John Russel Craighead and Merle Love Headstone Photo, Hillcrest Cemetery

John Russel Craighead, July 15, 1908 - Nov. 19, 1997. Merle Love Craighead, Apr. 9, 1908 - Dec. 12, 1985. John Russel Craighead was a son of Lydia M. Carrington and Roy L. Craghead. He was a grandson of Nathaniel Dillard Carrington and Eliza S. Herring, and, John F. Craghead and Martha L. Brooks. Russel Craighead was my 1st cousin once removed through his maternal line and my 4th cousin 2 times removed through his paternal line. On June 30, 1930 in Callaway Co., Missouri, he married Merle Love. She was a daughter of Edgar Love and Anna D. Hunt. She was a granddaughter of Charles N. Love and Lucinda D. Love, and, Stephen Hunt and Mary A. English.