Noble and Margaret Crigler Albums Z/2391.000/S
Noble T. Crigler was introduced to Margaret Ann Whitehead by her brother, Lee Edward, in December 1957 in Caraway, Arkansas. The young couple soon fell in love and were married on December 23, 1959. The Criglers were personal and professional partners for over sixty years, operating successful businesses in the southeastern United States, such as American Development Corporation; United Structures, Inc.; Moon Lake Building Supply; D. P. Property Managers; M. L. Management; and Friar Tuck's Fried Chicken. They built and owned homes in Moon Lake, Mississippi, and Viola, Arkansas, and traveled the world together. Along the way, they befriended many famous people, including Mississippians Thad Cochran, Mike and Portia Espy, John Grisham, and Aaron Henry, among others.
After receiving a diagnosis of pancreatic cancer in June 2021, Margaret Ann Crigler succumbed to the disease at the age of seventy-nine on November 10, 2021. To honor his wife, Noble Crigler filled five albums, titled The Pictorial Life of Margaret Ann Crigler, with photographs and memories arranged chronologically from 1942 to 2021.
Read MoreNoble T. Crigler was introduced to Margaret Ann Whitehead by her brother, Lee Edward, in December 1957 in Caraway, Arkansas. The young couple soon fell in love and were married on December 23, 1959. The Criglers were personal and professional partners for over sixty years, operating successful businesses in the southeastern United States, such as American Development Corporation; United Structures, Inc.; Moon Lake Building Supply; D. P. Property Managers; M. L. Management; and Friar Tuck's Fried Chicken. They built and owned homes in Moon Lake, Mississippi, and Viola, Arkansas, and traveled the world together. Along the way, they befriended many famous people, including Mississippians Thad Cochran, Mike and Portia Espy, John Grisham, and Aaron Henry, among others.
After receiving a diagnosis of pancreatic cancer in June 2021, Margaret Ann Crigler succumbed to the disease at the age of seventy-nine on November 10, 2021. To honor his wife, Noble Crigler filled five albums, titled The Pictorial Life of Margaret Ann Crigler, with photographs and memories arranged chronologically from 1942 to 2021.
Volume I, 1942-1987
Volume I of The Pictorial Life of Margaret Ann Crigler covers Margaret's childhood through young adulthood, 1942-1987. She and Noble lived in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Florida, and visited Brazil and Mexico. Through hard work and business acumen, they developed several profitable enterprises and built New Antioch Baptist Church in Tunica County, Mississippi.
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Volume II, 1987-1993 (and early 2020s remembrances)
Volume II of The Pictorial Life of Margaret Ann Crigler documents Margaret and Noble's increasing business success, political influence, international travel, and circle of friends. Trips to Vienna, Austria, for their thirtieth wedding anniversary and to Washington D.C., New York, and California for events with Presidents Nixon, Ford, Reagan, and Bush Sr. were especially memorable. The album also features visits with close personal friends, including Aaron Henry, Mike Espy, and the employees and tenants of Margaret's apartment complexes, whose remembrances are preserved on the final pages.
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Volume III, 1994-2005
Volume III of The Pictorial Life of Margaret Ann Crigler contains many photographs of Margaret enjoying the beach house at Moon Lake, Mississippi, and the Criglers' remodeled home in Viola, Arkansas, with friends and family members. Margaret and Noble continued their travels - a tour of the western United States and visits to Washington D.C. (to see Senator Thad Cochran); Memphis, Tennessee; Branson, Missouri; Jonesboro, Arkansas (for the movie premiere of John Grisham's A Painted House); South Hampton, Long Island; Mexico City; New Orleans, Louisiana (for Mike and Portia Espy's wedding); and South Africa and Kenya (also with the Espys).
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Volume IV, 2005-2017 (and early 2020s remembrances)
Volume IV of The Pictorial Life of Margaret Ann Crigler continues the Criglers' trip to Africa with Mike and Portia Espy and showcases reciprocal visits between the Criglers (at their Arkansas and Mississippi homes) and Dr. Meng Yong'an of the World Cataract Foundation and his wife, "Dr. Lou" (in Beijing and Xi'an, China). Other points of travel included Sydney, Australia; Eureka Springs, Arkansas; and other cities in Arkansas, Louisiana, and Mississippi for class reunions, weddings, and family gatherings. The album ends with kind remembrances of Margaret from friends.
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Volume V, 2018-2021 (and misc. older photographs)
Volume V of The Pictorial Life of Margaret Ann Crigler concludes Noble T. Crigler's tribute to his wife with images of their last vacation in Alaska; examples of Margaret's "loves and Things"; her devastatingly unexpected diagnosis of pancreatic cancer and rapid decline in health, including her final moments in the hospital; mementos from her funeral service in Memphis, Tennessee; and photographs of Margaret that illustrate Noble's memories of her.