Barbara B. Crews

March 24, 1934 - March 5, 2021

Barbara Burnette Crews, 86 of Conyers, Georgia, passed away Friday, March 5th 2021. She was preceded in death by her husband, George Barkley Crews, and Son, Timothy Wayne Crews. She is survived by five of her six children; George Michael Crews, Mark Andrew Crews, Thomas Eugene Crews, Jenny Crews Leidell, and Christopher Burnette Crews; Son-in-law, Daniel Leidell; Daughters-in-law, Tamra Wheeler Crews, Barbara Ervin Crews, Debbie Sieland Crews, and Kimberly Trotter Crews; Her sixteen Grandchildren: George Michael Crews Jr., Timothy Allen Crews, Melissa Crews Freeman, Daniel George Crews, Jessica Crews Cintron, David Christopher Crews, Jonathan David Crews, Joshua Thomas Crews, Rachel Lauren Crews, Adam Thomas Leidell, Samuel Mark Leidell, Joseph Daniel Leidell, Nicholas James Crews, Benjamin Lee Crews, Lexy Faith Crews, Lauren Grace Crews; and fourteen Great-Grandchildren: Bailey Crews, Kelsey Crews, Kaitlin Crews, Madison Crews, Jacob Crews, Evelyn Freeman, Aurin Freeman, Payton Crews, Rylee Crews, Sophia Cintron, Marc Cintron, Kinsely Crews, Caplan Crews, and Elijah Crews. Barbara was born in Lynchburg, Virginia, where she attended E.C. Glass High School. Barbara worked for over ten years as a clerk for Georgia Regional Hospital, but her first love was music and her work for many years was teaching the piano and a love for music to countless children and church communities. She was a talented soloist. She sang soprano in the Decatur Civic Chorus and later in Robert Shaw’s Atlanta Symphony Chorus. Barbara served as soloist, choir director, or director of music at Columbia Drive Methodist Church, Mount Carmel Christian Church and most recently at Lithonia First United Methodist Church, where she served as a lay minister and also as a director in the district lay ministry program, where she taught so many others how to share their Christian faith and teach others. Barbara was the strong, Christian matriarch of an extended family of children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, sons and daughters-in-law numbering more than fifty that she loved dearly, and all of whom loved her dearly in return. A graveside service will be held on Thursday, March 11, 2021 at 1:00 PM at Fairview Memorial Gardens, Stockbridge, GA. The family will receive friends on Wednesday, March 10, 2021 from 6:00 PM until 8:00 PM at Tom M. Wages Snellville Chapel. In lieu of flowers the family asks that donations be made in the name of Barbara Crews to: Lithonia First United Methodist Church 3099 Stone Mountain Street Lithonia, Georgia 30058 Due to the current COVID-19 regulations, our staff is committed to taking care of our guests and families that we serve. Please understand that we will be limiting the amount of people at our chapel for visitations and services. We also ask all guests and family members attending visitations and services to please bring and wear a mask. Condolences may be sent or viewed at www.wagesfuneralhome.com. Tom M. Wages Funeral Service, A Family Company, 3705 Highway 78 West, Snellville, GA 30039 (770-979-3200) has been entrusted with the arrangements.