Thomas D. Craig

THOMAS CRAIG, 77, OF 280 CHESTNUT ST. STONEFORT, IL; DIED WEDNESDAY MARCH 9, 2011 AT 4:25 PM AT HIS RESIDENCE. FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE HELD SATURDAY MARCH 12, 2011 AT 1 PM AT FELTY FUNERAL HOME. VISITATION WILL BE HELD SATURDAY AFTER 11 AM. BURIAL WILL BE IN WISE-ROBINSON CEMETERY; REVEREND KEITH BUNFILL WILL OFFICIATE. HE WAS BORN ON MAY 6, 1933 IN STONEFORT, IL TO THE LATE U.B. AND NELLIE (SIMMONS) CRAIG. HE MARRIED PATRICIA CREWS ON JULY 22, 1950 AND SHE PRECEDED IN DEATH ON MAY 20, 2003. HE LATER MARRIED LORETTA (DALLAS) REYNOLDS ON JUNE 12, 2005 AND SHE SURVIVES. HE WAS RETIRED FROM BRUSHY CREEK COAL MINE. HE WAS AN ARMY VETERAN OF THE KOREAN WAR; AN AVID HUNTER AND A MEMBER OF THE STONEFORT MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH, STONEFORT AMERICAN LEGION AND STONEFORT MASONIC LODGE. HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE: LORETTA CRAIG OF STONEFORT, IL; 3 SONS: KIP (KATHY) CRAIG OF CARRIER MILLS, IL; NEIL “PETEY” (MARTI) CRAIG OF HARRISBURG, IL AND DAVID (TRISH) CRAIG OF SIMPSON, IL; DAUGHTER: TANGE (STEVE) HAMBLETON OF STONEFORT, IL; BROTHER: PHILLIP (MARYANN) CRAIG OF CARRIER MILLS, IL; SEVERAL GRANDCHILDREN AND GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. HE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY: DAUGHTER: KATHY CRAIG; SISTER: KAY TAYLOR AND 3 BROTHERS: COY CRAIG, CHARLES CRAIG AND WILLIE CRAIG.