Martha Ann Crump, born on October 1, 1935 in McKamie, Arkansas to Martha and RL Adair, passed from labor to reward on August 26, 2012. Martha Ann Crump lived a life of service.
Martha accepted Jesus Christ as her Lord and Savior at a very young age. She received her divinity education from the Interdenominational Theological Center in 2005 and was ordained a local deacon at the youthful age of 70. Martha served as Assistant Pastor of Bray Temple CME Church for over 50 years and until her illness, taught a weekly Bible Study.
Martha graduated from Homer G. Philips School of Nursing on 1957, attended Forest Park Community College and Saint Louis University, received a Certificate in Interior Design in 1974, her B.S. degree in 1974 and her M.A. degree in 1976 from Washington University.
Among the many careers she excelled at, she was a life-long health professional, an entrepreneur and an educator. She was an urban planner with the City of St. Louis Community Development Agency, where she created one of the most recognizable monuments in the City of St. Louis, the commissioned statue of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in Fountain Park in north St. Louis. Martha threw her hat in the political arena three times, running as a candidate for public office. She served as the publicity chairperson of the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday Committee, was a Leadership St. Louis Alumni, was one of the founding members of the Coalition of 100 Black Women—Metropolitan St. Louis Chapter, past president of ETA Phi Beta Sorority, past president of Norwood Square Improvement Association and was a long time volunteer for the Angel Tree program, the Annie Malone Children’s Home and Mathews-Dickey Boys’ & Girls’ Club.
She leaves to celebrate her life and her legacy her beloved great-granddaughter, Harmony Crump; her four children, Anthony Crump, Alexis Anderson, Phyllis Adams-Crymes and Karen McAlpine; her loving and devoted grandchildren, Philip Crump, Quentin Anderson, David Adams, Terika Adams, Tarah Adams and Anastasia Anderson; and siblings, Ruby Young, Madie Torry, Patricia Smith and Robert Adair Jr. and sister-in-law Barbara Adair; and a large and loving family of cousins, nephews, nieces, grand-nephews and nieces and great-grand-nephews and nieces and a long list of devoted friends and neighbors who were family to Martha. Martha was preceded in death by her parents and siblings, Like Sattwhite, Harold Adair, Jessie Sattwhite, Sylvia Lewis and Joe Lewis Adair.
