The Cronk Family in 1931

Front row: Ola Cronk md Gladys Stewart; Grady Cronk md Nancy Catherine Randolf; Joseph Fred Cronk (1882-1944) holding Helen Cronk md 1st Brownie Farley, md 2nd William Parrott; Effie Lou (Prentice) Cronk (1889-1959); Archie Cronk md Stella Gradys Harris; Norma Cronk md 1st Coron Maxwell, md 2nd Lester Ned Stewart. Second row: Alma Lucy Cronk md 1st Rufus Brown, md 2nd Paul Isom; Evelyn Cronk md Fred Bussell; Audrey Cronk md Benton West. Third row: Howard Cronk md Doris Jane Allison; Haywood Cronk; Benton Worley Cronk md Opal Smith; Gelema Cronk md Harry McCully; Joseph Fred Cronk Jr. md Johnnie Pearl Jackson. Picture courtesy of Geraldine (Cronk) Mecum: Heritage of Putnam County Tennessee, 2008, pg. 249.

Joseph "Joe" Fred Cronk

b. 10 June 1882, Putnam Co., TN
d. 8 October 1944, Putnam Co., TN
Wife: Effie Lou Prentice, md 30 January 1907, Putnam Co., TN
Father: Joe Jones
Mother: Melvina Cronk, d/o
Buried: Smellage Cemetery, Boma, Putnam Co., TN