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© Enid News and Eagle Enid, Oklahoma November 6, 2008 October 14, 1918 ~ November 4, 2008 A graveside service for Bessie L. Craig, age 90, will be 1 p.m. today, November 7, 2008, in the Memorial Park Cemetery. Rev Alan Seibel will officiate. Arrangements are under the direction of Ladusau-Evans Funeral Home. Bessie was born October 14, 1918, in Howard, KS, to Robert Lester McNair and Gladys Ruth Fear McNair and died in Oklahoma City, OK, November 4, 2008, after a brief illness. She married Grover M. Craig in Winfield, KS, on July 15, 1941. She received her Associates Nursing Degree in Winfield, KS. She worked as a registered nurse at Kansas Ordnance Plant Hospital in Parsons, KS, and Bass Baptist Hospital in Enid, OK until she became a mother. She then became a stay-at-home mother and homemaker. Her hobbies were sewing, quilting and reading. Also, she enjoyed fishing and dancing with her husband, Grover. For many years she was active in the Enid Extension Homemakers and regularly attended Democratic caucus meetings. She is survived by her children, Geoffrey Craig and wife, Carole and Melanie Rice and husband, Marc; eight grandchildren; two great grandchildren; and one sister, Ruth Elliott Deloach. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, Grover, grandson, Micah Craig and sister, Frances Crank. |
Enid, Oklahoma Febeuary 2004 Auust 25, 1919 ~ February 1, 2004 Husband of Bessie L. McNair, married on July 15, 1941, in Winfield, Kansas. He was a veteran of World War II. He enlisted on November 24, 1942. |
© Enid News and Eagle Enid, Oklahoma Maerch 12, 2021 August 3, 1929 ~ March 10, 2021 Graveside services for Eldon J. Craig will be held 10:00 a.m., Monday, March 15, 2021, at Memorial Park Cemetery. Services are under the direction of Ladusau-Evans Funeral Home. Eldon was born August 3, 1929, to Roy J. and Beulah Wells Craig on his Great-Grandmother Riggs' farm. He was raised west of Enid on the farm his grandfather purchased in 1908, where he spent his life. Eldon and Aletha Morgan were married November 18, 1951, and celebrated 69 wonderful years. He was a farmer, dairyman, and cowboy first. Eldon and Aletha raised four children on this farm. He was active in rodeos, trail rides, team sorting and mostly any horse activity. At the young age of 78, he participated in in the month-long Centennial Cattle Drive for the 100th anniversary of statehood. It followed the Chisholm Trail from Texas to Kansas. This was the longest of three cattle drives in which he participated. In 1964, Eldon crossed the Continental Divide in Colorado riding a great horse named "Reno." He farmed and ranched until he retired to care for the Love of his life. He was a generous man, ready to help a neighbor in need. Mom and Dad, the cut couple, always loved a good dance. He was a member of the Cherokee Strip Round-Up Club, Cowboy Church, First United Methodist Church and served on the Great Plains Cooperative Board. He is survived his wife, Aletha; daughter, Joyce [Everett] Hildebrand; son, Dennis (Sharon) Craig, James Craig, all of Enid, David [Lizann] Craig of Okarche; grandchildren, Kyle, Michael, Chase, Maddie, Austin and Mallory; and seven great grandchildren. Memorial donations can be made to OMRF mental health and dementia with Ladusau-Evans serving as custodian of the funds. Condolences can be made at ladusauevans.com |
© Enid News and Eagle Enid, Oklahoma November 27, 1931 ~ January 2, 2022 A Celebration of Life for Aletha Craig will be 2:00 p.m. Friday, January 7, 2022, in the Ladusau-Evans Chapel, with Rev Gail Edmison officiating. The family requests the practice of social distancing and masks. Burial will follow in Memorial Park Cemetery, under the direction of Ladusau-Evans Funeral Home. The family will be at the funeral home to receive friends on Thursday from 6:30-7:30 pm. Aletha was born November 27, 1931, in Salina, Oklahoma, to Oscar B. and Thelma Grey Morgan and passed away January 2, 2022, in Enid. She graduated from Drummond High School. Following graduation, Eldon and Aletha were acquainted through siblings, which resulted in 69 wonderful years of marriage. They were married on November 18, 1951. They farmed, ranched and ran a dairy, all while raising four children, southwest of Enid. Later in life, Aletha worked at England's Clothing and Oklahoma Floral. She was the woman recipient of the 1969 Garfield County Agricultural Hall of Fame. Aletha also received the 1998 Garfield County Heart of Family and Community Education Award. As a sixty-five year member of Imo Neighbors OHCE Club, she held every club office multiple times. She held many county OHCE offices, including president, and served on state committees. Aletha