TITLE:  CRENSHAW, Frederick J.

SOURCE:  The Keowee Courier

SUBMITTED BY:  Susan Brock-Booker

FORMATTED BY:  Kim Grissom, Jun 2003

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CRENSHAW, Frederick J. 
(1882-1952) Keowee Courier January 10, 1952, Funeral services were 
conducted Sunday afternoon from the Ansel Funeral Home for Fred J. 
Crenshaw, 69, who succumbed Saturday at an Anderson hospital after a 
serious illness of several weeks. He had been in declining health for 
some three years. The Rev. J. Claude Evans and Rev. Peter Stokes 
conducted the final rites. The body remained at the funeral home until 
Monday when it was carried to Whitsett, N. C. for interment in 
Springwood Cemetery. Pall-bearers were Lewis Campbell, Newton Crenshaw,
Jack Kelley, Alfonso Johnson, Melvin T. Johnson, and Floyd B. 
Crenshaw. Before returning to Walhalla to make his home in 1949, Mr. 
Crenshaw had served with the Capitol Police Force in Washington, D. C. 
He was injured severely in the line of duty while making an arrest 
shortly before his retirement from the force. Since returning here he 
had become one of Walhalla's most respected and beloved citizens. He 
was a son of the late Newton and Augusta Seiskey Crenshaw. He was born
and reared in Walhalla, and left here in 1905 for Washington, D. C. 
where he was connected with the Capital Transit Company for 39 1/2 
years. Later he was with the U. S. Capitol police force, for about 
two years. Following his retirement in 1949 he came back to Walhalla 
to make his home. He was a member of St. Luke Methodist church in 
Walhalla. Survivors include Mrs. Roberta Sheperd Crenshaw; five 
sisters, Miss Ella Crenshaw and Miss Sallie Crenshaw of Walhalla, 
Mrs. Grace C. Harrison, of Walhalla, Mrs. Augusta C. Hobart of Atlanta,
and Mrs. Viola C. Hetrick of West Palm Beach, Fla.; one brother, 
Grover C. Crenshaw, of West Union; also a number of nieces and 
nephews. Contributed by: Susan Brock-Booker, sbrockbooker@aol.com



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