Bruce Crume, 90, died Wednesday, March 6, 2002, at home in the Lodge at Trinity Village in Pine Bluff, Arkansas. Born Sept. 22, 1911, in Crossett, Arkansas, he was the son of the late Dr. Albert L. Crume and Ermon Wilkes Crume.
He was a 1929 graduate of Little Rock (Central) High School. He attended Little Rock Junior College. He received a law degree from the University of Arkansas School of Law in Little Rock in 1938 and was admitted to the Arkansas Bar, although he never practiced law. He was a staff sergeant in the United States Army during World War II.
Mr. Crume retired as an engineer from Southwestern Bell Telephone Company in 1976, after 39 years of service to that company. He was past Arkansas president and Life Member of Telephone Pioneers of America. He was an active member of Lakeside United Methodist Church. At his church, he was a past member of the Official Board and was a past Sunday School teacher. A lifelong volunteer, he was a member of the Pine Bluff Optimist Club. In 1994, as the first male member of the Jefferson Regional Medical Center Auxiliary, he was named Volunteer of the Year, primarily for his work with Lifeline and in assisting residents of Davis Life Care Center. His survivors include his wife, Sarah Brain Crume, to whom he was married October 22, 1937, in Stuttgart, Arkansas; two daughters, Ermon Crume Vandy of Rockville, Maryland, and Jean Crume of Little Rock, Arkansas; and three grandchildren. He was preceeded in death by his older brother, Leon Wilkes Crume, of Hot Springs.
He was a 1929 graduate of Little Rock (Central) High School. He attended Little Rock Junior College. He received a law degree from the University of Arkansas School of Law in Little Rock in 1938 and was admitted to the Arkansas Bar, although he never practiced law. He was a staff sergeant in the United States Army during World War II.
Mr. Crume retired as an engineer from Southwestern Bell Telephone Company in 1976, after 39 years of service to that company. He was past Arkansas president and Life Member of Telephone Pioneers of America. He was an active member of Lakeside United Methodist Church. At his church, he was a past member of the Official Board and was a past Sunday School teacher. A lifelong volunteer, he was a member of the Pine Bluff Optimist Club. In 1994, as the first male member of the Jefferson Regional Medical Center Auxiliary, he was named Volunteer of the Year, primarily for his work with Lifeline and in assisting residents of Davis Life Care Center. His survivors include his wife, Sarah Brain Crume, to whom he was married October 22, 1937, in Stuttgart, Arkansas; two daughters, Ermon Crume Vandy of Rockville, Maryland, and Jean Crume of Little Rock, Arkansas; and three grandchildren. He was preceeded in death by his older brother, Leon Wilkes Crume, of Hot Springs.
Bruce Crume, 90, died Wednesday, March 6, 2002, at home in the Lodge at Trinity Village in Pine Bluff, Arkansas. Born Sept. 22, 1911, in Crossett, Arkansas, he was the son of the late Dr. Albert L. Crume and Ermon Wilkes Crume.
He was a 1929 graduate of Little Rock (Central) High School. He attended Little Rock Junior College. He received a law degree from the University of Arkansas School of Law in Little Rock in 1938 and was admitted to the Arkansas Bar, although he never practiced law. He was a staff sergeant in the United States Army during World War II.
Mr. Crume retired as an engineer from Southwestern Bell Telephone Company in 1976, after 39 years of service to that company. He was past Arkansas president and Life Member of Telephone Pioneers of America. He was an active member of Lakeside United Methodist Church. At his church, he was a past member of the Official Board and was a past Sunday School teacher. A lifelong volunteer, he was a member of the Pine Bluff Optimist Club. In 1994, as the first male member of the Jefferson Regional Medical Center Auxiliary, he was named Volunteer of the Year, primarily for his work with Lifeline and in assisting residents of Davis Life Care Center. His survivors include his wife, Sarah Brain Crume, to whom he was married October 22, 1937, in Stuttgart, Arkansas; two daughters, Ermon Crume Vandy of Rockville, Maryland, and Jean Crume of Little Rock, Arkansas; and three grandchildren. He was preceeded in death by his older brother, Leon Wilkes Crume, of Hot Springs.
He was a 1929 graduate of Little Rock (Central) High School. He attended Little Rock Junior College. He received a law degree from the University of Arkansas School of Law in Little Rock in 1938 and was admitted to the Arkansas Bar, although he never practiced law. He was a staff sergeant in the United States Army during World War II.
Mr. Crume retired as an engineer from Southwestern Bell Telephone Company in 1976, after 39 years of service to that company. He was past Arkansas president and Life Member of Telephone Pioneers of America. He was an active member of Lakeside United Methodist Church. At his church, he was a past member of the Official Board and was a past Sunday School teacher. A lifelong volunteer, he was a member of the Pine Bluff Optimist Club. In 1994, as the first male member of the Jefferson Regional Medical Center Auxiliary, he was named Volunteer of the Year, primarily for his work with Lifeline and in assisting residents of Davis Life Care Center. His survivors include his wife, Sarah Brain Crume, to whom he was married October 22, 1937, in Stuttgart, Arkansas; two daughters, Ermon Crume Vandy of Rockville, Maryland, and Jean Crume of Little Rock, Arkansas; and three grandchildren. He was preceeded in death by his older brother, Leon Wilkes Crume, of Hot Springs.
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