonderful man I know he will be missed
So sorry for your loss. He was a great man and an asset to this community. Prayers for the family.
Worked with Ashby for a short time. He was a fine man and will be missed.
Ashby was great Trooper was a great human being. I worked a long side of him, when i work for the warren sheriff dept.
Richard, J. W., and families, our deepest condolences for the passing of your father. May God’s love bring you peace and comfort in the days ahead. We sure will miss your dad at Hidden Springs Senior Living.
Wonderful supporter of the Warren County 4-H program and Virginia Cooperative Extension.
Following his service in Korea. Ashby was assigned, as a new Virginia State Trooper, to Greene County where he and Pearl became part of the community. My dad, W. D. “Hooks” Deane, was sheriff. Ashby and my Dad worked, fished and hunted together during his assignment in Greene. Ashby and Pearl and their young sons became close friends of the Deane family. Ashby and my Dad were role models of law enforcement officers who focused on “treating others like you would expect to be treated”.
My condolences to Richard and JW and family.
Rest in Peace Ashby, my friend.