Hazel Craig

Hazel Craig GOREVILLE-Hazel Craig, 85, of Goreville passed away at 4:30 AM, Friday, June 30, 2006 at Herrin Hospital. Funeral services will be held at 3:00 PM, Sunday, July 2, 2006 at the Blue Funeral Home in Goreville with Reverend C.E. Sullivan and Reverend Richard Pearce officiating. Visitation will be after 5:00 PM, Saturday, July 1, 2006 at the funeral home. Burial will be at Busby Cemetery in Goreville. Mrs. Craig was born September 1, 1920 in Goreville, Illinois to Earl and Stella (Thomas) Perry. She married Omer Craig on August 23, 1938 in Jackson, Missouri; together they shared 65 years of marriage until his death on November 3, 2003. Survivors include son and daughter-in-law, Mike and Lily Craig of Goreville; daughter and son-in-law, Sandy and Tom Lively of Goreville; grandchildren, Gina and Terry Phalin, David and Angie Craig and Shane and Amanda Clark; great grandchildren, Charity and Tyler Pearce, Caleb Phalin, Elisha Craig and Kelli Craig; sisters and brothers-in-law, Bonnie and Bill Tinsley of Bixby, Oklahoma and Shirley and Louie Hollis of Goreville; brother and sister-in-law, Clarence and Shirley Perry of Goreville; and several nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband; and three brothers, Ralph, Bill and Bob Perry. Mrs. Craig was a member of Lick Creek Pentecostal Church. She was a homemaker, mother and grandmother. She loved to sit on her porch and talk to her neighbors. She enjoyed sitting and listening to her grandkids, “The Picking Pennies”.