Robert Ernest Crowell, Jr. was born in Texarkana, Arkansas ton Robert E. Crowell, Sr. and Roberta Edna Davis on December 30, 1926. Robert passed away in a Dallas hospital on October 1, 2010. Robert was raised in Texarkana at the age of fourteen moved to California. He entered the U. S. Marines and served in World War II. After, the war Robert moved back to Texarkana and married Evelyn Nesbeth Shell on April 23, 1946. They moved to Oak Cliff in 1946 and later moved to Kaufman in 1978. Robert was a member of the Masonic Lodge and the Shriners. He received his 32" at the Oak Cliff Lodge # 705. He was also a member of the Eagles Nest Cathedral in Dallas. Robert is survived by his wife: Evelyn of Kaufman, sons: Robert E. Crowell III of Kaufman, J. Michael Crowell of Lakeland, Florida and Jon Walter Crowell of Kaufman daughter: Donna Joy Adams of Gun Barrel City, thirteen grandchildren, seven great-grandchildren and a sister: Brenda Adams of Arizona and many other relatives and friends.