taught tailoring and sewing classes through the OHCE county office. Judging county fairs extensively throughout N.W. and Central Oklahoma was a passion of hers. She participated in various capacities with the Garfield County Fair as a participant and as a superintendent. For many years, Aletha served on the Garfield County election board. She volunteered for many local agricultural organizations, 4-H leader, FFA supporter and was a member of Rural Rotary. Aletha was a member of the First United Methodist Church and Cowboy Church. Aletha's thoughts and kind gestures demonstrated her love of family, friends, neighbors, and life. No sewing tasks were too small, large, simple or complicated for such an accomplished seamstress. She loved having her children, grandchildren and extended family and friends participate in the daily activities of life on the farm. Her chocolate chip cookies and Harvest meat sandwiches were always in demand. She could sling a bale of hay, milk a cow, wring a chicken's neck, and deliver the first load of wheat to the elevator. As a dedicated sports fan and supporter of her children and grandchildren, attending events was a grand pleasure. During Eldon and Aletha's 69 years of marriage, they square-danced, two-stepped, rodeoed, and enjoyed horse and buggy rides in local parades. Aletha is survived by her daughter, Joyce [Everett] Hildebrand; sons, Dennis [Sharon] Craig, James Craig, all of Enid, David [Lizann] Craig of Okarche; grandchildren, Kyle, Michael, Chase, Maddie, Austin and Mallory; and seven great grandchildren; as well as a host of extended family and friends. She is preceded in death by her parents; husband, Eldon; sister, Jean Boedeker; brothers, Buford Morgan and Jerry Morgan. Memorial donations may be made to Garfield County OHCE Scholarship Fund or Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation Dementia Division, with Ladusau-Evans serving as custodian of the funds. Condolences to the family may be made and services viewed online at ladusauevans.com |
© Anderson~Burris Funeral Home Enid, Oklahoma April 1993 April 22, 1911 ~ April 25, 1993 Leroy Craig, of Enid, OK was born in Oakland, CA on March 26, 1943. Lee passed away on January 19, 2025 at OU Medical Center, OKC, following injuries he sustained during an MVA on Jan 14 in Enid. Lee lived his first 20 years in the Bay Area, attending several different high schools. He wasn't a big fan of school and loved running around with his buddies on the streets of San Francisco. Lee decided to join the Navy in the spring of 1963 where he was able to live in Hawaii and learned how to surf. After serving 2 years he visited his sister and brother in law in Alva, OK and decided to stay there and start work in 1965. That summer he met his one and only bride, Carolyn Graves of Alva. They wed just shortly after she graduated high school in June of 1966. The couple called Alva and Tulsa home in the first few years but eventually settled in Enid in 1972. To this marriage they added 3 children, Steven, Kimberly and Chrystal. While in Enid he worked at Champlain Refinery for over 13 years before they closed permanently in 1984. Over the next several years he would work at various jobs around Enid finally retiring from Lowe's in 2007. Lee enjoyed fishing and hunting for quail but mostly enjoyed watching NASCAR and watching everything his grandkids were involved in. Lee would eventually be a grandpa to 12 grandkids and 7 great grandkids at the time of his passing. Lee is survived by his 3 children Steven and wife Cristina of Enid, Kimberly Moore and Michael of Yantis, TX, and Chrystal Hamblin of Pondcreek. Grandkids; Haley Thompson and Logan of Crestview, FL; Matthew Craig and wife Maddie of OKC; Keely Moore of Tyler, TX; Garrett Craig of Edmond; Kacey Chicas and Andy of Sulphur Springs, TX; Alijah Lewis and Harmony of Enid; Ryan Craig of Enid, OK; Ella Moore of Tyler, TX; Alyssa Craig of Enid; Savannah Hamblin of Stillwater; Layla Hamblin of Pondcreek and Maisie Hamblin also of Pondcreek. Great grandkids are Naomi, Wesley, Thea and Emmitt Craig of OKC; Dean and Ronan Thompson of Crestview, FL and Esme Chicas of Sulphur Springs, TX. Lee was preceded in death by his mother Josephine Sheppard, and his two sisters Shirley Wheat and Rose Mary Romano. A celebration of life service for Lee Craig will be held 10:00 AM, Thursday, January 23, 2025 at Emmanual Enid Chapel, with burial to follow in Memorial Park Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be Wednesday evening 5:00 PM to 6:00 PM at Anderson-Burris Funeral Home. Memorials may be made through Anderson-Burris Funeral Home to the Mental Health Association of Oklahoma. |
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