J. PRENTISS CRABB

Former Prentiss County educator and Superintendent of Education, J. Prentiss Crabb, died Sunday at the Hamilton Mercy Hospital in Hamilton, Ohio, Mr. Crabb who turned 93 the day before his death, began teaching in 1920 after graduating from Union University in Jackson, Tenn. In 1940 he was elected

Superintendent of the Prentiss County School System, a position he held for three terms in office. He retired from the Prentiss County School System in 1962 and moved to St. Louis where he taught until he retired at age 70. Mr. Crabb returned to Booneville where he remained until 1990 and the passing of his wife. He then moved to Ohio where his one son, James W. Crabb lived. Mr. Crabb died after an extended illness.

Born one of 10 children, Mr. Crabb was the last living survivor of James Walter and Elizabeth Heathcock Crabb. Mr. Crabb was a member of the Masonic Lodge, retired teachers association and the First United Methodist Church, where he was a member of the Church's Men's Sunday School Class. He was actively involved in all three as well as education.

Mr. Crabb leaves behind several nieces and nephews in the area including former Mayor Charles Crabb. Charles Crabb said his uncle's one joy in life was to help children through the field of education. His uncle's love for children and his dedication to teaching helped set him aside in the lives of many as he had taught in nearly every school in Prentiss County.

Born in eastern Prentiss County and traveling to new areas to continue his teaching profession, one could only wonder the impact Mr. Prentiss Crabb has had on so many throughout the years.

Mr. Crabb's return to Prentiss County, if only by death, is a true example of the love he shared for his home, and many people will never soon forget him. May God Bless us All, The Prentiss County Progress.