RAYMOND C. "RC" CROWE, JR.

Raymond C “RC” Crowe, Jr. 84, died Nov. 29, 2022.
Crowe was born Nov. 3, 1938, in Rogersville, the son of the late Raymond See and Nancy Genevieve (Dunn) Crowe. He grew up on a dairy farm in Rogersville, and graduated from Rogersville High School in 1957. Crowe married his high school sweetheart Carol “Kaye” (Stewart) Nov. 25, 1957. They were married 48 years before her passing in April 2005. He was also proceeded in death by one infant son, Russell Ray.
Crowe was a recruited pitcher for several AAA competitive fast pitch softball teams for 18 years. A highlight of his career included winning the national championship in Clearwater, Fla. with the “Scenic Shoppers.” He was inducted into the SW Missouri Basketball Officials Hall of Fame (1998), as well as the Springfield Fast Pitch Softball Hall of Fame (2008).
Crowe married June Burks on Feb. 11, 2007, in Fordland, and eventually moved to Springfield in 2018.
Crowe and family took over the dairy farm for his parents where they showed and raised several champions on the state level as well as the All-American National Champion Jersey Female at the 1982 North American International Livestock Show in Louisville, Ky. He also found a love for showing rabbits, specifically “Satins” and traveled the U.S. showing. During his 34 years of showing rabbits, he had many “Best of Breed” Champions at the national level and won “Best of Show” at both the NASS and ARBA shows. He was a director for many years in the ASRBA association.
Crowe proudly worked for the Rogersville School System as maintenance director looking over remodeling/building several of the schools that stand there today. He retired in 2008.
Crowe is survived by his wife June Burks-Crowe of the home; children Pam Whobrey (Allen), Rogersville; Jennie Owen (Aaron) Bois D’Arc; Stewart Crowe (LaVeta) Cassville; and Joy Collard (Doug) Oronogo; step daughter Tammy Burks; nine grandchildren; three step grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren, uncle Charles Dunn, several other family and many friends. He was also a member of the Fordland Methodist Church.
Services for Crowe are under the direction of Greenlawn East. Visitation was from 5-7 p.m. Monday, Dec. 5, 2022, with a memorial service following. A private family burial followed at Palmetto Cemetery in Rogersville.
In lieu of flowers, donations are requested to be made to the Ozark Empire Fair Foundation, 3001 N Grant, Springfield, MO 65803 or St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital, PO Box 50, Memphis, TN 38101-9929.