RC Crowe

(From Greenlawn Funeral Home)

Raymond C “RC” Crowe, Jr passed from this life and entered eternal life on November 29, 2022, at the age of 84.

RC was born November 3, 1938, in Rogersville, MO the son of the late Raymond See and Nancy Genevieve (Dunn) Crowe. RC grew up on a Dairy Farm in Rogersville, MO and graduated from Rogersville High School in 1957. RC married his high school sweetheart Carol “Kaye” (Stewart) November 25, 1957. RC and Kaye were married 48 years before her passing in April 2005. RC was also proceeded in death by one infant son Russell Ray.

During school RC was a member of the high school Basketball, Track/Field, Softball teams and FFA. He dearly loved Coon Hunting with his father and late father-in-law. RC was a recruited pitcher for several AAA competitive Fast Pitch Softball teams for 18 years. A highlight of his career included winning the National Championship in Clearwater, FL with the “Scenic Shoppers.” 

RC was inducted into the SW Missouri Basketball Officials Hall of Fame (1998) as well as the Springfield Fast Pitch Softball Hall of Fame (2008). He dearly loved the St. Louis Cardinals Baseball team and proudly followed his kids and grandkids around to any event they were involved in. He was an opinionated man that would let the officials know his thoughts on their calls, his most famous words were “Ref, you’re missing a good game.”

RC married June Burks on February 11, 2007, in Fordland, MO and eventually moved to Springfield, MO in 2018. Together they enjoyed eating at their favorite restaurants, traveling, and spending time during the winter in New Braunfels, Texas amongst several friends they met along the way who were from Minnesota and Canada. He was well known to them as the “Social Director” and loved being a Winter Texan.

RC had a passion for livestock and was a man of several talents including his love for carpentry/woodworking. He was well known for his wooden children’s “Red Barns.” RC and family took over the Dairy farm for his parents where they showed and raised several champions on the State level as well as the All-American National Champion Jersey Female at the 1982 North American International Livestock Show in Louisville, KY. RC found a love for showing Rabbits specifically “Satins” and traveled the US showing. During his 34 years of showing rabbits, he had many “Best of Breed” Champions at the National level and won “Best of Show” at both the NASS and ARBA shows. RC was a Director for many years in the ASRBA association.

RC proudly worked for the Rogersville School System as Maintenance Director looking over remodeling/building several of the schools that stand there today. He retired in 2008.

Family was one of the most important things to RC and he loved sharing their successes and stories with others who would listen. RC is survived by his wife June Burks-Crowe of the home, 4 children Pam Whobrey (Allen) Rogersville, Jennie Owen (Aaron) Bois D’Arc, Stewart Crowe (LaVeta) Cassville, Joy Collard (Doug) Oronogo; 1 step daughter Tammy Burks; 9 Grandchildren Adam Owen (Kayla), Heather Berry (Mike), Matt Owen (Margo), Kyle Whobrey, Casey Owen (Stephanie), Morgan Collard, Wyatt Collard, Kason Crowe; 3 step grandchildren Emily Holloway(Jerry), Lyndsey Libertus, Jerrod Archer; 9 Great Grandchildren, 1 uncle Charles Dunn, several other family and many friends. RC was a member of the Fordland Methodist Church.

Services for RC Crowe, Jr are under the direction of Greenlawn East. Visitation is scheduled for Monday, December 5, 2022, 5-7 pm with a Memorial Service following. A private family burial will follow at Palmetto Cemetery in Rogersville, MO.

In lieu of flowers, donations are requested to be made to the Ozark Empire Fair Foundation, 3001 N Grant, Springfield, MO 65803 or St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital, PO Box 50, Memphis, TN 38101-9929.