David Crocker

"Loving Husband, Father, Grandfather and Friend"

Waynesville, David Lloyd Crocker, 76, passed away on Wednesday, March 14, 2018 at the VA Medical Center in Asheville.

A native of Quincy, Massachusetts, he was the son of the late Rendall C. and Margaret Frances Carey Crocker. He was a highly decorated retired US Army Colonel having served during the Vietnam Era. He was employed as a fleet manager for Volusia County, Florida for ten years. David was a member of Grace Church in the Mountains and loved to play golf.

David is survived by his wife of 53 years, Anne Craven Crocker; a son, Glenn David Crocker (Doe) of Knoxville, Tennessee; a daughter, Susan Paige Mullis (David) of Catawba, South Carolina; a brother, Ronald C. Crocker (Donna) of Massachusetts; two sisters, Diane C. Pekin (Tarik) also of Massachusetts and Linda L. Genovese (Robert) of Vermont; a sister-in-law, Linda L. Gray (Albert) of Massachusetts;; three grandchildren, Rachel A. Crocker, Kira L. Crocker and Danielle A. Mullis; many nieces and nephews; and his beloved dog, Maggie.

A memorial service will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Monday, March 19, 2018 at Grace Church in the Mountains with The Reverend Joslyn Ogden Schaefer officiating. Entombment will be in the Memory Garden Mausoleum at the church.

Memorials may be made to Grace Church in the Mountains, 394 N. Haywood Street, Waynesville, NC 28786.

The care of Mr. Crocker has been entrusted to Wells Funeral Homes and an online memorial register is available at "Obituaries" at www.wellsfuneralhome.com

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