Elizabeth Virginia Crites, 98, of Blossom, passed away peacefully at home on Wednesday, January 19, 2022. Services will be 11 AM Monday, January 24, 2022 in the chapel of Bright-Holland Funeral Home with Buddy Eddins as officiant. Visitation will be held one hour prior to services. Interment will follow in Knights of Honor Cemetery. Elizabeth was born to William Wesley and Florence Oda Morland Whitney on April 16, 1923 in Paola, Kansas. She retired to Blossom in 1981. Elizabeth married John Wesley Crites, Sr. in 1939 in Corpus Christi, building 66 years of family and memories before his death in 2005. Elizabeth always put her family first and was always there for each of them. Her favorite activities centered around her yard and flower garden, which she lovingly tended. She also enjoyed sewing and making quilts. Although she didn’t like to cook, she made sure you never left her home hungry. She was preceded in death by her husband, two children, Virginia Lee Nelson and John Crites and his wife Jeanne, a daughter-in-law, Eileen Crites, as well as 5 sisters and 2 brothers. Survivors include sons, David Crites, Jimmy Crites and wife Mary, Ronnie Crites and wife Patricia, and Randy Crites and wife Kay; grandchildren, Guy Crites and wife Christy, Darrin Crites, Shane Crites, Aimee Crites, Jeff Elliff and wife Michelle, James Elliff and wife Claudia, Kim Reed and husband William, David Crites, Jr. and wife Renee, Jimmy Walter Crites and wife Kristina, Beth Swaim and husband Lance, Lorrie Trevino and husband Martin, Benjamin Crites and wife Deanna, Scott Crites, and Jamie Crites-Reed & spouse Melissa; numerous great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren as well as many nieces and nephews; one sister also survives, Dorothy Gale Kelley. The family would like to thank Platinum Hospice, Dr. Richard Bercher, primary nurses, Lisa, Ryleigh, and Juanita and Visiting Angel, Jeannie Webb for all of their loving care.
