Macel Mae Crislip

Macel Mae Crislip

Macel Mae Crislip peacefully departed her 99-year-old earthly life on January 9, 2026. She was born on February 3, 1926, and was only a few weeks shy of 100 beautiful years of life. Mae was born in Looneyville, West Virginia and was the oldest of 8 children. Her parents, Dora and Smith Monroe, raised their family on a farm in Looneyville where Mae learned hard work and kindness at their hands.

Mae worked for over 80 years in retail clothing sales, holding management and supervision positions at several stores, and becoming seemingly everyone’s favorite saleswoman at all of them. Mae retired a total of 3 times in her life, the final time being at the age of 94 from Belk at the Grand Central Mall.

Mae was a United Methodist by faith and attended St. John’s United Methodist Church in Vienna for over 50 years.

Mae was preceded in death by her husband, Laken Ray Crislip, both parents, one sister, Dorothy Walker, and four brothers, Jack, Gordon, Ed and Bill Monroe.

Mae is survived by her daughter Deborah (Lucky) Matheny of Ohio, her two sisters Ethel Harris of Vienna, WV, and Mary Long of North Carolina, her granddaughter Desiree Matheny (Rick) and grandsons Dustin, Charles (Emily), and Samuel Matheny. Her great grandchildren included Madilynn Matheny, Evan Matheny, Maggie Matheny and Patrick Matheny and his beautiful family.

Mae was an amazing woman and one of the last true Great Ladies of our time. She held strong to her faith in God and taught her family about love, dignity, and strength; three qualities that she embodied fully for the entirety of her time on this earth. Mae loved her family dearlv and we loved her right back.

Services will be Thursday, January 15, 2026, at 1:00pm at Leavitt Funeral Home in Parkersburg with a short service at Sunset Memory Gardens to follow prior to entombment. Visitation will be Wednesday January 14, 2026, from 2-4pm and 6-8pm.

Online condolences may be sent to the family at www.leavittfuneralhome.com.