Crowell, Edward Osmond Sr.

Edward Osmon Crowell Sr is the son of James Armestead Crowell and Alice C Luallen. He was born on February 20, 1905 in Rockwood- Franklin County, Alabama and had siblings William Andrew Crowell (1896-1972), Sally Crowell (1898-1910), Charles L Crowell (1898-1910), Colson Clark "Coley" Crowell (1900-1977), John Arthur Crowell (1908-1997), and Annie Freeman Crowell (1910-1991). On December 18, 1927 he married Willie Mae James (1912–1986) in Russellville, Franklin, Alabama. The couple had three children together: Edward Osmond Crowell Jr (1928-1975), Jerry Trapp Crowell Sr (1935-1982), and Donald Autry Crowell (1943-2002). He served in the US Navy and was part of the class 565 at Miramar Naval Base in California. He entered the Navy on December 7, 1947 and retired as a Disabled Veteran in 1950.