Life Reflections of Amos Crouch, Jr. "To everything there is a season, a time to every purpose under heaven" Ecclesiastes 3:1 A time to be born... Amos Crouch, Jr., affectionately known as "June" was born March 9, 1926 in Winston Salem, North Carolina, to the late Amos Crouch, Sr. and Ida Belle Blackmon. A time to die... After suffering a long illness, God in his infinite wisdom, took Amos home to his eternal rest on June 20, 2009. A time to embrace... Amos was joined in holy matrimony to Esther Lee Johnson. This union was blessed with five children. Linda Joyce(Merritt)Slade, Yorktown, VA; Janice(Roy)Langley, and Gloria(Thomas) Simpson, Philadelphia, PA; Karen McFarland, Mullins, S.C.; Wanda(Randolph)Pee, Rineville, Kentucky. A time to build up... Amos began a life-long career with the Seaboard Costal Railroad, where he retired after thirty-five years of faithful service. A time to mourn... Amos leaves this life with cherished memories of his children; ten grandchildren; one great-grand child; one great grand daughter-in-law; two siblings, Emma Robinson, Winston Salem, NC; Minnie Ruth Finklea, Mullins, S.C.; A host of nieces, nephews, relatives and friends. A time to rejoice... "This is the day that the Lord has made; we will rejoice and be glad in it." (Psalm 118:24)