Wynell Peavy Crews

Funeral services for Wynell P. Crews, 79, will be held on July 22, 2009 at 2:00 p.m. at Blanchard St. Denis Funeral Home in Natchitoches. Interment will follow at Forest Lawn Cemetery in Leesville. The family will receive friends at the funeral home on Tuesday, July 21 from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Wynell Peavy Crews was born in Leesville, Louisiana on March 6, 1930. She graduated from Leesville High School as valedictorian for the class of 1946. She attended Northwestern State University and graduated with the honor of salutatorian in 1950. She then attended graduate school and received her master’s degree in business education in 1967. She taught at various schools throughout the State of Louisiana, including Northwestern State University. She is preceded in death by her father Roy Peavy, her mother Gertie Peavy and her son William P. Crews, III. She is survived by her son Steven David Crews of Natchitoches, Louisiana, daughter Kimberly Crews Stafford of San Antonio, Texas, brother Graham Peavy of Port Allen, Louisiana and sister, Audell Motycka of Kingwood, Texas. She is also survived by her granddaughters Victoria Crews, Hannah Crews and Skylar Stafford and numerous nieces, nephews, great-nieces and great-nephews. Honoring Mrs. Crews as pallbearers will be John Stafford, Ronald E. Corkern, Jr., J. Chris Guillet, Sidney R. Peavy, J. Christian Henry and James L. Durham. Honorary pallbearers are Daniel T. Murchison, Sr. and Dr. Lisso Simmons. Special recognition is given to all personnel at Natchitoches Long Term Care and especially her personal assistant Ms. Hattie Beard.