MATTHEW
Born: January 15, 1995
Born again: September 10, 2000
Arrived in Heaven: January 15, 2010
Age: 15
Grade: 9th
Middle name: Matthew (His first name is John, but we call him Matthew)
Favorite subject: Bible
Favorite color: Hunter’s Camo
Favorite candy: Snickers
Interests: Hunting, fishing, basketball, singing
Favorite verse: “Behold, I will send for many fishers, saith the Lord, and they shall fish them; and after will I send for many hunters, and they shall hunt them from every mountain, and from every hill, and out of the holes of the rocks.” Jeremiah 16:16
OBITUARY:
John Matthew Crumpton, age 15, of Heber Springs, went home to be with his Lord on January 15, 2010. He was born January 15, 1995, in Memphis, Tennessee. Matthew was home schooled. He loved to hunt, fish, and play basketball. Matthew’s father is an evangelist who travels with the entire family singing and ministering to children and adults. He was a member of the Cleburne County Baptist Church. Matthew leaves behind a loving family and a host of friends and relatives who will miss him very much.
Survivors include his parents, Tim and Shannon Crumpton; three brothers, Andrew, Joshua, and Caleb Crumpton; one sister, Sarah Crumpton; grandparents, Ron Winter of Rose Bud, Arkansas, and Ronnie and Barbara Sanford of Alexander, Arkansas; Clay and Pamela Crumpton of Memphis, Tennessee; great-grandparents, Mrs. Captola Swaim of Little Rock, Arkansas, and Mrs. Murrell Holland of Memphis, Tennessee.
Pallbearers are Craig Crumpton, Jonathan Crumpton, James Alexander, Jonathan Alexander, Robert Wilson, Andrew Fridenstine, Tommy Land, and Shawn Allen.
The family will receive friends from 5:00 to 8:30 pm, Wednesday, January 20, 2010 at Cleburne County Baptist Church in Heber Springs. Services will be 1:00 pm, Thursday, January 21, 2010 at Cleburne County Baptist Church with Pastor Jeff Feil officiating.
Interment will follow in Good Springs Cemetery in Pine Snag, Arkansas.
UPDATE:
We received the autopsy report for Matthew. Let us first tell you that we had seen a few symptoms that took place as he began to "warm-up" for serious exercise. We had three tests done in November, of which the results did not show the seriousness of his heart condition. We are so glad that we did not ignore the problem. It would have been difficult to live with not having at least tried to find out what the problem was. Under the direction of the pediatric heart doctor, we thought that we were dealing with the issue correctly, but this time it happened at the end of the game, and he had never, ever, collapsed like this before. The medical examiner that performed the autopsy said that with the naked eye he could see a valve that was smaller than it was supposed to be, which caused a slight enlargement of the top left chamber of his heart. In his opinion, on that fatal night, the issue triggered an arrhythmia, which caused a cardiac arrest. We asked the doctor if we could say that he died of a "big heart", and he said that he had never heard it put so good. The actual death certificate reads “probable arrhythmia due to mitral valve disease with resultant left ventricular hypertrophy.”
FUNERAL WEBSTREAM. Matthew's funeral service may be viewed via webstreaming at the following address: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/matthew-crumpton-funeral
