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Submitted: 10/26/21 • Approved: 10/26/21 • Last Updated: 10/29/21 • R465211-G0-S3
Texas
SERGEANT FIRST CLASS Medical Detachment 9 Supply Train
World War I
March 26, 1890-October 21, 1953
*Photo, courtesy of Robert L. Jones
*Information, courtesy of Edith Guynes Stanley
*Obituary
WHEELER - (Special) - Funeral services for Cicero Sylvester Craig, 63, of Wheeler, were to be held at 2:30 p.m. today in the Wheeler Methodist Church.
A painter and paper-hanger who had lived in Wheeler for the last 51 years, Mr. Craig died suddenly Wednesday night in Wheeler, following his return from Amarillo's Veterans Hospital where he had undergone surgery.
Officiating at the last rites was to be Rev. A.O. McBrayer, pastor, assisted by Joe Preston, minister of the Wheeler Church of Christ.
Burial was to be in Wheeler Cemetery under the direction of the Kirk-Mason Funeral Home.
Born March 26, 1890, near Vernon in Wilbarger County, Mr. Craig had been in ill health for the last few years.
Surviving are three daughters, Bernice Caldwell, Mobeetie, and Genice and Elice Craig, both of Wheeler; three brothers, W.M. and W.H. Craig, both of Miami, and F.B. Craig, Borger; a sister, Mrs. H.F. Stemper, Jacksboro; two half-brothers, T.T. Craig, Panhandle, and G.B. Craig; and two grandchildren.
Pallbearers were to be W.L. Jolly, Levi Reid, Archie Hibler, Clarence Robison, Fred Farmer and S.D. Steck.
(Published in Pampa Daily News (Pampa, Texas) - 23 Oct 1953, Fri - Page 3)
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Contributed on 10/26/21
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