Al Crosby

Asheville, NC - Al Crosby, 88, of 4-E Wesley Drive, Givens Estates, died Saturday, January 22, 2005. A native of Estill, SC, he was the son of the late Alfred Dowling and Bertha Lee Hartley Crosby, Sr. Al was a former Mason in Charleston, SC and a member of Trinity Baptist Church in Cayce, SC for 32 years. He had been a pharmaceutical representative and a master engraver of glass and fine silver during his life. Al is survived by his wife of 64 years, Margaret Ann Kinard Crosby; two sons Al Crosby, III, his wife Eugenia of Charlotte and R. Wayne Crosby and his wife, Claudia, of Asheville; three grandchildren and four great-grandchildren; a sister, Geneva Crooks of Charleston, SC and a brother, Jack Crosby of Dallas, Texas. A memorial service will be held at 2:00 pm Monday in the Thomas Coke Chapel of Givens Estates conducted by the Revs. Joe Fulk and Perry Brindley. A second memorial service will be held at 2:00 pm Tuesday in the Trinity Baptist Church in Cayce, SC conducted by the Rev. Don Davis. Burial will be in the Fairfax Cemetery in Fairfax, SC. In lieu of flowers, the family asks that memorials be made to Givens Estates, 2360 Sweeten Creek Road, Asheville, NC 28803, Skyland Baptist Church, 2115 Hendersonville Road, Arden, NC 28704 or to the Trinity Baptist Church, 2003 Charleston Highway, Cayce, SC 29033.