Thomas Crosby Obituary

CROSBY, Thomas WALTERBORO Mr. Thomas Linn Crosby, 77, of 122 Parkwood Circle in Walterboro, died Thursday evening, February 14, 2008, at the Roper Hospital in Charleston. Funeral services will be held 4 o'clock Sunday afternoon, February 17, 2008, from Bethel United Methodist Church, 355 Hampton Street, Walterboro, with The Reverend Dr. A. Robert Nix officiating. Interment will follow in Greenlawn Memorial Gardens, Hendersonville Highway, Walterboro. Serving as honorary escorts will be the Will Goodwin Sunday School Class. Mr. Crosby was born January 13, 1931, in Colleton County and was a son of the late Leon Crosby and the late Leona Linder Crosby. He served his country in the United States Air Force, having been stationed in Germany during the Korean Conflict. He was the retired co-owner of Crosby-Herndon Music Center, formerly known as Crosby-Herndon Jewelry, which was located on old historic Main Street in Walterboro. He was a former employee of Asten-Hill Manufacturing Company in Walterboro. An active member of Bethel United Methodist Church, downtown Walterboro, he was a member of the Will Goodwin Sunday School Class as well as the United Methodist Men's Club. He was a former member of Gideon's International and had a great love for family genealogy and photography. He will be remembered as a loving and supportive family man who always centered his life around his loving family. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Delores Padgett Crosby; two sons, David T. Crosby of Charleston and Mitchell Crosby and his wife Cristina of San Diego, California; two daughters, Kim M. Teixeira and her husband, Laio of Edisto Beach and Vicky Baumann of Harr, Germany; and his mother-in-law, Mrs. Virginia Henley Padgett of Smoaks. There are three grandchildren, Ethan Teixeira, Crischell Crosby, and Mitchell Crosby Jr. Flowers will be accepted, or for those that wish, the family has suggested that memorials be directed in his memory to the following: Bethel United Methodist Church, Post Office Box 407, Walterboro, SC 29488; or to The Gideon's International, Camp of Walterboro No. 3915, Post Office Box 84, Walterboro, SC 29488. Family and friends are invited to call from 6:00 until 8:00 this Saturday evening at THE BRICE W. HERNDON AND SONS FUNERAL HOMES, WALTERBORO CHAPEL, 1193 Bells Highway, Walterboro, 843.538.5408. Visit our guestbook at www.charleston.net/deaths.