Roy C. Crites, 65,Martinsburg, died Monday at the Veterans Administration Hospital there following an extended illness.

Born July 6, 1918 in Grant County, he was a son of Roy E. Crites, Dorcas, and the late Lucy (Burgess) Crites.

Mr. Crites was an Army veteran of World War II.

Surviving besides his father are a daughter, Mrs. Lois Higgs, Upper Marlboro, Md.; a son, Roy C. Crites, Jr., Capitol Heights, Md.; 11 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren; five sisters, Mrs. Viola Miller, Keyser; Mrs. Janet Keplinger, Manassas, Va.; Mrs. Sudie Rinker, Purgitsville; Miss Mary Crites, Dorcas; Mrs. Emogene Hinkle, Mt. Storm; four brothers, Glenville Crites and Victor Crites both of Dorcas; Leon Crites, West Palm Beach, Fla.; Willis Crites, Harrisonburg, Va.

A memorial service will be held today (Wednesday) at 2 pm at the Arnold-Basagic Funeral Home by Brother Merrill Kopp.

The body will be cremated.

The family suggests that memorials take the form of donations to the Grant County Cencer Fund.

(from newspaper obituary July 1983...he died 11 July, 1983)