Tommie L.

Crosby

Our lives were forever changed on Thursday morning, June 13, 2024, when our mother, grandmother, sister, and friend, Tommie L. Crosby peacefully left this life and entered into the presence of her Savior.  Her legacy began as a daughter born on April 26, 1942, to Thomas Omar Gay and Lauree Howell Gay.  She grew up in Thomasville and attended Thomasville City Schools.  She graduated in 1960 from Thomasville High School.  She began working in 1959 at Archbold Memorial Hospital as a ward clerk.  It was there she met Ben Crosby, and they were married on June 28, 1962.  She remained faithfully devoted to him and cared for him until his death on February 8 of this year.  In 1963, she left her work at the hospital to begin her life as mama, the title she most cherished and the role she fulfilled until her last breath.  She loved unconditionally and was fiercely protective of her family.  She began working at Rose City Christian School in 1975.  She worked tirelessly in many positions at the school, but the one she treasured most was teacher to Pre-K and Kindergarten students.  She taught there until 1987, and in her tenure there she did her very best to establish the critical foundation her students would need throughout their educational career, and for life beyond.  She was a firm disciplinarian, but she did it with great love.  Her legacy lives on in many students who were impacted by her life during her years at Rose City.  She was a faithful member of Eastside Baptist Church for many years and attended Coolidge Baptist Church and Pine Grove Baptist Church.  Proverbs 31:28, "Her children rise up and call her blessed…"  Mrs. Crosby's children, who were her greatest blessings and greatest source of joy are left to cherish her legacy. If anyone has been a recipient of any kind word or deed from her children, they want to give their mama the credit she deserves for instilling that in them through her example.  Her children are:  Leah Cone (Mike Blanton), Benjy Crosby (Lisa Swanson), Jeff Crosby (Carla), and Derrick Crosby (Kim); her grandchildren Jessica Duetta, Jordan Fuller, Benjy Crosby, Christopher Crosby, Chance Crosby, Thomas Crosby, Jacob Crosby, Peyton Thaggard, Dalton Crane, Mallory Crosby, Colton Crane and Jaden Crosby. She also had 12 great grandchildren, and 2 great, great grandchildren.  She is also survived by brothers Edgar Gay (Jackie) and Alan Gay (Barbara).  She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, and a sister, Aurelia Flowers.
There will be a celebration of her life on Monday, June 17, 2024 at Whiddon-Shiver Funeral Home.  Visitation will begin at 1:00, with the service beginning at 2:30.