Oval Harold (Crickett) Hudson

Oval Harold (Crickett) Hudson, the youngest son of John David and Francis Charity Hudson, was born on May 29, 1908, in the community of Flat Creek, Missouri. He moved with his father's family to Southern California in 1917. He made several trips to Missouri and back to California. On October 14, 1933, he married Tressa Louise Earnhart. Two children, Marjorie and Denzil, were born to this union.

Crickett and Tressa lived in Halltown, Missouri, for seven years and have lived in and around Crane, Missouri, most of their married life. Crlckett operated a plumbing business in Crane known as "Hudson Plumbing Company". Some years ago Crickett and Tressa purchased a home in the north part of Crane where they lived until Crickett died on August 27, 2002 at the age of ninety-four. Tressa now lives in a rest home in Crane Missouri. (May 2009)