Anne Crumb Craft

Anne Crumb Craft, 67, wife of Richard Craft and a resident of Cheriton quietly returned home to the Lord Sunday January 8, 2006 after a lifetime of touching peoples lives and hearts. Everyone whose path touched Anne's was enriched by the experience. In Anne's world, everyone was treated with courtesy, compassion and respect. A native of the Eastern Shore, she was the daughter of the late Warner Pierce Barnes and the late Ida West Barnes. Anne worked in the Cheriton Post Office for thirty one years, mostly as postmaster. She treated all her clients as friends, serving them with professionalism, a great deal of courtesy and a lovely sense of humor. After retirement she attended LPN school at Shore Memorial Hospital and upon completion of the school and license requirements, she worked on the Maternal Child Health Unit at Shore Memorial Hospital. Once Again, her skills with people as well as her professional ability and enthusiasm made her a great nurse. Still, not being satisfied, she was on her way toward completing the requirements for an RN diploma from the Eastern Shore Community College. Anne was a very active member of Cheriton United Methodist Church, participating in the choir and the Sunnyside Ringers. Other than her husband, she is survived by a daughter, Ida Crumb Zuniga and her husband Jim of Melfa, Va,. a son, Warner E. Crumb and his wife Rae of Onancock, Va., a twin sister, Margaret Barnes Pelletier of Cape Charles, six grandchildren; Jill Evans and her husband Travis, Jessica Zuniga, Jared Crumb, Ryan Crumb, Nathan Crumb and Matthew Klepper, one great granddaughter, Abigail Anne Evans; several nieces and nephews, former husband, Charles E. Crumb and a host of friends throughout the community. A memorial service will be held 3:00 pm Saturday January 14, 2006 at Cheriton United Methodist Church with the Rev. Nathan Decker and the Rev. Dr. Charles F. Mapp officiating. Memorials may be made to Hospice on the Eastern Shore, P.O. Box 316, Parksley, Va. 23421 or Eastern Shore Literacy Council, Inc., P.O. Box 104, Belle Haven, Virginia 23306. Arrangements made by Wilkins-Doughty Funeral Home, Cape Charles.