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Helen Arlene <I>Blue</I> Craig

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Helen Arlene Blue Craig

Birth
Ponca City, Kay County, Oklahoma, USA
Death
10 Oct 2004 (aged 82)
Macon, Bibb County, Georgia, USA
Burial
Quincy, Gadsden County, Florida, USA GPS-Latitude: 30.5952, Longitude: -84.5923801
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QUINCY - Helen Arlene Blue Craig, 82, who retired from Craig Oil Co., died Sunday, Oct. 10, 2004, in Macon, Ga, after an extended illness with Alzheimer's disease.

The service will be at 2 p.m. EDT Thursday at First Baptist Church of Quincy, with a private burial at Hillcrest Cemetery.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Alzheimer's Resource Center, P.O. Box 3553, Tallahassee, FL 32315. McClellan Funeral Home is handling arrangements.

She was born Aug. 11, 1922, to John Emerson and Alta Emma Blue in Ponca City, Okla. She grew up in Wichita, Kan., where she met and married her loving husband of 50 years, Marion Edward Craig.

They moved in 1956 to Quincy, where they retired as owners of Craig Oil Co. She was a member of First Baptist Church in Quincy.

After moving to Tallahassee in 1996, she became a member of Celebration Baptist Church. A devoted servant of God, Mrs. Craig brought joy, hope and faith to all she met.

They will all lovingly remember her as their "Nanny." She was preceded in death in 1995 by her husband.

Published in Tallahassee Democrat on October 12, 2004
QUINCY - Helen Arlene Blue Craig, 82, who retired from Craig Oil Co., died Sunday, Oct. 10, 2004, in Macon, Ga, after an extended illness with Alzheimer's disease.

The service will be at 2 p.m. EDT Thursday at First Baptist Church of Quincy, with a private burial at Hillcrest Cemetery.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Alzheimer's Resource Center, P.O. Box 3553, Tallahassee, FL 32315. McClellan Funeral Home is handling arrangements.

She was born Aug. 11, 1922, to John Emerson and Alta Emma Blue in Ponca City, Okla. She grew up in Wichita, Kan., where she met and married her loving husband of 50 years, Marion Edward Craig.

They moved in 1956 to Quincy, where they retired as owners of Craig Oil Co. She was a member of First Baptist Church in Quincy.

After moving to Tallahassee in 1996, she became a member of Celebration Baptist Church. A devoted servant of God, Mrs. Craig brought joy, hope and faith to all she met.

They will all lovingly remember her as their "Nanny." She was preceded in death in 1995 by her husband.

Published in Tallahassee Democrat on October 12, 2004


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