Judge Terry Crabtree was born and had lived in northwest Arkansas most of his life. He served two tours of duty in Vietnam, where he was awarded the Bronze Star and the Air Medal as a helicopter-door machine-gunner. He joined the Los Angeles Police Department when he was discharged from the Army in 1971. He served as a police officer until 1977, until he was given a medical retirement after suffering a gunshot wound, and returned to northwest Arkansas. The injury caused circulatory problems that eventually led to the amputation of his leg.
Judge Crabtree earned both a bachelor's degree in sociology and a law degree from the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville. He served as a public defender and private attorney before he was elected Benton County juvenile judge in 1990. In six years as a Benton County circuit-chancery judge, Crabtree helped get a $650,000 grant to convert the former Benton County jail into a juvenile detention center. He also helped start the alternative learning center at Bentonville High School to help students who weren't successful in a traditional school setting.
Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee appointed Crabtree to the Appeals Court in 1997 as part of an expansion of the court. Crabtree died one day short of the 10th anniversary of his first swearing-in ceremony as a judge of the Appeals Court on Jan. 7, 1997. Crabtree was elected without opposition to the Appeals Court's District 3, Position 2 seat in 2000 and 2006. He would have started a new term, January 2007.
Crabtree traveled to Little Rock each week during court session and drove home to Bentonville on Thursdays. He is survived by his mother, Ramona Crabtree; his wife, Diane Crabtree; two sons, Jarred Crabtree and Ben Crabtree, both of Bentonville and a daughter, Michelle Hacker of Benton . Also surviving him are four grandchildren -- a brother and sister -- and several nieces and nephews.
Judge Crabtree earned both a bachelor's degree in sociology and a law degree from the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville. He served as a public defender and private attorney before he was elected Benton County juvenile judge in 1990. In six years as a Benton County circuit-chancery judge, Crabtree helped get a $650,000 grant to convert the former Benton County jail into a juvenile detention center. He also helped start the alternative learning center at Bentonville High School to help students who weren't successful in a traditional school setting.
Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee appointed Crabtree to the Appeals Court in 1997 as part of an expansion of the court. Crabtree died one day short of the 10th anniversary of his first swearing-in ceremony as a judge of the Appeals Court on Jan. 7, 1997. Crabtree was elected without opposition to the Appeals Court's District 3, Position 2 seat in 2000 and 2006. He would have started a new term, January 2007.
Crabtree traveled to Little Rock each week during court session and drove home to Bentonville on Thursdays. He is survived by his mother, Ramona Crabtree; his wife, Diane Crabtree; two sons, Jarred Crabtree and Ben Crabtree, both of Bentonville and a daughter, Michelle Hacker of Benton . Also surviving him are four grandchildren -- a brother and sister -- and several nieces and nephews.
Judge Terry Crabtree was born and had lived in northwest Arkansas most of his life. He served two tours of duty in Vietnam, where he was awarded the Bronze Star and the Air Medal as a helicopter-door machine-gunner. He joined the Los Angeles Police Department when he was discharged from the Army in 1971. He served as a police officer until 1977, until he was given a medical retirement after suffering a gunshot wound, and returned to northwest Arkansas. The injury caused circulatory problems that eventually led to the amputation of his leg.
Judge Crabtree earned both a bachelor's degree in sociology and a law degree from the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville. He served as a public defender and private attorney before he was elected Benton County juvenile judge in 1990. In six years as a Benton County circuit-chancery judge, Crabtree helped get a $650,000 grant to convert the former Benton County jail into a juvenile detention center. He also helped start the alternative learning center at Bentonville High School to help students who weren't successful in a traditional school setting.
Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee appointed Crabtree to the Appeals Court in 1997 as part of an expansion of the court. Crabtree died one day short of the 10th anniversary of his first swearing-in ceremony as a judge of the Appeals Court on Jan. 7, 1997. Crabtree was elected without opposition to the Appeals Court's District 3, Position 2 seat in 2000 and 2006. He would have started a new term, January 2007.
Crabtree traveled to Little Rock each week during court session and drove home to Bentonville on Thursdays. He is survived by his mother, Ramona Crabtree; his wife, Diane Crabtree; two sons, Jarred Crabtree and Ben Crabtree, both of Bentonville and a daughter, Michelle Hacker of Benton . Also surviving him are four grandchildren -- a brother and sister -- and several nieces and nephews.
Judge Crabtree earned both a bachelor's degree in sociology and a law degree from the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville. He served as a public defender and private attorney before he was elected Benton County juvenile judge in 1990. In six years as a Benton County circuit-chancery judge, Crabtree helped get a $650,000 grant to convert the former Benton County jail into a juvenile detention center. He also helped start the alternative learning center at Bentonville High School to help students who weren't successful in a traditional school setting.
Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee appointed Crabtree to the Appeals Court in 1997 as part of an expansion of the court. Crabtree died one day short of the 10th anniversary of his first swearing-in ceremony as a judge of the Appeals Court on Jan. 7, 1997. Crabtree was elected without opposition to the Appeals Court's District 3, Position 2 seat in 2000 and 2006. He would have started a new term, January 2007.
Crabtree traveled to Little Rock each week during court session and drove home to Bentonville on Thursdays. He is survived by his mother, Ramona Crabtree; his wife, Diane Crabtree; two sons, Jarred Crabtree and Ben Crabtree, both of Bentonville and a daughter, Michelle Hacker of Benton . Also surviving him are four grandchildren -- a brother and sister -- and several nieces and nephews.
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