Obituaries:  Mr. Luther Otto (Luke) Craig, Sabine Parish       C-620
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Jan 13, 1999
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net


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Mr. Luther Otto Craig (Luke)

  Mr. Luther Otto Craig (Luke), 83, of Converse, died Monday, Jan.
11, in Converse.

  Funeral services were held at 2 p.m., Tuesday, Jan. 12, at
Rose-Neath Funeral Home Chapel in Mansfield, with interment
following at Noble Cemetery. The Rev. William Hasson, the Rev.
Bob Hannigan, and the Rev. W. A. Campbell officiated.

  Mr. Craig was a retired oil field driller, and a school bus
driver. He was a member of the Midway Baptist Church, where he
served as a deacon.

  Survivors include three sons, Johnnie Craig and wife Oneta of
Converse, Joe Craig and wife Helen Dale of Mansfield, and Tim
Craig of Converse; one daughter, Linda Jagneaux and husband James
of Converse; five sisters, Elizabeth Young of Pasadena, Texas,
Sylvia Johnson, Grace Webster, Louvie Richardson, all of
Converse, and Louise Moody of Pasadena, Texas; 11 grandchildren;
18 great grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews; and a
host of friends. Mr. Craig was preceded in death by his wife,
Ethel Craig; one brother, L. C. Craig Sr.; and one sister, Gladys
Hinkie.

  Pallbearers were his grandsons, Kerwin Craig, Jeff Jagneaux, Rod
Craig, Kirk Jagneaux, Kenneth Craig, Clint Craig, and Brad Craig.

  In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to St. Jude's Hospital
in Memphis, Tenn.

  Rose-Neath Funeral Home, Mansfield, La.