Randolph County AlArchives Obituaries.....Craft, Howard D.  October 10, 1950
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Anniston Star
Sgt. Howard Dean Craft. 36, son of the Rev. and Mrs. David M. Craft of Wedowee, 
died Oct. 10 in Korea of gunshot wounds suffered when a Korean house boy 
accidentally discharged a pistol belonging to the sergeant A message from the 
War Department to members of the family informed relatives of the accidental 
death. A later letter from the secretary of war explained circumstances under 
which the sergeant was killed. The night before the accident he had written a 
letter to his wife, the former Willetta Waddell of Anniston, that he expected to 
be home soon. Sergeant Craft was a native of Wedowee but lived in Anniston for 
several years before his re-entry into the Army March 30. 1948. A veteran of 
World War II. Sergeant Craft served In the Pacific theatre of operations. He is 
survived by his parents; his wife, who resides in Wedowee; one sister, Mrs. 
O'Neal New of Anniston; one son, Tim Howell Craft; and four brothers.

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