Obit for Sam Craig (c620) - Oklahoma County OK

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Obit for Sam Craig

ALTUS, Okla. - Sam Craig, 43, died Monday, Dec. 9, 1996.

Services will be this morning at First United Methodist Church with 
the Rev. Scott Spencer officiating. Memorial services will be at 2 
p.m. Friday in Victory Memorial United Methodist Church in Guymon 
with the Rev. Mike Chaffin, pastor, and the Rev. Shannon Davis, 
associate pastor, officiating. Burial will be in Elmhurst Cemetery 
at Guymon by Henson-Novak Funeral Directors of Guymon. Arrangements 
in Altus are by Lowell-Tims Funeral Home.

Mr. Craig was born in New Orleans. His family made their home in 
Guymon for many years. He graduated from Guymon High School in 1971. 
He also graduated from Southwestern Oklahoma State University in 
Weatherford, Okla. 

He married Dana Rook in 1975 at Altus.

He had lived in Altus for the past 22 years.

He had been the Altus High School band director for many years. He 
was a member of the Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, Kappa Kappa Si, the 
Oklahoma Music Education Association and Phi Beta Mu band 
fraternity. He had served as president of the Southwestern Oklahoma 
Band Directors Association and was honored with the the 1978 Band 
Director of the Year award.

He participated in the Music Educators National Conference and was a 
member of First United Methodist Church in Altus.

Survivors include his wife; two children, Becky Craig and David 
Craig, both of Altus; his parents, Sam and Jeanne Craig of Guymon; 
and a sister, Karen Knudsen of Oklahoma City.

Friends may visit the funeral home from noon to 8 p.m. Thursday.

A Sam Craig Memorial has been established for the Instrumental Music 
Memorial Scholarship at Southwestern Oklahoma State University or 
the Altus High School Band Department. Memorials will be accepted at 
Henson-Novak Funeral Home, P.O. Box 1306, Guymon, Okla. 73942.
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