Sarah Elizabeth Rebecca Phelps Higgins Crabtree, 90, homemaker and resident of Pleasant Drive, died Friday, Sept. 1, 2017 in Florence, Alabama.
Funeral services will be conducted Monday at 2 p.m. at Oakes & Nichols Funeral Home. Burial will follow in Phelps Cemetery in Giles County. The family will visit with friends Monday from noon until service time at the funeral home. Condolences may be extended online at www.oakesandnichols.com.
Born Aug. 5, 1927 in Giles County, Tennessee, she was the daughter of the late James Weakley Phelps and the late Henretta Dickey Phelps. She enjoyed flower arranging and gardening. Mrs. Crabtree was a member of Pleasant Heights Baptist Church.
Survivors include her sons, Joseph Wayne (Ann) Higgins, of Florence, Alabama and David Ray (Pam) Higgins, of Burns; sisters, Christine Burks, of Lebanon and Linda Ann Bass, of Columbia; brothers, Neal S. (Theresa) Phelps, of Decatur, Alabama, Mark (Jean) Phelps, of Pulaski, and Carl (Marie) Phelps, of White House; grandchildren, Beth Ann Higgins, Erica Prince, Meredith Gray, Blaine Higgins, Loren Donegan, and Paige Baker; great-grandchildren, Daily Richey, Zoe Gray, Hunter Donegan, Pierson Higgins, and Palmer Higgins; and sisters-in-law, Mary Frances Phelps and Marian Phelps.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husbands, Joseph Clarence Higgins in 1978 and Crawford L. Crabtree in 2010; grandson, Joseph Logan Higgins; sister, Virginia McClure; brothers, Earl Phelps, Dean Phelps, and Jesse Phelps; great-grandson, Alan Richey; sister-in-law, Joann Phelps; and brother-in-law, Wayne Bass.
Active pallbearers will be family and friends.
