Donald Leon Crowson

Services for Donald "D. L." Crowson, 61 of Gilmer will be held 2:00 P.M, Thursday, January 2, 2014, at The Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter-day Saints with Bishop Jimmy Coulter conducting under the direction of Croley Funeral Home of Gilmer. Burial will follow at Willow Oak Cemetery in Upshur County. Mr. Crowson passed away Monday, December 30, 2013, in Tyler. He was born on October 18, 1952, in Tulsa, Oklahoma to Max Lloyd and Elma Dodge Crowson. He served in the U. S. Army and was a Dyno Inspector for URS. Mr. Crowson was a member of The Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter-day Saints in Gilmer and a member of the Harley Davidson Motorcycle Club. He married Joann Threadgill on May 19, 2012 in Hooks, Texas and she survives him. He is also survived by father and step-mother, Max Lloyd and Marie Crowson of Manti, Utah; sons, Joshua Crowson, Tommy Wayne Fletcher, Charles Clinton all of Gilmer; daughters, Tracey Coffey of Hurst, Angela Berell of Rome, Texas, Kiturah Martinez of California; stepdaughters, Mary Jenkins and Tammy Fletcher of Gilmer; brother, Larry Max Crowson of Utah; sister, Kiturah Neppl of St. George, Utah; twenty grandchildren and one great grandchild. Mr. Crowson was preceded in death by his mother, Elma Crowson; sons, Brandon Crowson on March 9, 1987 and Dustin Crowson on April 3, 1995. Pallbearers are Robert Threadgill, Jim Moore, Johnny Threadgill, James Threadgill, Larry Threadgill and Royce Threadgill. The family will receive friends on Wednesday, January 1, 2014, from 6:00 until 8:00 P.M. at Croley Funeral Home in Gilmer