Odessa Dalton Crow

AIKEN, SC – ODESSA LUCILLE DALTON CROW, 99, widow of The Rev. Dr. Raymond E. Crow, passed away Friday, February 4, 2022, in Anchor Rehab and Healthcare Center.

A native of Polk County, NC, Odessa was a daughter of the late Olen D. and Bertha Cash Dalton.  She was the youngest of ten children.  Odessa was a minister’s wife and served along side Dr. Crow as such for 65 years in churches both in North and South Carolina.  They served Redds Branch Baptist Church in Aiken from 1974-1980.  When Dr. Crow retired in 1984, they returned to Aiken.  She was a member of Millbrook Baptist Church.

Survivors include her sons, Mike Crow (Linda), Springfield, AR, The Rev. Thomas Crow, Sr. (Cathy), Aiken; daughter-in-law, Judy Crow, Shelby, NC; son-in-law, Robert “Bob” Hallford, Aiken; eight grandchildren, Earl Crow, Jr. (Babs), Dawn Crow Benton (Tim), David Crow (Tasha), Anna Whitaker (Tom), Latrish Golden (Gerrad), Chris Zimmerman (Crystal Brock), Jeff Hallford (Bhanu), Michelle Shackford (David); fifteen great-grandchildren; four great-great-grandchildren.  In addition to her husband and parents, she was preceded in death by her daughter, Barbara Crow Hallford and son, William Ray Crow.

The family will receive friends Tuesday afternoon, February 8^th beginning at noon at Shellhouse – Rivers Funeral Home.  The funeral service will follow at 1 o’clock at the funeral home with The Revs. Brancie Stephens, Mike Frazier and Dr. Chris Masters officiating.  Interment will be in Southlawn Cemetery.  The service will be livestreamed at https://iframe.dacast.com/b/156599/c/585055 .  Due to the current Covid circumstances, the family requests that masks be worn.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be directed to Mission Dignity, a mission to provide dignity to retirement age Southern Baptist Ministers, workers and their widows (missiondignity.org).

SHELLHOUSE – RIVERS FUNERAL HOME, 715 EAST PINE LOG RD., AIKEN, SC