Henry Ellis Crum, Jr., age 82, of Vienna, was born February 24, 1943, at Vienna, Maries County, a son of Henry Ellis and Dolla Mae (Wagner) Crum, Sr., and passed from this life on Wednesday, November 12, 2025, at his residence.

He was united in marriage on June 6, 1970, at Lambeth Church in rural Maries County, to the former Ms. Shirley Kay Hollis, and to this union three sons were born.

Junior was a member of the First Baptist Church in Vienna, where he was the head deacon, a founding member of the Optimist Club of Vienna, and was a volunteer firefighter with the Vienna Volunteer Fire Department, helping in the early stages of the fire department.

In his younger years, he began working at the Langenberg Hat Factory while still in high school. About three years out of high school, he quit the hat factory and went to the woods to cut cordwood   for about two years. Next, he went into the construction industry and Junior eventually became the foreman on the project that built the south wing on the elementary school in the late 1960's which includes the current cafeteria and the classrooms above at Maries R-1 Schools. In 1972, he started working at the Western Auto for his sister-in-law and nephew, and in 1976 Junior bought the Western Auto from Marie and Joe Clay Crum.  Junior owned and operated Western Auto until the company went out of business in 2003 and at that time the store became Shirley's Furniture & Jr's Hardware which was owned and operated by him until his death.

Those left to mourn the passing of Junior include: his loving wife of 55 years, Shirley of the home in Vienna; his three sons, Craig Crum of Vienna, Jason Crum and wife, Jessica of Vienna; and Travis Crum and wife, Stacey of Centralia; seven grandchildren, Eli Crum, Drew Crum, Trinity Crum, Lillie Mae Crum, Parker (Nicole) Qualls, Kaitlyn (Dalton) Matthiesen; and Grant (fiancé Caitlyn) Qualls; four great-grandchildren with one on the way in January; and many other relatives and friends.

Junior was preceded in death by his father, Henry Ellis Crum Sr. on July 26, 1971; his mother, Dolla Mae Crum on January 13, 1977; his father-in-law, Raymond "Ray" Lawrence Hollis on December 9, 2009; his mother-in-law, Selma Lorene (Rowden) Hollis on March 16, 1986; his siblings, Joseph Columbus Crum on November 11, 1970, infant Nora Elizabeth Crum on August 27, 1921, Rosie Ellen Juanita Davis on October 8, 1958, Robert Cellis Alfred Crum on April 5, 2010; his sisters-in-law, Louisa Marie (Frey) Crum on September 28, 1998, Edith Rosanna (Frederickson) Crum on April 7, 2014, infant Virginia LuEllen Hollis on March 2, 1939, Wanda May Hollis on November 26, 2004; his brothers-in-law George Johnson Davis Sr. on January 27, 2010, Norman Lawrence "Sonny" Hollis on January 18, 2022, William Kenneth "Kenny" Hollis on June 3, 1993; and two nephews, Joseph "Joe" Clay Crum on May  12, 2025; and Henry Hardin Davis on May 28, 2011.

Visitation will be held from 12:30 p.m. until the time of his memorial service at 2:30 p.m., on Sunday, November 23, 2025, all in the First Baptist Church, 1004 S Highway 63, Vienna, MO 65582, with Pastor Chris Cook and Pastor Robert Crum officiating.

Inurnment for Junior Crum will be in the Little Flock Cemetery, Vienna., under the direction of Birmingham-Martin Funeral Home, Vienna. Honorary Pallbearers will be the grandchildren.

In lieu of flowers, the family suggests memorial contributions in memory of Junior Crum to the Little Flock Cemetery Perpetual Care Fund, with envelopes available at the church on the day of his memorial service or in care of Birmingham-Martin Funeral Home, P.O. Box 250, Vienna, Missouri 65582.

Online condolences may be shared with the family of Junior Crum at www.birminghammartinfuneralhomes.com