Funeral service for Ben Crudup will be 10:30 A.M. Friday, June 8, 2018 in the Becker-Rabon Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Darwin McHenry and Rev. Clantford Drummond officiating.

Burial with military honor will follow at Sunset Memorial Gardens.

Ben Crudup, 93, passed away Wednesday, May 23, 2018 in Orlando, Florida.  He was born September 5, 1924 in Texarkana, Arkansas to Robert Crudup Sr. and Lilly Mae Crudup. He grew up in Texarkana and graduated from Bishop College Trade School as a Master Carpenter in 1948. He married Gertrude Thomas on September 16, 1949 in Texarkana. He served in the United States Navy during WW II. In 1966 he moved to Lawton, Oklahoma to begin a career in Civil Service at Ft. Sill as a Senior Exhibit Maker. After working 24 years he retired. In 2013 he moved to Orlando, FL where he soon became the respected chief of all four generations.

He is survived by his two sons, Charles R. Crudup and his spouse Kristi of Orlando, FL and Benjamin S. Crudup of Frisco, TX, as well as four grandchildren, D'Angelo D. Crudup and his wife Alisha; Kristin N. Cisco and her husband Enrique; Cameron D. Crudup and his wife Alexandra; and Matthew R. Zemel and his wife Mollee, all of Orlando, FL. He was blessed to have witnessed 12 great grandchildren, his nephews and nieces and a host of friends in Lawton and Florida.

He was preceded in death by his parents, three brothers and his wife Gertrude.