Obituaries:  James Madison Craig, Sabine Parish       C-620
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., May 19, 1983
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net


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James Madison Craig

  Services for Mr. James Madison Craig, 82, of Mitchell, were held
at 3 p.m., Monday, May 16, at the Fellowship Baptist Church in
Converse. The Rev. Ray Pennfield, and the Rev. Ray Jenkins
officiated. Burial was in the church cemetery. Plans were under
the direction of Drewett Funeral Home in Mansfield.

  He died Saturday, May 14, 1983, at his residence in Mitchell,
after a long illness.

  He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Alma Lewis Craig of Mitchell;
one son, Billie Ray Craig of Camden, Ark.; two daughters, Mrs.
Merle June Rains of Victoria, Texas, and Mrs. Mildred Robles of
Houston, Texas; three brothers, John Allen Craig of Bossier City,
Cecil B. Craig of Converse, and Sam Craig of Shreveport; three
sisters, Mrs. Gertie Free of Pleasant Hill, Mrs. Estelle
Blankenship of Alexandria, and Mrs. Marie Lewis of Andrew, Texas;
eight grandchildren; eight great grandchildren.

  Pallbearers were W. G. Copeland, Odis Emmons, A. A. Grice, G. L.
Pattison, Frederick Craig, Curtis Ray Craig, Glen Craig, Talton
McDonald.