Margaret Sue Crumrine

Margaret Sue Crumrine of Little Rock died on April 6, 2026 at the age of 94. Born on October 16, 1931, with Italian-American roots that shaped the table more than the flag. She learned early that a day is something you finish, not something you wait for. She heard a bad machine the way a musician hears a wrong note. A sewing gauge taped to the bench meant the next hand could trust the last. Colleagues still mention a sewing gauge taped to the bench. She married John in 1953. They kept a house that stayed modest when the neighborhood did not. They raised two daughters and a son through public schools and ordinary weather. After John died in 2019, she kept the routines that still made sense: the walk, the garden, the Sunday call. Neighbors remember quiet help with a stuck mailbox or a heavy trash can. She preferred the hour before a town fully wakes. Little Rock was home enough that she never rehearsed an introduction. The calendar still has a circle on payday.