Agnes Grace Crump

Agnes “Aggie” Crump passed away peacefully on February 6, 2022 in Americus, GA. She was 99. A memorial service will be held on Saturday February 12 at 10 am at Calvary Episcopal Church in Americus, Georgia. Subsequently, Graveside services will be held at Rose Hill Cemetery in Macon Georgia at 1 pm. Born Agnes Curtis Grace in Macon in 1923, she was the middle daughter of Walter Jasper Grace and Ruth Squire Grace. A product of the depression years, she believed in frugality with a side of entertainment and charm. She attended Hollins College from 1940-1944, graduating with a BA in Biology. After the war, she married William Day Krenson of Macon in 1946 with whom she had three children, William Day Krenson Jr., Frederick Campbell Krenson and Leonora (Prissy) Neel Krenson. After living in New Orleans LA, the family to Atlanta in 1956 where she lived until 1982. She obtained a Masters of Education from Georgia State University and taught in the Atlanta Public Schools for more than 10 years, at various elementary and middle schools. She was a great reader and tireless educator, with stories as to how she would “inspire” students to read. She was also a member of the Junior League in Atlanta, where she participated in the Junior League Follies Dance Troupe. She was also a member of the Iris Garden Club in Atlanta and the National Society of Colonial Dames of America. Her children will attest to her perpetual lateness and her interest in doing something nice for everyone and anyone; in a social context she loved to host friends and family. She loved to travel and always sought education in her pursuits. She was one of the founding members of St. Anne’s Episcopal Church in Atlanta after moving there in 1956. She raised her children again with education in mind as they all went to universities and subsequently were married with children of their own. She has 7 direct grandchildren and one great grandchild through them. After being widowed in 1978, she subsequently married Joseph Riley Crump of Houston Texas in 1982 and she then moved to Houston. While in Houston, she became like a second mother of the Crump Children, her second family, including David L. Crump, Stephen W. Crump, John J. Crump, James G. Crump and Ruth (Missy) G. Crump. These in turn had spouses and children who all came to love her. They have a second family of 11 grandchildren and 8 great grandchildren. While in Houston, she was again a member of the Junior League and became a patron of the Arts as well, endowing the first trumpet Chair of the Houston Symphony Orchestra and becoming a supporter of the Shepherd School of Music at Rice University. She continued her teaching as a volunteer in public Schools (VIPS). Her church in Houston was St. John the Divine Episcopalian Church. A lifetime of travel became a real focus while in Houston and beyond that. As a young person, she had been a camper at Rockbrook Camp in North Carolina and had visited Camp Kanuga in Hendersonville, the Episcopalian retreat; she later returned there with multiple families. In addition, she toured the American west and made visits to New York City, as well as vacations in South Carolina and Florida. In the 1980s she began a series of visits to Europe where she rented villas for a month and invited numerous friends and family to visit in such places as near Perigueux France, near Siena Italy, Gordes France, Malaga Spain, near Lisbon Portugal and many others. In between she sprinkled in shorter trips such as to China, Egypt, the Galapagos, London and Sicily among others. She was always a great believer that such travel would open one’s mind to a greater understanding of the world, and she helped all her children to appreciate it. Widowed again in 1993, she remained in Houston until 1999 with the Crump family. Thereupon she moved to Americus Georgia and got involved with her grandchildren there, the Krensons and the Cornwells. She continued her volunteer efforts in the Public Schools in Americus. While helping to care for these, her “third family”, she continued her travels to such places as Boston, Croatia and even a French Barge Cruise, and participated in weddings of grandchildren. For her 95th birthday, she was feted on a Caribbean Cruise, while on her 96th, her children took her to Wakulla Springs, Florida. While COVID “rained on her parade” a bit the last couple of years, for her 98th birthday her children dedicated a “Little Free Library” to her in front of Calvary Church and for her 99th birthday she hosted a ZOOM call with 35 admirers from all over the USA and even the world. She was amazed! She was widely known by a series of nicknames, generally offered by grandchildren, nieces or nephews, including Aggie, Ghia, Gaggie and AuntAg. She is survived by her children William D. Krenson Jr. (Meda Dubose Krenson) of Americus, Frederick C Krenson (Jane Ann Krenson) of Atlanta, and Leonora Krenson Cornwell (Ralph L Cornwell Jr.) of Americus; and Grandchildren Will Krenson, Eddie Krenson, Joseph Cornwell, Walter Cornwell, Jennifer Gwaltney, Morgan Krenson and Campbell Krenson; we will all miss her mightily. While some knew her as “A real sweet southern spitfire”, She was one of those rarest of people, when she walked into the room, your heart kind of lighted up inside. To sign our guestbook and express your condolences to the family, please visit www.hancockfuneralhomeinc.com. No flowers please, but if you feel the need as she was an avid animal lover, you may make a donation to the Sumter County Humane Society www.sumterhumanesociety.org or to the League of the Good Samaritan at www.magnoliamanor.com it would be appreciated. Hancock Funeral Home, 427 S. Lee St., is honored to be entrusted with these arrangements for Mrs. Agnes "Aggie" Crump.