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WE SORROWFULLY INFORM YOU OF THE PASSING OF CHARLES JAMES CROWDER, JR., OF ARDMORE, PA.  CHARLES WAS VERY CARING, CHEERFUL AND A HARD WORKING PERSON. CHARLES WAS A MEMBER IN THE EARLY YEARS OF OUR PHILADELPHIA CHAPTER WILSON LAKE HERBERT FAMILY REUNION CIRCLE. COUSIN AND FRIEND, RALPH HERBERT, SR., WHO INITIALLY CONTACTED THE SHERATON HOTEL AT 17TH & JFK BLVD ABOUT A CONTRACT, STATES CHARLES WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN HELPING OUR CHAPTER SECURE EXCELLENT HOTEL ACCOMODATIONS AT THE FIRST PHILADELPHIA WILSON LAKE HERBERT FAMILY REUNION WHICH WAS IN 1975. HE WAS EMPLOYED AT THE SHERATON HOTEL AT THE TIME AND NEGOTIATED WITH MANAGEMENT, STATING THAT LABOR DAY WEEKEND HISTORICALLY WAS NOT A BUSY TIME FOR HOTELS BECAUSE MOST PEOPLE TRAVELED TO THE SHORE AREAS AND CONSEQUENTLY THEY NEEDED OUR BUSINESS. WE GOT A VERY GOOD DEAL. THIS BECAME ONE OF OUR FUTURE BARGAINING POINTS FOR PHILADELPHIA.  CHARLES WAS THE LOVING BROTHER OF CARMITA C. POE AND SHEILA C. MOBLEY.  HE IS VERY FONDLY REMEMBERED BY OUR FAMILY.

Respectfully Submitted,

Mary Herbert, Philadelphia Chapter of the Wilson Lake Herbert Family Reunion Circle

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