Alice Crabtree

Alice Crabtree, age 81, of Pittsboro, passed away peacefully on Thursday, March 13, 2025, at her home in Chatham County, NC. 

Alice was born in Gaston County, North Carolina on June 6, 1943 to the late Jones Westbrook and Ruth Smith Westbrook. She was also preceded in death by one granddaughter, Sidney Nicole Crabtree.

Surviving relatives include her husband, Frank Crabtree, two sons, Jon Crabtree of Pittsboro, Tim Crabtree and wife Jill of Starr, South Carolina, four grandchildren, Christopher Jordan “CJ” Crabtree of Pittsboro, Dr. Stephanie Crabtree Koplitz and husband Trevor of Oxford, Mississippi, Dalton Crabtree of Starr, South Carolina, Hannah Crabtree of Starr, South Carolina, one great-granddaughter, Aurora Koplitz of Oxford, Mississippi, one sister, Sherry Hamrick of Kings Mountain, North Carolina, and several nieces and nephews. 

Alice in addition to being a homemaker was for a time the business manager of Chapel-Hill/Carrboro YMCA in addition she worked in the telephone billing department at UNC Chapel Hill. 

In 1961 Alice graduated from Ashley High School in Gastonia, NC. (She was also an honorary member of the Pittsboro High School class of 1961.)

The family will receive friends Monday, March 17, 2025, from 1:00PM to 1:50/PM in the fellowship hall at Browns Chapel UMC. The funeral service will  at 2:00PM with Rev. Bill Negron, Rev. Ray Gooch, and Rev. Danny Berrier presiding. Burial will follow at Cedar Grove United Methodist Church cemetery. 

In lieu of flowers the family asks for memorial contributions to be made in Alice’s memory to Browns Chapel UMC Cemetery Fund c/o Teresa Farrell P.O. Box 1048 Pittsboro, NC 27312 and/or Cedar Grove UMC Cemetery Fund 2791 Jones Ferry Road Pittsboro, NC 27312.

Condolences may be made at www.donaldsonfunerals.com

Donaldson Funeral Home & Crematory is honored to serve the Crabtree family.