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     Evelyn Crowder ST. PAUL, VIRGINIA - Evelyn Crowder, 88, died Thursday, September 27, 2012 at Indian Path Medical Center, Kingsport, Tennessee. She was born in Dante, Virginia; daughter of the late Charles and Rebecca Byers Crowder. She was preceded in death by four sisters, her twin sister, Thelma Lee Crowder, Mae Harris, Alice Snodgrass, and Ruth Rizza; and one brother, Edgar E. Crowder. She was a member of the First Baptist Church in St. Paul, Virginia. She worked for 30 years in the Clinchfield Pharmacy at Dante. She helped contribute information for the book Memories From Dante. She is survived by three nieces, Doris Fletcher and husband, Kyle of St. Paul, Virginia, Barbara Pace of Juno Beach, Florida, and Gloria Armentrout of Staunton, Virginia; four nephews, Carson Beverly Hamilton and wife, Sandy of Roanoke, Virginia, Gary Crowder and wife, Judy of Lebanon, Virginia, James "Chub" Crowder and wife, Benny of St. Paul, Virginia, and Joe Rizza and wife, Lisa of Baltimore, Maryland; one sister-in-law, Helen Crowder of St. Paul, Virginia; several great nieces and nephews. Funeral Services for Evelyn Crowder will be conducted at 3:00 p.m. Sunday, September 30, 2012 in Castlewood Funeral Home Chapel, Castlewood, Virginia with Rev. Mike Moore officiating. Interment will follow in Temple Hill Memorial Park, Castlewood, Virginia. Pallbearers will be Steve Austin, Jerry Barnette, Harry Kelly, Stephen Hamilton, Kyle Fletcher, Chub Crowder, and Ken Ball. The family will receive friends from 2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. Sunday, September 30, 2012 in Castlewood Funeral Home, Castlewood, Virginia. The family wants to give a special thanks to Maple Grove Health Care in Lebanon and her caregivers, Amanda and Margaret. In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to First Baptist Church, P. O. Box 546, St. Paul, Virginia 24283.¹ She was buried at Temple Hill Memorial Park, Castlewood, Russell Co., Virginia.¹ She was born on February 28, 1924 at Dante, Russell Co., Virginia.^1,2 She died on September 27, 2012 at Kingsport, Sullivan Co., Tennessee, at age 88.¹

     Thelma Lee Crowder was buried at Temple Hill Memorial Park, Castlewood, Russell Co., Virginia.² She was born on February 28, 1924 at Dante, Russell Co., Virginia.^1,2 She died on September 16, 2006 at Lebanon, Russell Co., Virginia, at age 82.²

     Sarah Jane Lipford was buried at Dunkirk Methodist Church Cemetery, Ferguson, Wilkes Co., North Carolina.¹ Her married name was Hamby.¹ She married John Thomas Hamby.¹ Sarah Jane Lipford was born on March 20, 1845 at Wilkes Co., North Carolina.¹ As of December 17, 1864,her married name was Dunn.¹ She married Edmund Dunn on December 17, 1864.¹ Sarah Jane Lipford died on February 21, 1918 at Wilkes Co., North Carolina, at age 72.¹

     John Thomas Hamby was buried at Dunkirk Methodist Church Cemetery, Ferguson, Wilkes Co., North Carolina.¹ He married Sarah Jane Lipford, daughter of Rev. Anthony Lipford and Anna C. "Annie" Adkins.¹ John Thomas Hamby was born on May 25, 1851 at Wilkes Co., North Carolina.¹ He died on March 22, 1925 at Wilkes Co., North Carolina, at age 73.¹

     Warren Harding Archer was born on December 21, 1920 at Virginia.² He married Lillian Nadine Reed, daughter of Edward Moyer Reed and Nellie Kate Link, on June 16, 1979 at Roanoke, Virginia.^1,2

     Edmond Alexander Dunn was buried at Dunkirk Methodist Church Cemetery, Ferguson, Wilkes Co., North Carolina.¹ He married Mary Elizabeth Church.¹ Edmond Alexander Dunn was born on August 3, 1866 at Wilkes Co., North Carolina.¹ He died on November 11, 1945 at North Wilkesboro, Wilkes Co., North Carolina, at age 79.¹