James Allen Crumlish, 94, of Pensacola, FL left this world on Wednesday, November 3, 2021 for a better one.

Jim was born on January 4, 1927 to Elizabeth Ann Gibney Crumlish and Eugene Crumlish, the third of nine children. Of his siblings, Jim is survived by his two elder sisters, Patsy Trepper and Betty Gene Mercer.

Jim married Mary Stuart Campbell and had three children with her, Mary Ann, Martha Lynn and Thomas James. After Mary's death, Jim married Rita Marie Smith and adopted a baby, girl Lisa Anne.

Later in life, he found true love again when he met Therese Brannon (Teet). They danced and sang their way through life. With much grief he lost her to breast cancer in 2017.

Jim was a WWII and Korean War Vet and was the Base Manager for Project Shoehorn saving many lives during the Vietnam War.

Jim is survived by Mary Ann, his eldest daughter, her husband, Mark Vander Weert and two grandsons, Jesse Stuart Vander Weert and Alexander Vander Weert, his granddaughter, Kristi Rae Grigg, her husband, Dargan Grigg and their daughter, Lyna Rae along with grandchildren, Mason Snyder and Madison Rhodes.

A Funeral Cortege will depart Harper-Morris Memorial Chapel at 9:30am Friday, November 12, 2021 for a 10:00am Graveside Service at Barrancas National Cemetery.

His accomplishments are too many to list here. We will talk about them in depth at his Irish Wake in the Spring. His best gift was connecting to the humanity in everyone he met. He was a good and wise man.