Benjamin Crimmons

Born in Nashville, TN on October 7, 1937 Departed on March 4, 2017 and resided in Hendersonville, TN Visitation: Hendersonville Funeral Home Room: Stateroom AMonday March 6, 2017 4:00pm to 8:00pmTuesday March 7, 2017 12:00pm to 1:00pmLife Celebration Service: Hendersonville Funeral Home Room: ChapelTuesday March 7, 2017 1:00pm to 2:00pm

Benjamin O. Crimmons, 79, of Hendersonville, passed away March 4, 2017. Born in Nashville, Ben had been a lifelong area resident. A respiratory therapist, he began his career at the former Memorial Hospital in Madison and later retired from Skyline Medical Center. An avid history buff he was particularly interested in the military history of the Second World War although he also enjoyed visiting Civil War battlefields. Ben had also served in the US Army himself in his youth. He loved the outdoors, especially fishing and liked to watch and feed the birds and other small animals around his home. He was an Atlanta Braves baseball fan as well as a diehard Vanderbilt football fan. For a number of years he enjoyed bowling as a member of the Nashville Memorial Bowling League. Quick witted with a great sense of humor he was also known to be a very giving and well thought of man. He liked Christmas shopping, taking photographs, western films (especially John Wayne), WWE wrestling and cooking. Ben was known to make a "fantastic pot of chili". Ben was preceded in death by his parents, John and Ola Mae (Hertzka) Crimmons and a sister, Beverly. He leaves to cherish his memory; his wife, Deborah (Hinton) Crimmons; his children, Scott Crimmons and his wife Charlene, Angie Crimmons Scherzer and her husband Dale, Brandon Crimmons and his wife Stephanie and Kari Crimmons Buck and her husband Nathan; granddaughters, Holly Haynie, Ashley Haynie, Abby Crimmons and Waverly Buck; his sisters, Ann Crimmons Witt, Sara Crimmons Bratcher and Sherri Crimmons DePriest; and several nieces and nephews. Visitation will be held on Monday, March 6, 2017 from 4 - 8 pm and Tuesday March 7, 2017 from 12noon to 1 pm. A life celebration service will be held on Tuesday at 1pm at the funeral home. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital www.stjude.org Hendersonville Funeral Home, 353 E. Main Street, Hendersonville, TN 37075 615-824-3855 hendersonvillefh.com