Harry Tatum Craft, 73, of Charlottesville died Monday, January 24, 1994, in a local hospital. Born August 13, 1920, in Clifton Forge, he was the son of the late Philip Eakin Craft and Lucy Naomi Dollman Craft.
Mr. Craft was retired from the Virginia Highway Research Council serving as editor in the information office. He attended the University of Virginia and was a member of the John C. Cullen Post #1827 V.F.W., the National Transportation Research Board. He was a U.S. Army veteran having served in the Army Air Corps during World War II.
He is survived by his wife, Margaret Stone Craft of Charlottesville; two sons, Harry T. Craft, Jr. and his wife, Kimberly Powell Craft, of Waynesboro, Michael Craft of Richmond; two sisters, Mrs. Goldie Stephens of Richmond, Mrs. Ruth Drewry of Covington, Kentucky; two brothers, Hugh Wesley Craft and Dennis Kirkwood Craft, both of Roanoke; and one granddaughter, Elizabeth Burch Craft.
A Funeral Service will be conducted at 1 p.m. Wednesday at Hill and Wood Funeral Chapel with Dr. Edward Freeman and the Rev. Robert Wheeler officiating. Interment will follow in
Monticello Memory Gardens.
The Daily Progress, Charlottesville, Virginia
Tuesday, January 25, 1994
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AKA Benjamin Harrison Craft (birth name). Changed his name later in life to Harry Tatum Craft.
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Contributed by Carol #47729120
Harry Tatum Craft, 73, of Charlottesville died Monday, January 24, 1994, in a local hospital. Born August 13, 1920, in Clifton Forge, he was the son of the late Philip Eakin Craft and Lucy Naomi Dollman Craft.
Mr. Craft was retired from the Virginia Highway Research Council serving as editor in the information office. He attended the University of Virginia and was a member of the John C. Cullen Post #1827 V.F.W., the National Transportation Research Board. He was a U.S. Army veteran having served in the Army Air Corps during World War II.
He is survived by his wife, Margaret Stone Craft of Charlottesville; two sons, Harry T. Craft, Jr. and his wife, Kimberly Powell Craft, of Waynesboro, Michael Craft of Richmond; two sisters, Mrs. Goldie Stephens of Richmond, Mrs. Ruth Drewry of Covington, Kentucky; two brothers, Hugh Wesley Craft and Dennis Kirkwood Craft, both of Roanoke; and one granddaughter, Elizabeth Burch Craft.
A Funeral Service will be conducted at 1 p.m. Wednesday at Hill and Wood Funeral Chapel with Dr. Edward Freeman and the Rev. Robert Wheeler officiating. Interment will follow in
Monticello Memory Gardens.
The Daily Progress, Charlottesville, Virginia
Tuesday, January 25, 1994
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AKA Benjamin Harrison Craft (birth name). Changed his name later in life to Harry Tatum Craft.
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Contributed by Carol #47729120
Family Members
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Mary Virginia Craft Craft
1903–1969
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Katherine Elinor "Kitty" Craft Layne
1905–1979
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Philip Jackson Craft
1907–1977
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Goldie Mae Craft Stephens
1909–1995
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Lois Betz Craft Harris
1911–1987
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Ruth Naomi Craft Drewry
1912–1995
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Thalia Lucille "Bootsy" Craft Biscoe
1914 – unknown
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SSGT Hugh Wesley "Bill" Craft
1916–1999
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Corp Dennis Kirkwood "Doc" Craft
1918–2000
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Stanley "Buddy" Craft
1924–1940