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Crowder-Hite-Crews Funeral Home & Crematory
Compassionately Serving the residents of South Hill and the surrounding Mecklenburg, Brunswick and Lunenburg Area since 1972.
When the time is needed, we are here.
Locally owned Business you can Trust.
Mr. Richard Earl Ezell
02/02/1930 - 10/01/2026
The service will be on Monday October 5th at 11:00 A.M. in Crowder-Hite-Crews Funeral Home and Crematory, with interment to follow in Crestview Memorial Park with full American Legion Post 79 Military Honors. The family will receive friends starting at 10:00 until service time. The complete obituary will be posted once completed.
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About Us
At Crowder-Hite-Crews we’ve always been proud to say that we are large enough to serve and small enough to care. When you choose us, we consider this a sacred trust between your family and ours. We offer a full range of funeral service, whether for a traditional funeral or cremation, and we are able to assist families worldwide. In February of 2004 we installed a crematorium to better serve our cremation families. We now do all cremations in our facility, saving transport to another location for this service. Please feel free to contact us if you have any questions about the cremation process.
Family owned and operated since 1972.
Situated on a 3-acre pastoral setting.
1st Place in Reader’s Choice for Funeral Service (17 years running).
Staff members are active in many civic organizations in the area, including Lions, Rotary, Moose Lodge, Masons, Ruritan, and Chamber of Commerce.
Owners are former Presidents of the Virginia Funeral Directors Association and Southside Funeral Directors Association.
We always help you apply for Social Security and Veterans benefits!
We also help with completing life insurance claim forms.
Crowder-Hite-Crews Funeral Home & Crematory
PO Box 422
1504 N. Mecklenburg Ave.
South Hill, VA 23970
Local (434) 447-7171
Fax (434) 447-3212
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Our deepest sympathies to The family. Earl was always such a warm and welcoming uncle I loved his smile and enjoyed listening to his many stories.
Uncle Earl
My sincere sympathy to the family. Earl was one of the kindest most compassionate person you could meet. I was blessed to visit him a few weeks ago, and will cherish our conversation, hearing his laugh and most importantly having the privilege to give and receive heartfelt hugs.
Earl always held a special place in my husband’s heart. He truly made him feel part of the family on his first visit to Granny’s. There are so many memories of him teasing when I was young and enjoying a visit with him when we traveled through South Hill, as the years went by. We would take him to the Waffle House before leaving South Hill. The simple breakfast was another one of my cherished memories. He will be missed by all who knew him.
I am sure he will be met on the other side by Emma, Billy, Granny, my mom and many other friends and family.
Love you Earl!