A Celebration of Life in Loving Memory of Mr. Ruben James Crumity will be held Saturday, September 24, 2022, at 2:00 p.m. at First Baptist Church of College Hill, 3838 N 29th St, Tampa, FL 33610, Dr. S. Evan Burrows, Sr. Pastor, officiating. Military Honors will be held on Monday, September 26, 2022, 12:30 p.m. at Florida National Cemetery, 6502 S.W. 102nd Avenue, Bushnell, FL 33513. Ruben James Crumity, known to many as Shortman or Bubba, was born in Jefferson County, Monticello, Florida on March 31, 1951 to Essie Moses. He was a 1967 graduate of Howell Academy High School. He later enlisted into the United States Armed Forces serving in the Army where he received an Honorable discharge. To many he was a loving and kind person who never met a stranger. On September 14, 2022, at 3:00 a.m. he was surrounded by his family as he entered his eternal rest. He leaves to cherish his fondest memories, his loving and devoted wife, Barbara; children: Tira(Daz), Antonn(Shekema), Pamela, Timothy, and Stephen; siblings: Ernest(Evangelyn), Willie, Veronica, Velma, Tracy and Elsa; Aunts: Pearl and Ruby and host of other sorrowing relatives and friends. Public Visitation will be held on Friday, September 23, 2022, 6-8 p.m. at Integrity Funeral Services.

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