Lucille Crips

82 year old Lucille “Tincy” Crips of Dowelltown died Friday of an extended illness at DeKalb Hospital. She was a member of the Dowelltown Baptist Church and retired from Served Incorporated. The funeral will be Sunday at 3:00 p.m. at DeKalb Funeral Chapel. Donald Owens and Wayne Malone will officiate and burial will be in Salem Cemetery. Visitation will be Saturday from 11:00 a.m. until 9:00 p.m. and Sunday from 10:00 a.m. until the time of the service at 3:00 p.m. She was preceded in death by her parents, Claud and Jewell Gibbs Jennings; her husband, Austin Crips; a son, Eddie Crips; two brothers, Charles and James Jennings; and a sister, Claudine Simpkins. Survivors include a son and daughter-in-law, Tommy and Sue Crips of Alexandria. A daughter and son-in-law, Lynn and Roger Griffith of Smithville. Daughter-in-law, Gail Crips of Smithville. Six grandchildren, Melissa and her husband Paul Vanhook, Deborah and her husband Jeff Cantrell, Chris and his wife Jennifer Griffith, Ron and his wife Mindy Griffith, and Ryan and Jeff Crips. Eight great grandchildren and two sisters-in-law, Vena Fuston of Smithville and Beulah Jennings of Alexandria. DeKalb Funeral Chapel is in charge of the arrangements.