Joan White Crittenden

Joan was born to Willard Crittenden and Ruth White Crittenden on March 4, 1942 in Jasper, Alabama. She graduated from Winston County High School in 1959 and attended the University of Alabama.

She worked at General Dynamics, retiring as a senior computer operator in 2007 after 41 years of service. She stayed active in the IT world all her life.

She was passionate about many things. She was an award winning quilter, belonging to Trinity Valley Quilting Guild and American Quilter's Society; Master Genealogist, belonging to Fort Worth Genealogical Society, Dallas Genealogical Society, Texas State Genealogical Society and Winston County Genealogical Society and an active member of lineage societies, Daughters of the American Revolution, United Daughters of the Confederacy and War of 1812. She loved Alabama and never forgot her roots. She was a loving and compassionate woman who dedicated her time to helping others and a special concern for all animals. She was also a breast cancer survivor.

She is survived by her daughter Sabrina Morgan and son-in-law John Phelps of Fort Worth, TX.,

sister Martha Mullikin and brother-in-law David Mullikin of Cheyenne, WY., niece Cynthia Mullikin Whiteley of Fort Collins, CO. and extensive family and friends.

She is preceded in death by her Parents, Grandparents Dr. Charles and Almeadia White, J.R. and Matilda Crittenden and extensive family and friends.

Joan will be deeply missed by all who knew her, especially her daughter.

Services will be held in Alabama at a later date.

A letter from Joan:

I'm Joan White Crittenden and that is my birth name. The White is my mother's maiden name. Everybody in Alabama calls me Joan White. I was raised in Alabama and went to a Baptist girls school, Judson College and the University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa. I quilt and have won a few ribbons in the Dallas Quilt Show and Trinity Valley Quilt Show here in Fort Worth. I, like most of us do genealogy to a fault. I spent 41 years at General Dynamics, Computer Science Corp and Lockheed Martin in the same chair, doing the same type of job, just getting sold to different companies.

Before I came to Fort Worth, I lived in Thermopolis, Wyoming which was a really big change for the little gal raised in Ashridge, Alabama who didn't know the difference between 0 and 32, but she found out the first morning when her little VW was frozen up. I finally had all I could take of the cold weather in Wyoming and left for greener pastures.

I have been married twice and have a daughter by my second husband. The first marriage didn't last long. My mother said it took me longer to sew the pearls on the dress than the marriage lasted and my sister said everybody has a baby in 9 months, but Joan gets a divorce.

My Cuz Jackie and partner in genealogy was the reason I joined DAR. He wanted me to join DAR so our genealogy would be in the DAR records. I told him I would do the research, but he had to fill out the forms..and he did. He made those records look like a book and I didn't get a request for any more info. I belong to several lineage groups, but the friends I have made in Mary Isham Keith are some of the best in the world.

Fond memories and expressions of sympathy may be shared at www.neptunesociety.com/location/fort-worth-cremation for the Crittenden family.