Crews, Edna Marie Starkey

Mrs. Edna Marie Starkey Crews, widow of the late Rev. Hugh Bowling Crews Jr., 66, of Griffin, Ga., passed away Wednesday, November 21, 2012, at the Athens Regional Medical Center. Mrs. Crews was born on June 15, 1946, in Montgomery County. She was the daughter of the late Nelson and Mary Alice Witt Starkey. She retired from the Henry County Board of Education after 20 years of service. She was a longtime member of the Elliston Church of God. Mrs. Crews will be remembered as a true and faithful servant of God. She was always unwavering in her faith and witness for her Lord. She was preceded in death by her husband, the Rev. Hugh Bowling Crews Jr. Survivors include her daughter, Guaquita Crews LaVelle, of Athens; son and daughter-in-law, the Rev. Hugh Bowling III and Liz Crews, of Comer; grandchildren, Katlyn LaVelle, Mackenzie Crews, Madison Crews, Alexis Crews, and Dylan Crews; sister and brother-in-law, Claudine Francis and Kenneth Pettis; brother and sister-in-law, Lynwood Nelson and Rita Starkey; mother-in-law, the Rev. Mary Crews; sisters-in-law and brothers-in-law, Glenda and Sonny Perry, Constance Shiflett, Deborah and Wesley Hayes, and Cheryl Lindsey; many nieces, nephews, and other family also survive. Funeral services will be held 2 p.m. Sunday, November 25, 2012, in the chapel of Haisten McCullough Funeral Home. The Rev. Hugh Bowling Crews III and the Rev. Barry Jones will officiate. Interment will follow in Westwood Gardens. Friends may visit the family on Friday from 6 to 8 p.m. and Saturday from 6 to 8 p.m. To pay condolences online to the family, please do so at www.haistenmccullough.com. Haisten McCullough Funeral Home, 1155 Everee Inn Rd., Griffin, Ga., is in charge of arrangements. 770-229-4994.