Mickey Joe Crook

August 4, 1946 - January 22, 2021

Funeral service for Mickey Joe Crook, 74, of Gadsden will be Wednesday, January 27, 2021 at 11:00 A.M. at Thompson Funeral Home with the Rev. Deborah Hitchcock officiating. Burial with military honors will follow at Piedmont Memory Gardens. The family will receive friends at the funeral home one hour prior to the service. Mr. Crook passed away Friday, January 22, 2021 at Gadsden Regional Medical Center. Survivors include his wife, Minnie Crook of Gadsden; three children, Marie Robinson (Bob) of Fulshear, TX, Steven Crook of Washington, D.C., and Gerald Crook (Melissa) Of La Crosse, WI; seven grandchildren, Pierce Talaeai (Kendra), Austin “Kana” Talaeai, Andrew Crook, Josh Crook, Ethan Crook, Grace Crook, and Jackalyn Heath; one great grandchild, Olive Talaeai; two sisters, Shirley Dupree and Debbie Gunn; several nieces and nephews; and special family friends, Marshea and Dale Welsh. Pallbearers will be Bob Robinson, Pierce Talaeai, Andrew Crook, Josh Crook, Ted Law, and Billy Fielding. Mr. Crook was a native of Spring Garden and a current resident of Gadsden. He was a member of Union Grove United Methodist Church, where he was a devoted servant. He retired from the United States Army Reserve as Command Sergeant Major and was a Gulf War Veteran. He was a member of the American Legion Post 98 in Piedmont. Mr.Crook retired from Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company, he drove a bus for special needs children in Saluda, South Carolina, and he loved his fur babies. Mr. Crook was preceded in death by his parents, Hoyt and Elizabeth Crook. In lieu of flowers, the family request memorial contributions be made to St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105-1905.