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Mary Elizabeth Crandall Kilpatrick, affectionately known as “Baby Sister” or “Nana”, was born on March 20, 1945 in Greenville, North Carolina to the late Mary Etta Teel Crandall and David Garfield Crandall. Mary was the 7th of 11 children. At the age of 78 on February 13, 2024, Mary transitioned at Mercy Hospital in Rockville Center, New York. As a youth, Mary attended school in her hometown of Greenville, NC. She always talked about how she skipped one grade in elementary school, showing how intelligent she was. While in Greenville, she met the love of her life and future husband, David Gene Kilpatrick. They married July 5, 1968. They eventually decided to leave Greenville in pursuit of better opportunities. Mary and David journeyed off to New York City for a better life. While in New York, Mary took a job at Bent Glass where she worked for almost 30 years making beautiful high end glass pieces like Tiffany Lamps, windows and much more. Mary was also the union representative of United Steel Workers of America. Married for over 54 years, they both were very happy together in New York where they lived until their passing. Education was very important to Mary. Later in life, she attended nursing school where was the top of her class, despite being the oldest as well. She obtained a nursing aid certificate where she worked as a care giver for years until she retired. She also took up being the babysitter for all the neighborhood children. She was highly regarded, and all the neighborhood children affectionately called her, “Grandma” Mary was so proud of her family. She had two children. Her eldest, Jacqueline Crandol, was a gem in her eyes. Mary loved her so much that she named her after the most beautiful women of her time, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, whom she idolized. Her youngest, David Kilpatrick, was named after her late husband David Kilpatrick Sr. She always supported anything he set his mind to. Mary found God at a young age. She often attended St. Peter’s Missionary Baptist Church with her family growing up as a child, and when she moved to New York, she became a member of Bethany Baptist Church in Jamaica, New York. She attended the same church for over 50 years. She played a big part in the administration, being the recording secretary of her North Carolina Ministry Club. Mary was a member of Bethany alongside her late sister, LuVangeline Pearson, who was the treasurer, and her daughter, Jacqueline Crandol, who is the vice president. Mary always looked forward to planning her vegetable garden every year. With the help of her granddaughters, she grew wonderous crops of collard greens, tomatoes, and cucumbers. She would often share her vegetable with her friends and family and use her yields in her food. Mary was an amazing cook. Everyone would come near and far just to get a plate of whatever was she had made. Some of her specialties were chopped barbecue, chitlins, potato salad, lasagna, fried fish and greens. Mary was definitely a people’s person. She was loved by everyone who met her. She was the person you could trust with your secrets, and you could always believe they were safe with her. Besides telling Aunt Bob, nobody else would know. Mary was preceded in death by her husband, David Kilpatrick Sr.; her parents, Mary Teel Crandall and David Crandall Sr; sisters, Mildred Smith, Doris Brockett, Luvangeline Pearson; sister-in-law, Cheryl Crandol; brothers, David E. Crandall, Thomas Crandol. Mary leaves her memory to be cherished by her children, Jacqueline Crandol of Rosedale, NY, David Kilpatrick of Newport News, VA; her granddaughters, Lakeia Roberts, Chebria Crandol, Nyasia Kilpatrick and Latavia Kilpatrick; grandsons, William Adamson, Malcom Kilpatrick, Brandon Kilpatrick; her great grandchildren, Justin Roberts, Christian Roberts, Au’bri Adamson and Amani Adamson; her siblings, Rosa Teel of Capital Heights, MD, Willie B. Boyd of Greenville, NC, Kate Taft of Greenville, NC, Hazel Griffin of Winterville, NC and John Crandol of Clinton, MD; her mother-in-law, Esther Kilpatrick of Winterville, NC; her three sisters- in -law, Nancy Kilpatrick of Winterville, NC, Faye Kilpatrick of Greenville, NC, and Leal Kilpatrick of Greenville, NC; a host of nieces, nephews, relatives, and friends.

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Mrs. Mary Crandall Kilpatrick

March 20, 1945 - February 13, 2024