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CRAIG FUNERAL HOME – On Line Obits

Flagler Beach, Florida

Monday, November 22, 2010

Joshua Douglas Crews

Funeral services celebrating the life Joshua Douglas Crews 34 of Espanola will be held on Saturday November 27 at 11:00 AM in the First Baptist Church of Bunnell (Located behind Sunshine Plaza on Rt. 100) Bunnell. Burial will follow in Espanola Cemetery. The family will receive friends on Friday from 4:00 to 7:00 pm in the chapel of Craig-Flagler Palms Funeral Home, 511 Old Kings Road S. Flagler Beach.

Joshua, a lifelong resident of Flagler County, passed away on suddenly on Sunday November 21, 2010. He was born on May 18, 1976, in St. Augustine FL, a son of C. Scott and Melanie Hodge Crews who survive on Flagler Beach.

Joshua was a manager of Woody’s BBQ on Rt.100 in Flagler Plaza in Palm Coast. He attended Santa Fe College and the University of Florida. Joshua attended Coastal Community Church, he loved reading, boating, having a good time and was an avid story teller. He was well loved by all who knew him and the terms of endearment, support and love from all of his friends throughout the world have been greatly appreciated.

Surviving are his parents, Scott and Melanie Crews, his brothers, Matthew and his wife Melissa of Flagler Beach, Adam and his wife Jennifer of Bunnell, his maternal grandmother, Mrs. Douglas (Gladys) Hodge of Palatka, one niece, Julianna and three nephews, Aaron, Isaiah, and Ian. Memorial contributions are suggested to the Gideon’s International, PO Box 352312 Palm Coast FL 32135-2312.

Arrangements are in the care and trust of Craig-Flagler Palms Funeral Home.

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Sunday, November 21, 2010

Josh Crews, the 34-year-old bartender, manager and former owner of Woody’s Bar B-Q in Palm Coast died in a single-vehicle wreck on U.S. Route 1 early Sunday morning. Jamie Bly, 25, of Palm Coast, whom Crews was traveling with—they were on their first date—was critically injured and taken to Halifax Hospital.

Crews, who is from Flagler Beach, was driving an older-model Ford Sport Trac north on U.S. 1 at 2 a.m. Immediately before Otis Stone Hunter Road, the car dropped off the right shoulder. Crews overcorrected. The car traveled across U.S. 1, hit the concrete median and flipped across the southbound lanes before coming to rest on the west side of the road, just past the shoulder. The car came to rest on its side (on the passenger side), facing northeast.

Crews was pronounced dead at the scene. He was wearing his seatbelt. The extraction of the body took a long time because of the condition of the vehicle. No other vehicles were involved. The body was removed from the scene between 3:30 and 4 a.m.. The vehicle was towed away to John’s Towing at around 4:30 a.m.

The southbound lanes of U.S. 1 were closed for about three hours, according to a Florida Highway Patrol report.

By midday Sunday the scene had been mostly cleared of all but minor debris. Several CD cases were scattered on the shoulder, as were scores of vintage pennies from the 1930s, 40s and 50s: Crews, a coin collector, had bought the pennies this week. Clean-up crews had also left behind a lone ladies’ black boot and a book of guest checks used to take orders in restaurants.

A crew member from John’s Towing returned to the scene—the same crew member who’d worked the scene during the night—to do further cleaning in early afternoon. “It was one of the worst I’ve seen, and I’ve been doing this for two years,” he said.

Woody’s owner Joe Rizzo and his wife Teresa were at the restaurant Sunday afternoon, fielding a stream of calls and sympathies and looking worn from the night’s ordeal. Crews had been the best man at their wedding 11 years ago. He and Joe had known each other since 3rd grade. “He was a larger than life type person,” Joe said.

“He was the personality of this bar,” Teresa said, describing Josh’s happiness as infectious—the sort of personality that cheers (and “Cheers”) are made of.

Richard Bennett, president of the Flagler County Professional Firefighters Association and a childhood friend of Josh’s, had described him in similar terms by phone earlier: “He was just a wonderful person. He had a great laugh, a great smile, you walk in the door, he was always there to greet you.”

Woody’s opened in July 1998, with Josh and his brother Matt as the original owners. Rizzo bought a part of the business a year later. Then Josh decided to go to the University of Florida, where he majored in English (and devoured books at a rate of a book a day at times, especially sci-fi). Josh went to work in the mortgage business for a while then rejoined Woody’s as a bartender and manager, with Matt Crews and Joe Rizzo as owners (as they still are).

That’s how most people knew Josh: as the restaurant’s bartender and its manager. He also managed Woody’s in St. Augustine until that restaurant was sold three months ago. Wednesday nights were his big nights at Woody’s, with the weekly car show there usually drawing patrons and friends in large numbers.

