GENE CROCKER
Sunday, August 28, 2011 at 9:44PM
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March 10, 1935 – August 27, 2011

ANDERSON, SC - Boyce Eugene Crocker, age 76, of 3513 Hopewell Road, husband of the late Frances “Fran” Lesesne Crocker, died Saturday, August 27, 2011 at the Greenville Memorial Hospital.

Born in Gaffney, SC, on March 10, 1935, Mr. Crocker was a son of the late Boyce Lee Crocker and Ellen Lee Lipscomb Crocker.  He was a graduate of Gaffney High School in 1954 and attended Clemson University on a football scholarship as a quarterback.  He served in the United States Navy where he also played on the Navy baseball team. After his military career, he returned to Clemson University, graduating in 1966. Mr. Crocker retired from J. P. Stevens Company where he served as Personnel Director and as an Industrial Engineer.  He served as president of the Pendleton Lions Club, earning many district awards.  He was a member of Hopewell Baptist Church.

Survivors include his daughter, Pamela Brooks and her husband, Brian of Anderson; son, David Crocker and his wife, Michelle of Grayson, GA; five grandchildren, Caitlyn, Emily and Addison Crocker and Katherine Crowe and her husband, Eric and Richard Brooks; sisters, Mary Ellen Yother of Easley and Betty C. Goodman of Jacksonville, FL; brother, Donald Crocker of Rock Hill, SC. 

He was predeceased by a brother, Addison Crocker.

A Graveside Service will be held on Tuesday, August 30, 2011 at 2:00 pm at New Market Cemetery, a family cemetery in Greeleyville, SC, officiated by the Reverend Brad Bardin.

The family will be at the residence and will receive friends at The McDougald Funeral Home on Monday, August 29, 2011 from 6:00 pm until 8:00 pm. 

Flowers are optional.  Memorials may be made to the American Heart Association, Upstate SC and Western NC, 3535 Pelham Road, Suite 101, Greenville, SC 29615. 

A message of condolence may be sent by visiting www.mcdougaldfuneralhome.com 

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