Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: MONDAY, September 27, 1993 TAG: 9309270209
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: C-2 EDITION: METRO
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DATELINE: BLACKSBURG LENGTH: Short
OBIT CRAIG, LT. COL. RETIRED ROBERT JEAN
CRAIG, Lt. Col. Retired Robert Jean, 72, of Blacksburg, died Sunday,
September 26, 1993, at the Virginia Veterans Care Center, Salem. Mr. Craig was
a native of North Carolina, born on October 30, 1920, to the late Edward and
Nancy Sandlin Craig. He was an Army Veteran with 25 years of service and was
retired from the Industrial Engineering Department at VA Tech. Surviving are
his wife, Ruth Desoe Craig; one son, Mark Sandlin Craig of Atlanta, Ga.; one
daughter and son-in-law, Lee Ann C. and George H. Ellis; a granddaughter,
Gretchen Lee Ellis, all of Blacksburg; one sister, Nancy Faye Craig of
Wrightsville Beach, N.C.; one brother and sister-in-law, Edward and Margaret
Craig of Atlanta, Ga. Funeral services will be held Tuesday, September 28, at
10 a.m. at the Blacksburg Christians Fellowship Church. Dr. David Kingston
will officiate. Interment will follow in Westview Cemetery. The family will
receive friends Monday from 7 to 9 p.m. at McCoy Funeral Home.
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