Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Craft, Maurice Regnald October 30, 1962
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The Virginian-Pilot, Thursday, November 1, 1962

NORFOLK - Maurice R. Craft, 40, of 1449 W. 47th St. died Tuesday in a Norfolk 
hospital after a short illness.

A native of Norfolk, he was a son of Mrs. Vashti Craft and the late Alfred 
Craft. He was the husband of Mrs. Sophronia M. Craft.

He was a veteran of World War II and employed by the Post Office Department 15 
years. He was a trustee of First Baptist Church, Lamberts Point, scoutmaster of 
Boy Scout Troop 71, and a member of National Association of Letter Carriers, 
YMCA and Civic, social Religious Club.

Besides his mother and widow, surviving are a son, Maurice R. Craft Jr. and a 
daughter, Miss Karen A. Craft, both of Norfolk; six brothers, Lawrence Craft, 
Edward Craft and Irvin Craft of Norfolk, Stanley Craft and William Craft of New 
York and Harold Craft of Sacramento, Calif.; and three sisters, Mrs. Vera Hagans 
of Norfolk and Mrs. Margaret Smith and Mrs. Doris Williams of New York.

A funeral service will be held Saturday at 1 p.m. in First Baptist Church, 
Lamberts Point, by the Rev. H.H. Bobbitt. Burial with full military honors. The 
body will be taken from Hale Funeral Home to the church at 10 a.m.

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