Obituary

Kansan, Monday, January 17, 1939

Virginia M. (Whitehead) Crandall was born at Carrollton, Ky., on August 8, 1887, and passed away at the Bethel Deaconess hospital in Newton, at 5:50 a. m. on April 11, 1939, of a heart ailment. She was recovering apparently from a recent operation when the summons came. She was the only daughter of Henry J. and Alice Morton Brown Whitehead. The house in Carrollton, Ky., where she was born was a large brick mansion. This place was purchased by the Tobacco Men's Association and converted into the Butler Memorial park, the park being named after the famous General Butler. This park is now a state memorial park and one of the famous land marks of the state. Mrs. Crandall was the only living person at the time of her death who was born in this mansion.

She grew to girlhood in Carrollton, afterwards moving to Memphis, Tenn., on account of the heath of Mr. Whitehead, then to Greenville, Miss., where she spent her life up to the time of her marriage.

She was united in marriage to Robert S. Crandall on June 4, 1913, at Greenville, Miss., and lived in this city since that time, taking her place in social activities and church work. She was a member of the Episcopal church, having been confirmed at Greenville, miss., in 1905 under Bishop Worline, and her faith was well founded in the Christian religion, serving in this church as a member of the St. Cecila Guild and other activities. She was a faithful member of the Order of the Eastern Star Chapter No. 5.

She leaves to mourn her passing her husband, Robert S. Crandall, Newton, a niece, Mrs. Alyce Roberts, Greenville, Miss.,two nephews, Stanley Whitehead of Greenville, Miss., and Capt. H. J. Whitehead of Memphis, Tenn. All her brothers as well as her father and mother passed to the great beyond some years ago.

Funeral services were held Thursday afternoon April 13, 1939, at 4 o'clock at St. Matthews Episcopal church with Rev. Thomas Mabley in charge. The church was filled to overflow with her many friends and neighbors and the front of the church was banked with one of the most beautiful floral displays ever seen in the church. She will be laid to rest in the Crandall crypt in Greenwood abbey at 5:00 p. m., by members of the Moody-Hinitt Funeral home.