F. Alex Crittenden Jr.

September 22, 1922 – November 29, 2009

F. Alex Crittenden Jr., 87, of Thomasville, died Nov. 29 at Plantation Manor. March 26, 1950, he married Christine Barwick Crittenden, who survives. The family moved to Meigs in 1932. He graduated from Meigs High School as valedictorian of the class of 1939. He attended Emory Junior College at Valdosta. He moved to Thomasville in 1941 and was employed by W. Lewis Wilson CPA as a junior accountant. He volunteered for the U.S. Army Air Force in September of 1942 and graduated from the U.S. Army Administration School in Hattiesburg, Miss. in December of 1942. He joined the 95th Bomb Group in Rapid City, S.D. and from there he spent 26 months with the Eighth Air Force at Station 119, Horham, Suffolk, England.

He entered the University of Georgia in January of 1946 and received his BBA degree in June of 1948, with a major in accounting. He returned to Thomasville in 1948 to become associated with the accounting firm of W. Lewis Wilson and Associates. After receiving his certificate as a CPA, he became a partner in the firm.

A life-long Methodist, he was a member of the First United Methodist Church where he has served on the official board. He was a charter member of the Lawson Neel Sunday School Class and a supporter of the Lawson Neel Med Bank. He was a part-time member of Highlands United Methodist Church in Highlands, N.C. He was a member of the University of Georgia National Alumni Association and the Georgia Bulldog Club. He served as president of the UGA Bulldog Club in Thomasville for three years. He was a charter member of the Mighty Eighth Air Force Heritage Museum in Savannah and was a life member of the 95th Bomb Group Association.

Alex Crittenden loved his wife, his family, his church, Exchange, the accounting profession, the University of Georgia and music. He studied piano for 10 years and then learned to play alto sax.

Survivors include children, Laura Hathaway, Janet Ingle, Mark Crittenden, Becky Crittenden and Steve Chaney; grandchildren, Derek Lawhorn, Lyndi Hathaway, Jeremy Hathaway, Allison Ingle, Alex Ingle, Heath Carnline and Jerrod Shealey; great-grandchildren, Andrew Lawhorn, Aaron Lawhorn and Adam Lawhorn.

Source: Findagrave.com and Allen and Allen Funeral Home