Crabtree, David Ben

age 74, of Columbus Kansas, died Nov 30, 2002, at a Joplin Missouri hospital. Born Dec 13, 1927, in Ottawa county Okla, to Benjamin David Crabtree and Frances Lovina Dyson Crabtree. Lived most of his life in Quapaw Okla before moving to Columbus in Sep 1998. He was an Army veteran, serving during World War II. Married Jackie Farris, who preceded him in death on Aug 23, 1998. He later married Betty Wood, she survives. Burial in G.A.R. cemetery in Miami. Note: The newspaper gives his birth year as 1974, this must be a mistake. His age indicates he must have been born in 1927 or 1928.

born Dec 13, 1927.