Obituary:  John H. Craig, 1883 - Smith Co, TX

Submitted by Vicki Betts <Vicki_Betts@mail.uttyl.edu
11 Sep 2002

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TEXAS CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE, September 8, 1883, p. 7, c. 4

CRAIG.—John H. Craig, son of W. H. and A. J. Craig, was born in Smith 
county, Texas, Feb. 6, 1862, and lived, as thousands do, without God 
and hope in the world, until a few days before his illness. One night, 
before the writer closed a meeting, he came forward for the first time 
to the altar for prayer. He was from that time on an earnest seeker. 
He was taken sick in a few days. The writer continued to labor with 
him until just before he died, when he said all was well. I believe 
it was the most triumphant death I ever witnessed. He was perfectly 
conscious until the last, and when he could not see or speak, he 
would give signs that all was well. He died on the 14th day of 
August, 1883. May God bless the parents, brothers, sisters, 
relatives and friends; and may they take his advice—not to live as 
he had lived.

                                         —J. F. HENDERSON.