Born in 1925 in South Fallsburg, New York, she grew up in Scotia in Schenectady County, New York. A herniated disk cut short her training as a registered nurse and she worked as a secretary first at American Locomotive Company and later for General Electric. She married Gordon Crampton in 1948. After raising two children, Kelsey Anne and David Bruce Crampton, she graduated from the College of St. Rose in Albany, New York. She then became a secretary and administrative assistant to the Chief of Medical Services and nursing staff at the New York State Oswald D. Heck Development Center. 

In 1980, Crampton began the Deacon Training Program of the Diocese of New York and was ordained to the diaconate in 1983. She served her home parish of St. Andrew's in Scotia working ecumenically with other clergy to provide religious training for the mentally retarded and developmentally disabled. Following her husband's retirement in 1984 the Cramptons moved to Maine and Barbara transferred to the Diocese of Maine. She coordinated meetings of the deacons of the diocese and established a diocesan diaconate newsletter. She volunteered at Maine State Prison in Thomaston, founded a food pantry, and was a founding member of Mid-Coast Hospitality House, which served family members visiting prisoners as well as an emergency shelter.

In 1998, she moved her canonical residency to the Diocese of Georgia and served St. Michael and All Angels, Savannah, for more than a decade. She is predeceased by her husband and daughter.

On his return from Africa, Crowther served as a Curate at the Church of the Good Shepherd in Augusta. While there, Bishop Stuart ordained him to the priesthood in 1961. He served congregations in Georgia, Massachusetts, and South Carolina until his retirement in 1986. He subsequently moved to Saluda, North Carolina, where he was a communicant at the Church of the Transfiguration. A Requiem Eucharist will be held at Transfiguration.