Freestone County, Texas
Obituaries


Corsicana Daily Sun - October 04, 2005 edition

Obituaries for 10/03/05

Leonard Earl Craig

Leonard Earl Craig, 86, of Wortham passed away Saturday, Oct. 1, 2005 at
Parkview Regional Hospital in Mexia.

Visitation will be 6 to 8 p.m. today at Porter Chapel in Wortham.

Service will be 10 a.m. Tuesday at Porter Chapel with Pastor Mike Fautt
officiating. Interment will follow at Wortham Cemetery.

Pallbearers will Brian Anthony Craig, Troy Alan Craig, Ken Allen Craig, Brian
Kernell, Jeff Russell, Glenn Herman, Todd Craig, Kelly Craig, Joey Cherry and
Paul Dunn.

Mr. Craig was born Nov. 7, 1918 in Currie. He was a rancher and a member of
Victory Full Gospel Fellowship Church in Wortham.

He was preceded in death by his parents Thomas Leonard and Minnie Ora McCarter
Craig; brother William Morgan Craig; and sisters Margie Craig and Minnie Maude
Moore.

Survivors include wife Sadie Pauline Benton Craig of Wortham; sons and
daughters-in-law Leonard and Sylvia Craig of Tyler and Kenneth E. Deba Craig of
Wortham; daughter and son-in-law Lynita and Jerry Dvorak of Wortham; sisters
Beryl Keeling of Longview and JoAnita Edwards of Marshall; seven grandchildren;
eight great-grandchildren; and many nieces, nephews and great-nieces and
great-nephews.

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Mexia Daily News - Oct. 4, 2005 edition

Leonard Earl Craig

WORTHAM - Funeral services for Leonard Earl Craig, 86, a rancher and longtime
Wortham resident, were conducted this morning at 10 o'clock in Porter
Chapel-Wortham. Pastor Mike Fautt officiated, and burial was in Wortham
Cemetery.

He was born Nov. 7, 1918, in Currie, and died Saturday, Oct. 1, 2005, in
Parkview Regional Hospital-Mexia. He was a member of Victory Full Gospel
Fellowship Church in Wortham.

Mr. Craig was preceded in death by his parents, Thomas Leonard and Minnie Ora
McCarter Craig; by a brother, William Morgan Craig, and by two sisters, Margie
Craig and Minnie Maude Moore.

Surviving are his wife, Sadie Pauline Benton Craig of Wortham; two sons and
daughters-in-law, Leonard and Sylvia Craig of Tyler, Kenneth E. and Deba Craig
of Wortham; a daughter and son-in-law, Lynita and Jerry Dvorak of Wortham; two
sisters, Beryl Keeling of Longview and JoAnita Edwards of Marshall; seven
grandchildren, eight great-grandchildren, many nieces and nephews and
great-nieces and great-nephews.

Pallbearers were Brian Anthony Craig, Troy Alan Craig, Ken Allen Craig, Brian
Kernell, Jeff Russell, Glenn Herman, Todd Craig, Kelly Craig, Joey Cherry and
Paul Dunn.