Services have not been set. That information will be added here when it becomes available

CRAIG FUNERAL HOME – On Line Obits

Flagler Beach, Florida

Monday, November 22, 2010

Joshua Douglas Crews

Funeral services celebrating the life Joshua Douglas Crews 34 of Espanola will be held on Saturday November 27 at 11:00 AM in the First Baptist Church of Bunnell (Located behind Sunshine Plaza on Rt. 100) Bunnell. Burial will follow in Espanola Cemetery. The family will receive friends on Friday from 4:00 to 7:00 pm in the chapel of Craig-Flagler Palms Funeral Home, 511 Old Kings Road S. Flagler Beach.

Joshua, a lifelong resident of Flagler County, passed away on suddenly on Sunday November 21, 2010. He was born on May 18, 1976, in St. Augustine FL, a son of C. Scott and Melanie Hodge Crews who survive on Flagler Beach.

Joshua was a manager of Woody’s BBQ on Rt.100 in Flagler Plaza in Palm Coast. He attended Santa Fe College and the University of Florida. Joshua attended Coastal Community Church, he loved reading, boating, having a good time and was an avid story teller. He was well loved by all who knew him and the terms of endearment, support and love from all of his friends throughout the world have been greatly appreciated.

Surviving are his parents, Scott and Melanie Crews, his brothers, Matthew and his wife Melissa of Flagler Beach, Adam and his wife Jennifer of Bunnell, his maternal grandmother, Mrs. Douglas (Gladys) Hodge of Palatka, one niece, Julianna and three nephews, Aaron, Isaiah, and Ian. Memorial contributions are suggested to the Gideon’s International, PO Box 352312 Palm Coast FL 32135-2312.

Arrangements are in the care and trust of Craig-Flagler Palms Funeral Home.

FLAGLER LIVE. COM

Sunday, November 21, 2010

Josh Crews, the 34-year-old bartender, manager and former owner of Woody’s Bar B-Q in Palm Coast died in a single-vehicle wreck on U.S. Route 1 early Sunday morning. Jamie Bly, 25, of Palm Coast, whom Crews was traveling with—they were on their first date—was critically injured and taken to Halifax Hospital.

Crews, who is from Flagler Beach, was driving an older-model Ford Sport Trac north on U.S. 1 at 2 a.m. Immediately before Otis Stone Hunter Road, the car dropped off the right shoulder. Crews overcorrected. The car traveled across U.S. 1, hit the concrete median and flipped across the southbound lanes before coming to rest on the west side of the road, just past the shoulder. The car came to rest on its side (on the passenger side), facing northeast.

Crews was pronounced dead at the scene. He was wearing his seatbelt. The extraction of the body took a long time because of the condition of the vehicle. No other vehicles were involved. The body was removed from the scene between 3:30 and 4 a.m.. The vehicle was towed away to John’s Towing at around 4:30 a.m.

The southbound lanes of U.S. 1 were closed for about three hours, according to a Florida Highway Patrol report.

By midday Sunday the scene had been mostly cleared of all but minor debris. Several CD cases were scattered on the shoulder, as were scores of vintage pennies from the 1930s, 40s and 50s: Crews, a coin collector, had bought the pennies this week. Clean-up crews had also left behind a lone ladies’ black boot and a book of guest checks used to take orders in restaurants.

A crew member from John’s Towing returned to the scene—the same crew member who’d worked the scene during the night—to do further cleaning in early afternoon. “It was one of the worst I’ve seen, and I’ve been doing this for two years,” he said.

Woody’s owner Joe Rizzo and his wife Teresa were at the restaurant Sunday afternoon, fielding a stream of calls and sympathies and looking worn from the night’s ordeal. Crews had been the best man at their wedding 11 years ago. He and Joe had known each other since 3rd grade. “He was a larger than life type person,” Joe said.

“He was the personality of this bar,” Teresa said, describing Josh’s happiness as infectious—the sort of personality that cheers (and “Cheers”) are made of.

Richard Bennett, president of the Flagler County Professional Firefighters Association and a childhood friend of Josh’s, had described him in similar terms by phone earlier: “He was just a wonderful person. He had a great laugh, a great smile, you walk in the door, he was always there to greet you.”

Woody’s opened in July 1998, with Josh and his brother Matt as the original owners. Rizzo bought a part of the business a year later. Then Josh decided to go to the University of Florida, where he majored in English (and devoured books at a rate of a book a day at times, especially sci-fi). Josh went to work in the mortgage business for a while then rejoined Woody’s as a bartender and manager, with Matt Crews and Joe Rizzo as owners (as they still are).

That’s how most people knew Josh: as the restaurant’s bartender and its manager. He also managed Woody’s in St. Augustine until that restaurant was sold three months ago. Wednesday nights were his big nights at Woody’s, with the weekly car show there usually drawing patrons and friends in large numbers.

Services have not been set. That information will be added here when it becomes available