Los Angeles, California
James Leon Crittenden III, age 73, born on the 23rd of November 1951 in Statesboro Georgia, passed away peacefully on Friday the 23rd of May 2025 at Cedars-Sinai Marina del Rey Hospital in Los Angeles California, after a courageous battle with cancer.
“Jim” was the son of the late James and Charlotte Clements Crittenden Jr. He was a 1970 graduate of Statesboro High School where he excelled in football, track and field, pole vault and was a US Army veteran. Jim retired from the TV and film industry in California. He got his start in a movie made in Register, Georgia, “The Greatest Gift”, in 1974.
He was preceded in death by his parents, his paternal grandparents, James Leon and Ethel Crittenden Sr., maternal grandparents, Charlie Clements and Hubert and Verna Clements Crouse, a sister, Penny Crittenden Kozee, and his first wife, Glenda Fowler of Waycross.
Surviving are a sister, Cheryl Crittenden Anderson of Waycross, Georgia, a brother, Charles Crittenden of Statesboro, Georgia, and four nieces and four nephews.
A Memorial Service will be held on Saturday, June 7, 2025 at 11:30am in the chapel of Joiner Anderson Funeral Home in Statesboro with Elder Randy Waters officiating.
Memorial contributions may be made to Ogeechee Area Hospice, P O Box 531, Statesboro, Georgia 30459.
Friends may sign the online register book at www.joineranderson.com .
Joiner-Anderson Funeral Home & Crematory in Statesboro is in charge of arrangements.
