01/15/16 - NNHS Newsletter - Glen Crockett

Glenwood Burk Crockett
(27 Nov 1932 - 31 Oct 2015)

Newport News High School Class of @ 1951

http://www.roanoke.com/obituaries/crockett-glenwood-burk/article_ba159cf1-ef9d-581c-980d-20c2d7aeda80.html  

Thanks for all that you do.

Eddie Perry

    Oh, Eddie, I'm so sorry to hear about the loss of your friend! Please accept my sincerest condolences. Thank you so much for telling me, as we always want to remember and pay our respects to all of our Typhoon family.

He was born on November 27, 1932 in Roanoke, the son of Burton M. Crockett and Margie Etta Bohon Crockett. He was a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Glen spent much of his youth in Hampton where he grew up enjoying time outdoors hunting and fishing with his favorite dog, Rattler.

He excelled in track and field and loved to play football. He played football for the Army while in service during the Korean War. His real sports passion was weight-lifting, both Olympic style when he was younger and power lifting in masters (senior) class later in life. He held numerous state, national, and world titles and records. He once held the Virginia State record for cling and jerk 165 lb. class that stood for many years in the late 1950's.

Glen retired from General Electric (Salem) in 1995 with 31 years of service in different positions, last of which was in the Navy stock room.

Glen is survived by his loving wife of 59 years, Peggy; children, Mark and his wife Elizabeth, and Lee and his wife, Yumi; grandchildren, Mitchell, Ken, Hiro, Max, and Michael; sister, Lawana and her husband, Dr. Robert M. Merrill; niece and nephew, Claire and Craig; cousins, Jimmy, Debbie, Joann, Danease, and Donna; life-long best friend, Bill Masters; and his two horses, Cissy and Fancy.

The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. on Tuesday, November 3, 2015 at the John M. Oakey & Son Funeral Home in Salem.

A funeral service to honor Glen's life will be conducted at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, November 4, 2015 in the funeral home's chapel. The family will hold a private graveside interment.

In lieu of flowers, please consider a donation to Healing Strides of Virginia at P.O. Box 56 in Boones Mill, Va. 24065 to honor Glen's love of horses.

The Crockett family is being served by John M. Oakey & Son Funeral Home in Salem, 540-389-5441.

Published in Roanoke Times on November 3, 2015.
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