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<span class=prefix>Sgt</span> Matthew C. Crisp Jr.

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Sgt Matthew C. Crisp Jr.

Birth
Greenwood, Leflore County, Mississippi, USA
Death
27 Aug 1977 (aged 64)
Lorain, Lorain County, Ohio, USA
Burial
Lorain, Lorain County, Ohio, USA Add to Map
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Matthew C. Crisp Jr., 64, was born in Greenwood, Miss. on Dec 22, 1912 and had been a residen of Lorain for 55 years.

He graduated from Clearview High School in 1933 and later attended Virginia State College. He was a member of the Second Baptist Church, Loain, a Sunday School teacher and a B.Y.P.U. Group leader.

A veteran of World War II, he was a sergeant and served as a clerk-typist in the European and Asiatic-Pacific Theater of War. He was a member of Herman Daniels V.F.W. Post 8226, Elks Lake Erie Lodge 362, and Buckeye Lodge 68 F.& A.M. all in Lorain.

He is survived by four brothers: Oliver V., Lawrence M., both of Lorain; David C., Cleveland; and James O., Queens Village, N.Y.; four sisters, Mrs. Clara Wilson, Mrs. Mary Baker, Mrs. Richard (Harriet) Gause, all of Lorain, and Vernola Crisp with whom he made his home.

Services will be Wednesday at 1 p.m. at the Second Baptist Church, Lorain, wit the Rev. G.W. Henderson of Mansfield, officiating. Burial will be in Elmwood Cemetery, Lorain.

Matthew C. Crisp Jr., 64, was born in Greenwood, Miss. on Dec 22, 1912 and had been a residen of Lorain for 55 years.

He graduated from Clearview High School in 1933 and later attended Virginia State College. He was a member of the Second Baptist Church, Loain, a Sunday School teacher and a B.Y.P.U. Group leader.

A veteran of World War II, he was a sergeant and served as a clerk-typist in the European and Asiatic-Pacific Theater of War. He was a member of Herman Daniels V.F.W. Post 8226, Elks Lake Erie Lodge 362, and Buckeye Lodge 68 F.& A.M. all in Lorain.

He is survived by four brothers: Oliver V., Lawrence M., both of Lorain; David C., Cleveland; and James O., Queens Village, N.Y.; four sisters, Mrs. Clara Wilson, Mrs. Mary Baker, Mrs. Richard (Harriet) Gause, all of Lorain, and Vernola Crisp with whom he made his home.

Services will be Wednesday at 1 p.m. at the Second Baptist Church, Lorain, wit the Rev. G.W. Henderson of Mansfield, officiating. Burial will be in Elmwood Cemetery, Lorain.


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  • Added: Aug 4, 2007
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/20788378/matthew_c-crisp: accessed ), memorial page for Sgt Matthew C. Crisp Jr. (22 Dec 1912–27 Aug 1977), Find a Grave Memorial ID 20788378, citing Elmwood Cemetery, Lorain, Lorain County, Ohio, USA; Maintained by smijan (contributor 46910515).