Shirley Crabtree

Shirley Clayton Crabtree, age 71, of Courtney Lane, Stanton, Kentucky passed away on Friday, August 24, 2018, at his residence with his family by his side.  Born in Bowen, Kentucky he was a son of the late Charlie Crabtree and the late Lovel Spangler Crabtree.  Shirley was a Vietnam War Army Veteran and a member of Clay City First Church of God.  He was a former UAW Vice President of Rockwell International and a former superintendant of Stanton Waterworks and Sewer System.  Shirley Crabtree was a Powell County Magistrate for 21 years, a driver for Hearne Trucking Company and his favorite hobbies were hunting and fishing.  In addition to his parents he was also preceded in death by his daughter, Shirlene Crabtree Axon.  He is survived by his wife, Bonnie Roberts Crabtree; two sons, Charlie (Leanne) Crabtree of Stanton and Travis (Stacie) Crabtree of Clay City; two brothers, Lonnie (Kim) Crabtree and Chester Crabtree both of Stanton; one sister, Geraldine (Thomas) Puckett of Clay City; six grandchildren:  Amy Jordan, Samantha Crabtree, Alexandria Crabtree, Mackenzie Crabtree, RaeLynn Crabtree and Lakota Crabtree and two great grandchildren, Emma Jordan and Zola Jordan. Funeral services officiated by Bro. Brad Epperson and David Fraley will be held at 2:00 P.M. Monday, August 27, 2018 at Hearne Funeral Home Inc., 125 West College Avenue, Stanton, KY. Visitation begins at 5:00 P.M. Sunday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Sissy's Garden Cemetery at West Bend with Bobby Drake, Timmy Tipton, Charles "Punkin" Drake, Carlos Rogers, Larry Epperson, Larry Drake, Donavan Crabtree, Lawrence Crabtree and Chris Jordan serving as active pallbearers. Honorary pallbearers are friends of the family. Arrangements by Hearne Funeral Home, Inc.