Glenn Askew

Mr. Glenn Howard Askew passed away Thursday, October 27, 2011, at Archbold Memorial Hospital in Thomasville, Georgia. Services will be held 3:00 p.m., Sunday, October 30, 2011, at Pine Forest Missionary Baptist Church in Bainbridge, Georgia. Rev. Bruce McCracken and Rev. DeWitt Phillips will officiate. Lee Godwin, Casey Bellflower, Stacey Worthington, Tracy Phillips, Bradley Crutchfield and Cameron Crutchfield will serve as pallbearers. Interment will follow in Pine Forest Cemetery. The family will receive friends 5:00-7:00 p.m., Saturday, October 29, at Cox Funeral Home. Glenn Howard Askew was born October 24, 1946, in Bainbridge, Georgia, to Alfred Robert and Rosa Lee Wimberly Askew. He served for 36 years as a firefighter for the City of Bainbridge. For about 30 years, Glenn also worked laying carpet and he owned Askew Carpet Shop. He is survived by his wife, Betty Jean Hosey Askew; children: Ken Crutchfield and wife, Patty, of Hagerstown, Maryland, Doreen Crutchfield Wiseman and partner, Donnie Kendrick, of Bainbridge, Karen Crutchfield Crews and husband, Randy, of Bainbridge, Tim Crutchfield and wife, Lorelei, of Greer, South Carolina; sisters: Emory Phillips and husband, Gene, of Bainbridge, Mary Day and husband, Tommy, of Bainbridge, Alice Vann and husband, Terry, of Dahlonega, Georgia; grandchildren: Allison Crutchfield, Cameron Crutchfield, Bradley Crutchfield, Stacey Worthington, Brittany Bellflower and husband, Casey, Mindy Tomberlin and husband, Jeremy, Heather Crews, Derrick Crews, and Cole Crutchfield; great grandchildren: Madalyn Midget, Anabel Midget, Mayce Tomberlin, Jordan Tomberlin, Kaleb Crews and Makayli Crews. The family wants to say a word of thanks to Tommy Day and Donnie Kendrick for all the assistance and care they have offered during the past year. Memorial contributions may be given to the Pine Forest Missionary Baptist Church Youth Fund, 104 Pine Forest Road, Bainbridge, Georgia 39819.