Alton B. "Al" Crumpler, age 77, of Picayune passed away Thursday, January 6, 2011 at Regency Hospital in Hattiesburg, Mississippi.
Visitation will be Monday, January 10th from 6:00-9:00 p.m. at Picayune Funeral Home, in Picayune, Mississippi with burial in Goldsboro, North Carolina.
Mr. Crumpler was born on November 2, 1933 in Wayne County, NC. He graduated from North Carolina State University with a Bachelor's Degree in Geological Engineering and obtained his Master's Degree in Geological Engineering from Florida State University. He spent his forty year career in Suitland, MD and Bay St. Louis, MS working for NAVOCEANO as an Oceanographer Research Engineer and Manager. He was a wonderful father, loving husband and brother.
Mr. Crumpler was a Christian and was preceded in death by his parents, Ernest and Elnora Mitchell Crumpler and by his wife, Vivian McKeithan Crumpler.
He is survived by his two sons, Bill Crumpler of Picayune and Braxton Crumpler (Lisa) of Madison; four grandsons, Corey, Caleb, Reece and Hayes Crumpler; two sisters, Dorothy Blanchard of Randleman, NC and Rose Hicks of Pikeville, NC.