Larry Edgar Crabtree

Funeral services for Larry Edgar Crabtree, 63, West Plains, Missouri, will be held at 2:00 p.m., Wednesday, November 27, 2024, in the Rose Chapel at Robertson-Drago Funeral Home.    

Mr. Crabtree passed away at 12:44 a.m., Friday, November 22, 2024, at his home. 

He was born December 24, 1960, in Howell County, Missouri, to Clarence Edgar Crabtree and Billie Jean Harrison Crabtree.  Larry worked as a welder at DRS for forty-two years.  He enjoyed cutting wood, tractors, farming and watching westerns, especially John Wayne.  He was very proud of the home that he built.  For several years Mr. Crabtree was Santa Claus for the City of West Plains.  He loved his family, his neighbors and his dog, Patty.

He is survived by three children, Michael (Mike) Crabtree and wife, Kim, Mountain Grove, Missouri, Larry (Bubba) Crabtree, Jr., and wife, Ariel, West Plains and Brandi (Sissy) Roberts and husband, Jarrett, West Plains; four grandchildren, Katie Kreuser and husband, Dayne, Mountain Grove, Missouri, Sydnee Crabtree, Mountain Grove, Missouri, Dallas Anderson, West Plains and Tyler Anderson, West Plains; one great-granddaughter, Rosalee Kreuser; and several cousins. 

His parents and grandparents preceded him in death.  

Visitation services will be held from 6:00 until 8:00 p.m., Tuesday, at Robertson-Drago Funeral Home.  Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery.  Memorial contributions may be made to Evergreen Cemetery and may be left at or mailed to Robertson-Drago Funeral Home, 211 West Main, West Plains, MO  65775.