Sally

   Sellers Mark Crisp and Annie Gorham were married 27 May 1891 at the home of her parents near Battleboro, Edgecombe Co, NC.
   Annie Gorham was born 21 May 1867 in Edgecombe Co NC the daughter of Henry Wise Gorham [born 3 Jan 1837 Beaufort Co - died 27 Feb 1914 Edgecombe Co] and Josephine George Cherry [born 18 Oct 1838 Edgecombe Co - died 16 June 1909]. She graduated Littleton College and taught school until her marriage.
   Sellers Mark Crisp was born 30 March 1865 in Pitt Co NC the son of Silas Crisp [born 13 July 1833 Pitt Co - died 17 Dec 1884 Edgecombe Co] and Sallie Eliza Edwards [born 20 May 1833 Edgecombe Co - died 13 Dec 1778 Edgecombe Co]. He attended Davis Military Academy in LaGrange NC.
   After their marriage they lived in Edgecombe Co at Crisp. In 1896 while living in Crisp he joined a mercantile partnership with B F Eagles Jr. In 1902 Mr. Crisp moved the family to Falkland NC and became a partner in J L Fountain & Co, a general mercantile business. He acquired land there and engaged in farming also. He was an elder in the Presbyterian Church, served on the school board and the Pitt County Board of Commissioners 1920 - 24. He died suddenly 16 Aug 1926 of a heart attack.
   Annie died 3 Jan 1935 at home in Falkland. Both are buried in the Crisp plot at the Presbyterian Church.

note: the Gorham immigrant ancestors were John Howland of the "Mayflower," his daughter Desire Howland married Captain John Gorham of the Plymouth Colony.

Annie & Sellers Mark Crisp

Children of Sellers Mark Crisp & Annie Gorham:
1. Lillian Gorham Crisp 6 Sept 1892 Crisp - 5 Sept 1981
        graduated WCUNC at Greensboro and at Peabody College, Nashville, TN
            she taught in Pitt, Rowan, and Wayne Counties - at one time was a supervisor of the Wayne Co School System
In 1917 while principle of Falkland School she was instrumental in securing the 2nd public school bus operated in NC
     It was used to transport children from the consolidated Craft School to Falkland.

Lillian Crisp Lawrence

     married 31 July 1923 Rev. Charles Andrew Lawrence ? - 26 Dec 1951
              a Presbyterian Minister - after 1935 the Lawrence family lived in the old Crisp home.
      a. Lewis Sellers Lawrence 1 April 1925 - 25 March 1997 Falkland NC
                      High School English teacher
           married Julia Godwin Moore
      b. Evelyn Gorham Lawrence 8 Dec 1930 Falkland NC - 4 Oct 2008 Cypress Glen
           married Dr. Joseph Greene Boyette 10 May 1929 Colerain NC - 7 Nov 2001 Greenville NC
            i. Sally Boyette
                married Bob Cone
           ii. Josephine Evelyn Boyette
          iii. Lawrence J [Larry] Boyette
                 married Judith DeGroat

1954 The Lawrence Family visiting at Maple Lawn
From Left: Raynor Moore, Ola Moore holding Charles Lawrence, Lewis Lawrence, Lewis's sister Evelyn Boyette holding Sally Boyette, Arthur Moore, Julia Moore Lawrence holding Helen Ann Lawrence, and Lewis and Evelyn's mother Lillian Lawrence

2. Dr. Sellers Mark Crisp ca 1894 Crisp - 29 July 1955 Greenville NC

married 2 Feb 1927 Rosebud [Rose] Nowell ca 1898 Colerain NC - dec

Rosebud at Chowan 1915

      a. Mary Rose Crisp 28 May 1929 - 5 Oct 1971 Tyler TX
            married Dec 1952 Dr. Fred M Warren of Tyler TX
      b. Dr. Sellers Luther Crisp 3 Jan 1935 - 5 May 2005 Greenville NC obit
            married Florence Nelson Blount
             i. Mary Louise Lowe
             ii. Sellers Luther Crisp Jr.
            iii. Florence Amanda Crisp
3. Henry Gorham Crisp 10 Dec 1896 Crisp - 23 Jan 1970 Birmingham AL
               buried Tuscaloosa AL    [46 years at U of AL]

Coach Hank Crisp
former head basketball coach and football line coach at University of Alabama

     married 1 April 1921 Kathryan Kendall of Hamlet NC -
      a. Henry Gorham Crisp Jr.
4. Lucy Cherry Crisp 4 March 1899 Crisp - 25 Nov 1977 Greenville NC
      grad WCUNC with BS in music. also studied Columbia U, Boston U and Ratcliff College
             first director 1947 - 1955 NC State Art Gallery - buried Falkland NC

Lucy Cherry Crisp with artist Francis Speight

5. Louis Samuel Crisp 23 Sept 1901 Crisp - 29 Oct 1967 VA
         Insurance
     married 24 June 1937 Louise Massey of Newport News VA -
      a. William Gorham Crisp
6. George Bennett Crisp 3 May 1904 Falkland NC - 20 Sept 1964 Philadelphia PA
     married 31 Dec 1934 Rachel Walker
      a. John Walker Crisp
7. Richard Hodges Crisp 17 Jan 1907 Falkland NC -
     married 27 Feb 1936 Helen Johnson of Brooklyn NY d. 15 Feb 1975
       a. John Gorham Crisp

Obituaries - Saturday, May 07, 2005
Sellers L. Crisp
"Hey, Doc" was how most greeted him. "A carpenter by trade," was his typical response. Born Jan. 3, 1935, Dr. Sellers Luther Crisp was a gifted orthopedic surgeon, an avid cook and gardener, and a lover of learning. Though he took great pleasure in attending operas, reading books of history, and listening to classical music, Dr. Crisp was most happy when he was outdoors, whether sitting in a duck blind, setting drift nets in a rickety rowboat, or simply watching the moon over the ocean.
Dr. Crisp, 70, died Thursday, May 5, 2005. A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. on Monday at the corner of 14th and Elm Streets, where Dr. Crisp maintained a vegetable garden for more than two decades. The son of Rose Nowell and Sellers Mark Crisp Jr., Dr. Crisp was born in Greenville, and educated at Episcopal High School, Davidson College, and University of North Carolina School of Medicine. His medical training continued at Vanderbilt University and Johns Hopkins University. After serving in the U.S. Navy Medical Corps, he returned to UNC to complete his residency. Following that, he came back to Greenville, where he was an orthopedic surgeon and a farmer until his retirement.
In 1962, Dr. Crisp married Nelson Blount, also of Greenville. During their 43 years of marriage, Dr. and Mrs. Crisp shared many joys, including meals prepared by Dr. Crisp; the births of their three children, Mary Louise Lowe, Sellers Luther Crisp Jr., and Florence Amanda Crisp; playing doubles tennis; skiing (downhill in their younger years and cross-country in their later years); and swimming and sailing. Dr. Crisp did not consider his family complete without a four-legged companion, generally a mischievous pug, and his mornings were incomplete without a humorous exchange with his beloved friend, Carrie Barnes. He enjoyed traveling to places of historic significance and to visit his seven grandchildren, Caroline, Grace, and Olivia Lowe, Sellers and Shepherd Crisp, and Beatrice and Luke Hruska. Dr. Crisp is survived by his wife, children, grandchildren, and Cleo, his pug.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to Davidson College or the UNC School of Medicine.

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