Weslie Dewayne Crouse, age 72, former longtime Manila resident, passed from this life Monday, December 18, 2023, at his home in Corning. Born in Manila to the late Larie Wesley and Vermell Williams Crouse, he was a 1970 graduate of Manila High School and later served in the United States Air Force. Dewayne worked for over 35 years as a lineman and later service man, initially for Arkansas-Missouri Power Company, which later became Arkansas Power and Light and Entergy. He was a member of the First Baptist Church in Corning and served many years as a Gideon. Dewayne also volunteered for the Arkansas Baptist Disaster Relief Organization and had served as the Mission Director for the Agape Mission Outreach in Corning. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a sister Mary Nell Crouse.

Survivors include his wife of 39 years, Alice Vandivor Crouse of the home; one son, Chris Hendershott (Christy) of Graford, Tex; three daughters: April Allison of Jonesboro, Leigh Ann Manz (Wolfgang) of Houston, Tex., and Brandi Crouse of Corning; one sister, Debbie Main of Rogers; eight grandchildren: Morgan Rapier, Kenzie Allison, Weslie Allison, Marco Manz, Vaden Palmer, Ferin Manz, Damian Manz, and Cacilia Manz and one great-grandchild Mary Alice Rapier.

Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Thursday, December 21, 2023, in the Howard Funeral Service Chapel in Manila with Reverend Johnny Thomas officiating. Burial followed in the Manila Cemetery. Serving as active pallbearers were Vernon Williams, Gerald Williams, Sammy Williams, Shane Flanigan, Walter Moore and Topper Williams. The family received visitors Thursday from 12:30 p.m. until service time at the funeral home. Friends may sign the online guest register atwww.HowardFuneralService.com