On Thursday, Dec. 7, 2023, Charles Benford Crowder was welcomed by our Lord and Savior, surrounded by loving family at Ben Hur Health and Rehab. He was born on Aug. 16, 1937, to Basil Otis Crowder Sr. and Helena (Clark) Crowder.
Charles was graduate of Wallace High School, Class of 1955. He worked as an assistant pressman at RR Donnelly’s for 32 years, retiring in 1999. Charles was a member of the Grace of God Fellowship in Kingman and the Kingman American Legion.
Charles is survived by his daughters, Kimmie (Dewaine) Bowling, LaDonna (Gary) Edmiston, Candy Crowder, Artie (Gary) White and Vickie (Bob) Hargrave; sons, Carl (Jaime) Crowder, Danny (Dawn) Cummings and David (Rita) Cummings; several grandchildren; great-grandchildren; and brothers, Bradley (Beth) Crowder and Basil Crowder Jr.
He was preceded in death by his parents; daughter Elise Myers; sons, Richard Crowder and Larry Cummings; granddaughters, Jessica White and Samantha J. Bowling; grandson Israel Cummings; great-grandson, Keaton Michael James Cox; sister Jean (Claude) Martin; and brother Carl Crowder.
Charles loved his family very much. He will be so deeply missed by them all. He met so many people during his lifetime and he made an impact on all of them in some way or another. Charles never met a stranger; he knew everyone and everyone knew him.
He loved fishing (was pretty good at this too), coon hunting (and he was pretty darn good at it) and going to find mushrooms (even though he didn’t like to eat them). He loved going and finding mushrooms and giving them to the ones who couldn’t go. The most important thing was he loved the Lord.
Visitation will be held Saturday, Dec. 9 at Sanders Funeral Care, 203 S. First St., Kingman, from 11 a.m. until the time of the service at 2 p.m. Pastor Timothy Lyons will officiate. Cremation will follow with a private family burial of the cremated remains in Centennial Cemetery at a later date.
Donations may be made in Charles’ memory to Grace of God Fellowship, 644 W. C.R. 1000S, Kingman, IN 47952; or Kingman American Legion, P.O. Box 443, Kingman, IN 47952.
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