Ricky Allen Crabtree

Ricky Allen Crabtree of Monticello, Kentucky, passed away on Tuesday, May 6, 2025, at the U.K. Medical Center in Lexington, Kentucky, having attained the age of 46 years, 2 months, and 29 days. He was born in Wayne County, Kentucky on Wednesday, February 7, 1979, the son of Cecil & Shirley (Bell) Crabtree. Ricky was of the Baptist faith a member of Cooper Baptist Church, and worked for Wayne Hardwood. He was preceded in death by his brother, Tracy Allen Crabtree.

He is survived by his parents, Cecil & Shirley (Bell) Crabtree, wife, Amanda Bryant Crabtree, whom he wed on, Friday, October 13, 2006, children, Megan Crabtree, Nicole Crabtree, and April Crabtree, siblings, Ruth (Crabtree) Jones, and Chris (& Shiana) Crabtree, several nieces & nephews, 3 great-nieces, 1 great-great-nephew, and 1 on the way.

The funeral service will be conducted on Monday, May 12, 2025, at 2:00 P.M. E.S.T. in the Memory Chapel of the New’s Monticello Funeral Home with Bro. Dewey Dunagan, and Bro. Jimmy Dishman officiating. The family will receive friends on Sunday, May 11, 2025, beginning at 5:00 P.M. E.S.T., and again on Monday morning beginning at 7:00 A.M. Burial will be in the Crabtree Cemetery in Wayne County, Kentucky. In lieu of flowers, contributions appreciated to the Ricky Crabtree Memorial Fund c/o New’s Monticello Funeral Home. 

New’s Monticello Funeral Home in Monticello, Kentucky, was honored to be in charge of all the arrangements