Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Sullivan, Craig W., 1955 

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Hunt For Missing Man Is Abandoned 

  Hope has faded of finding Craig W. Sullivan, of Crittenden, missing a week 
ago today from a boat on the Nansemond River. 

  A U.S. Coast Guard official at Berkley said last night that the "all-out" 
search which has been conducted for several days has now been abandoned. 
Only the patrols now on their normal duty in the area will continue to keep 
a lookout for the missing man, a duty officer at the station said. 

  Sullivan was last seen when he left his home, near the Nansemond River 
bridge with his dog in an outboard-motor-driven boat last Sunday evening. 
At that time, according to his wife, he had intended to cross the river via 
Blinkhorn Point and later report to work with the Masonry and Resurfacing 
Contracting Co. near the Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel project. 

  The boat, containing only Sullivan's dog and equipment he had carried, was 
found the next day by two tunnel workers.  Sullivan's wife later identified 
the boat and re-claimed the dog. 

  Despite a concentrated search by all available boats and a helicopter, no 
trace of the missing man was found and the Coast Guard decided to call off 
the extended effort. 

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Body of Man Missing 4 Months Recovered 

  The body of a Crittenden man, missing since he disappeared from a fishing 
boat four months ago, was found floating in Hampton Roads yesterday by a 
fishing boat captain. 

  The victim, Craig Warren Sullivan, 36, "evidently fell overboard and 
accidentally drowned," State medical examiner Dr. Paul Parker of Hampton, 
said today. 

  Hampton police and Sullivan's wife positively identified the body, recovered 
about one mile from the shore halfway between Newport News and Hampton. 

  Sullivan had been reported missing since a 12-foot outboard motorboat he 
launched from the Nansemond River Bridge to go duck hunting was found adrift 
with only a brown cocker he had taken for company in it. 

  After the boat was found flating near Fort Monroe on November 28, the Coast 
Guard conducted a week-long search which proved fruitless. 

  Sullivan was employed by the Masonry and Resurfacing Contracting Company, 
engaged in work on the Newport News end of the Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel. 

  He was born on October 29, 1919 in Monroe, La., and lived for some time in 
Azusa, Calif., the home of his wife.  The body will be taken to Azusa for 
burial.  Arrangements are incomplete. 

  Besides his wife, he is survived by a son, 14, a daughter, 10, and his 
father, Ted R. Sullivan, of Crittenden. 


Craig Warren SULLIVAN, of Crittenden, truck driver, 
b. 29 Oct 1919, Monroe, LA, drowned 7 Nov 1955, Hampton Roads, 
remains recovered 27 Mar 1956, 
removed to Oak Dale Cemetery*, Azusa*, CA, 29 Mar 1956, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 33, No. 276, Sun., Dec. 4, 1955, p. 3 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 34, No. 75, Wed., Mar. 28, 1956, p. 1 

*Additional information: 

No Find a Grave Memorial, which does not list an Oak Dale or Oakdale 
   Cemetery in Los Angeles Co., CA. 

D.Cert. 30034 (Hampton #85) gives Azuss. 

His father (1897 IL - 1986 Suffolk) & step-mother are entombed in 
   Meadowbrook Memorial Gardens, Driver. 

His mother, Helen Tasker (LUNT SULLIVAN; Mrs. Alfred H.) MIRAMONTES 
   (1899 MA - 1978 CA), & step-father are entombed in Greenwood Memorial 
   Garden, San Diego, San Diego Co., CA. 


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