Mrs. Laura Mercer Crockett

Laura Mercer Crockett – Age 92, died on June 2, 2016 at the Magnolia Manor Nursing Facility in Americus, GA, after a long illness. Funeral Services will be held at 10 AM at Kimbrell-Stern on Monday, June 6, 2016 with Interment at Floral Memory Gardens at 120 Old Pretoria Road in Albany, immediately following. The Reverend Tom Pollack will be officiating. Visitation be at Kimbrell-Stern on Sunday, June 5, from 5-6 p.m. Mrs. Crockett, is survived by her Son, Larry Crockett and his wife Gail; Daughter Lisa Crockett (McCreary) and her husband Michael; grandchildren Lori Norton, Kristi Johnson and her husband Brad, Laura Knaley and her husband John, Lindsey Pool and her husband Keith, Aaron MCCreary and his wife Kim, Bess McCreary Wozniak and her husband Gregg, and Colleen McCreary Massey and her husband Ben; great-grandchildren Nick & Laura Johnson; Georgia, Loreli, and Jak Knaley; Lila, Ava, Nora, and Noah Pool; Katie, Luke, and Cora McCreary; Declan Wozniak, and numerous nieces, nephews, great-nieces and great-nephews. Her loving husband Chester Frost Crockett, as well as her precious parents, Russell and Julia Mercer, and her darling daughter Lynn Mercer Crockett, along with dearest sister and brother, Janie Mercer Cupp and Russell Mercer, preceded her in death. Mrs. Crockett was a proud native of Candler County and graduated from Metter High School in 1936. She was an incredibly devoted and hardworking family member from the earliest days. She grew up chopping cotton, stringing tobacco, milking cows, and feeding the pigs and throughout her life never complained about hard work. She was especially attached to her precious mother Julia from whom she learned to cook the most incredibly delicious meals and treats. She met her husband of 49 years, Chester, at the telephone office where she was an operator and he was a supervisor in Augusta, and they were soon married in South Carolina. Mrs. Crockett excelled in business classes in high school, was remarkably proficient in short hand, and was employed as a clerk at the army base in Red Bank N.J. while Mr. Crockett was stationed there during the Second World War as a member of the Signal Corps. After the war, they lived all over the southeast as he was transferred frequently with his job with Western Electric, and she was a very happy mom of a growing family. Their happiest assignments were in Daffin Park in Savannah and Albany, where they bought their home, a little pink house on 11th Avenue and where Mrs. Crockett practiced her expertise as a gardener and created a very lovely and well-tended yard. Mrs. Crockett worked for three years at the local Department of Family and Children Services, but her passion was as a devoted homemaker. Mrs. Crockett was a long time member of Sherwood Baptist Church in Albany where she loved her Sunday School class and her volunteer work keeping babies in the nursery. After Mr. Crockett passed away, Mrs. Crockett enjoyed years as a Pink Lady volunteer at Palmyra Park Hospital. When the flood claimed her home in 1994, there were no complaints. Mrs. Crockett, very resilient to the end, took another mortgage at age 72 and paid it off using the resources of her very limited income. Her family was her life. Everything she did had a connection to either providing for or being a part of family. Her family members are all incredibly thankful for her boundless love and care. Mrs. Crockett struggled with health challenges for many years but did not allow them to defeat her very loving and beautiful spirit. Anyone desiring a tribute to her may make a donation to the charity of his or her choice in her honor.

Mrs. Laura Mercer Crockett

January 23, 1924 - June 2, 2016