Henry Clay Crumpler^[1]

1922 - 1945  (22 years)

• Name	Henry Clay Crumpler
  Birth	22 Jul 1922  [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	29 May 1945	Zamami Jima, Kerama Retto [Japanese island   [1]
  Burial	Pineview Cemetery, Rocky Mount, NC   [1]
  Notes	From Garth Matthews, History of American Crumplers (his ref W3.2-D2.3#b-3): 1940[US Census] Living with parents & siblings at Rocky Mount, Edgecombe , NC 1942[30th June] registered for WW2 Draft at Rock Mount, Edgecombe County, NC Garth lists Clarence Ray Crumpler with 2 marriages and does not say which wife/husband was this child's other parent; placed with Clara Ellis.
  Person ID	I602081148	Walsh - Wilson Family Tree
  Last Modified	15 Nov 2026

  
  

  Father	Clarence Ray Crumpler,   b. 8 Nov 1882, Wilson County, NC d. 21 Mar 1957, Rocky Mount, Edgecombe, NC (Age 74 years)
  Mother	Clara Ellis,   b. 1885   d. 1918 (Age 33 years)
  Marriage	3 May 1909	Wilson, NC   [2]
  Family ID	F601969980	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Evelyn Louise Starling,   b. 1922   d. 1982 (Age 60 years)  [1]
  Children	1. Henry Clay, Jr.,   b. 1945   d. 1945 (Age 0 years)
  Family ID	F601969994	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	15 Nov 2026

  
  

• Sources

  [S90946] Garth Matthews, Matthews, History of American Crumplers, (Unpublished manuscript, sent to Craig Walsh 14 Nov 2026), Ref W3.2-D2.3#b-3, Chapter 3: the W2 William and W3 Benjamin lines. [S90946] Garth Matthews, Matthews, History of American Crumplers, (Unpublished manuscript, sent to Craig Walsh 14 Nov 2026), Ref W3.2-D2.3#b, Chapter 3: the W2 William and W3 Benjamin lines.