Mr. Otis Crews, 91, of Lake City, passed away on Tuesday, September 29,2015, at the VA Medical Center in Gainesville after a lengthy battle withAlzheimer¹s disease. He was born on November 19, 1923, in Hamilton County tothe late Joe and Arrie Crews. He served ten years in the U.S. Navy duringWorld War II in the South Pacific. He also served 10 years in the Air Forcealong with ten years in the Air Force reserve, retiring in 1972. He also wasa City Mail Carrier for 23 years for the U.S. Postal Service in Ocala. Hewas a member of the Parkview Baptist Church and was a past member of theWyomina Park Baptist Church in Ocala and a member of the Marion-Dunn MasonicLodge in Ocala. He loved gospel, bluegrass and old time country music, hesang in the church choir for many years as well. Yard work and gardeningwere not chores to him, but enjoyment. He also loved to travel our countryand also Europe with his wife Ethel, which brought him some of hismost treasured memories. He is preceded in death by his brothers: Ernest,Emory, Clyde and Vernon Crews; sisters: Eva Wheeler, Ada Dubberly, MarieKing and Emma Jean Morrell; first wife: Janice Brannen Crews and daughter:Patricia Anne Crews.He is survived by his wife of 37 years: Ethel Crews of Lake City; son:Gordon B. Crews (Virginia) of Bend, Oregon; daughters: Glenda C. O¹Donnell(Robert) of Trinity, FL and Cathy C. Baker (Michael) of Springboro, OH.Three brothers J. Paul Crews, Jacksonville, FL; William Eldridge Crews(Betty) Lake City, FL; and Lenvil Crews, Sarasota, FL; grandchildren: BrianBaker, Bradley Baker, Sean O¹Donnell, Kevin O¹Donnell and JenniferVarvarigos, and twelve great-grandchildren; step-children: Duyral Reynolds,Debra Webb and Renita Dennis also survive.Funeral services for Mr. Crews will be conducted on Saturday, October 3,2015 at 10 A.M. in the chapel of the Dees-Parrish Family Funeral Home withRev. Mike Tatem of Parkview Baptist Church officiating. Interment willfollow in Memorial Cemetery. The family will receive friends on Fridayevening, October 2, 2015 from 6-8 P.M. in the chapel of the Funeral Home. Inlieu of flowers, the family requests that donations please be made toalzheimers.org or to the Parkview Baptist Church in memory of Otis Crews.Arrangements are under the direction and care of the Dees-Parrish FamilyFuneral Home, 458 S. Marion Ave, Lake City, 32025. Please sign the onlineguestbook at www.parrishfamilyfuneralhome.com