A funeral service for Robert H. Crooms, 78, of Marshall, Texas will be held at 10:00 a.m., Saturday, November 4, 2023, in the Chapel of Downs Funeral Home. Interment will follow at Colonial Gardens Cemetery. A visitation for family and friends will be held from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m., Friday, November 3, 2023, at the funeral home.

Robert was born on May 27, 1945, in Mt. Enterprise, Texas to Willie (Bill) Webster Crooms and Susan (Sue) Geneva Akin Crooms and passed away on November 1, 2023, at his home in Marshall, Texas.

He attended Compton School and moved to Marshall at a young age and attended Marshall Schools. He married Shirley Ann Hill on July 27, 1963, and the two remained married until his passing. He worked for Marshall Brick Co., John Allen Surveyor and after thirty years retired from the Texas Department of Transportation. He was a member of the Masonic Lodge 22 of Marshall, Sharon Shriners of Tyler and Waso Scottish Rite Bodies for 47 years. He loved working in the pasture on his John Deere tractor. For years he loved to run his rabbit dogs and deer hunt. He dearly loved his grand and great grandchildren. He said they were his favorite.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Willie (Bill) Crooms and Susan (Sue) Geneva Crooms; daughter, Joyce Marie Crooms and brother, Merwyn Crooms.

He is survived by his wife of 60 years, Shirley Hill Crooms; daughter, Debrenda Darlene Oden and husband, Tom; brother, Larry Don Crooms and wife, Debbie; sister, Becky Sue Shaw and husband, Justin; sister-in-law, Shelby Crooms; grandchildren, John Robert (J.R.) Oden and wife, Blaire and Darby Lynn Oden and great grandchildren, Olivia Kate Oden, John B. Oden and Thomas Wilder Oden along with numerous nieces and nephews and other family and friends.

The family would like to thank Heart to Heart of Longview, especially Deanna.