Craig, Rex

1924 - 1989  (65 years)

• Name	Craig, Rex
  Birth	14 Feb 1924	Monroe County, Kentuck   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Reference Number	CRAI.R002
  _FGRAVE	114016021
  Military Service	World War II, Private First Class, United States Army  [2]
  Death	18 Nov 1989	Douglas Jarman Hospital, Tuscola, Douglas County, Illinois   [1, 3]
  Burial	Newman Cemetery, Newman, Douglas County, Illinois   [1]
  		Headstone, Craig, Rex
  		Headstone, Craig, Rex and Willma
  Person ID	I29903	Carl Wayne Gray Research
  Last Modified	30 Jun 2024

  
  

  Family	Wilcoxon, Wilma Mae,   b. 1 Feb 1926, Douglas County, Illinois d. 11 Feb 2013, Champaign County Nursing Home, Urbana, Champaign County, Illinois (Age 87 years)
  Children	1. Craig, G. + 2. Craig, Charles 'Ed',   b. 18 Nov 1946, Tuscola, Douglas County, Illinois d. 12 Jan 2009, Clay County Hospital, Flora, Clay County, Illinois (Age 62 years)
  Family ID	F12632	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	31 Jan 2023

  
  

• Event Map

  Burial - - Newman Cemetery, Newman, Douglas County, Illinois  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Rex Craig, 65, of Newman died at 7:24 a.m. Saturday (Nov. 18, 1989) at Douglas Jarman Hospital, Tuscola. Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Monday at Joines Funeral Home, Newman, the Rev. Tim Staker officiating. Burial will be in Newman Cemetery. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home. Mr. Craig was born Feb. 14, 1924, in Monroe County, Kentucky, a son of Witt and Rosie Payne Craig. He married Wilma Wilcoxon in 1946 at Newman. She survives. Also surviving are two sons, Ed Craig of Clay City and Gary Craig of St. Joseph; five grandchildren; a brother, Paul Craig of Urbana; and four sisters, Hazel Demerius, Alene Bennett and Inez Goddard, all of Champaign, and Judy Bell of Eugene, Ore. He was preceded in death by his parents and a sister. Mr. Craig was a World War II veteran and a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars post in Villa Grove. Obituary published in the Champaign-Urbana News-Gazette.

  
  

• Sources

  [S16035] (Reliability: 2). [S8960] (Reliability: 2). [S8961] (Reliability: 2).