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Mary Frances Craghead Or Craighead
Female 1905 - 2010

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  • Birth  1905  , Callaway, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender  Female 
    Obituary  12 Sep 2010  Fulton, Callaway, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Maupin Funeral Home obituary 
    • Mary Frances Craighead, age 104, of Fulton, Missouri, passed away at Fulton Manor on Sunday, September 12, 2010. She was born December 23, 1905, in Fulton, Missouri, the daughter of the late Clarence and Susie Lamar Craighead.

      She will be sadly missed and lovingly remembered by; one sister-in-law, Margaret Craighead of Fulton, Missouri; nieces and nephews, David Craighead, Rachel Salmons and husband, Randy, John Craighead and wife, Janice, all of Fulton, Missouri, Bob Books and wife, Mary Beth of Williamsburg, Missouri, Willene Overfelt and husband, Bob, of Auxvasse, Missouri, Ann Murray and husband, Russ, of Louisiana, Missouri, Jean Books of St. Louis, Missouri, Lois Craighead of Springfield, Missouri, Roger Schneekloth and wife, Chic, of the state of South Dakota, Dave Schneekloth and wife, Dorothy, of the state of Colorado, Bob Schneekloth and wife, Gwen, of the state of Montana, Sue Metuliv and husband, Chuck, and Mary Robinson of the state of Washington; thirty great-nieces and nephews, forty-one great great nieces and nephews, and three great, great, great nieces and nephews. Her parents, an unnamed infant brother, two brothers, David Lamar Craighead and Clayton Sunday Craighead, two sisters, Jewell Crockett Schneekloth and Clara Kerr Books and one great niece, Ashley Books, preceded her in death.

      "Miss Mary" began teaching school at age seventeen with ten hours of college credit. During the summers, she attended Kirksville State Teacher's College and University of Missouri, Columbia, where she eventually earned a Bachelor of Education degree. Her teaching career included five years in Montana and thirty-two years at the Lamar School of Callaway County. After forty-eight years, she retired from the Hatton McCredie School in 1971.

      She was a member of Ebenezer Baptist Church in Fulton, Missouri, where she taught Sunday School, Bible School and was active in the Woman's Missionary Society. She was a 4-H leader for many years and also belonged to the Missouri Retired Teacher's Association.

      Funeral services will be 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, Septmeber 18, 2010, at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Fulton, Missouri, with Reverend W.D. Lockhart officiating. Visitation will be from 9:00 a.m. until the time of service on Saturday at the church. Interment will be at Dunlap Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to the Ebenezer Church or to the Donor's Choice.
    _STAT  Never Married 
    Died  12 Sep 2010  Fulton, Callaway, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried  18 Sep 2010  Dunlap Private Cemetery, , Callaway, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID  I5981  Herring Family of Callaway County, Missouri
    Last Modified  16 Jan 2011 
     
    Father  Clarence R. Craghead Or Craighead,   b. 12 Jan 1871, , Callaway, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Apr 1955, Fulton, Callaway, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother  Susie K. Lamar,   b. 11 Jul 1875, Fulton, Callaway, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Jul 1946, Mexico, Audrain, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married  15 Sep 1897  , Callaway, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID  F1385  Group Sheet
     
  • Notes 
    • Mary Francis Craighead graduated from Fulton High School and did her college work at Northeast Missouri State Teachers' college and the University of Missouri - Columbia. She taught school for 48 years, All in Callaway except the last years in Montana. All of the teaching was in rural schools, except the last six years at Hatton-McCredie. She taught 32 of those years at Lamar School.
      Mary Francis and her brother Clayton Craighead lived on a farm in the Ebenezer neighborhood, Calwood Township, which was purchased by their parents in 1910. Neither married.
     
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    Link to Google MapsBirth - 1905 - , Callaway, Missouri, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsObituary - Maupin Funeral Home obituary - 12 Sep 2010 - Fulton, Callaway, Missouri, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 12 Sep 2010 - Fulton, Callaway, Missouri, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - 18 Sep 2010 - Dunlap Private Cemetery, , Callaway, Missouri, USA Link to Google Earth
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