CRAIG, Pierce L.
THE LAUDERDALE COUNTY ENTERPRISE, FRIDAY JANUARY 22, 1932
DEATH–Mrs. Pierce L. CRAIG, daughter of the late Mr. & Mrs. Terrell THOMPSON, fell asleep in Jesus Sunday evening, January 17, 1932, at the home of Mr. & Mrs. James KLUTTS, with whom she made her home for the past few years. She was born December 17, 1868. She was the widow of Edward S. CRAIG, to whom she was married in April, 1888. Mrs. CRAIG was the mother of 13 children, nine of whom preceded her in death. She is survived by four children: Charles CRAIG and James Porter CRAIG, both of Jackson, Miss. ; Mrs. H. J. MANESS and Mrs. James KLUTTS, both of Mary’s Chapel; nineteen grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. G. W. STYERS and Mrs. W. H. BICKERS; and a number of neices, nephews and other relatives and friends. She professed faith in Christ and joined the Baptist church early in life, and at death was a member of Mary’s Chapel Baptist Church. She was a kind and loving mother and a good neighbor, and the esteem in which she was held was shown by the large crowd that attended the funeral which was conducted by Rev. Olin GREEN, of Ripley, at Mary’s Chapel church. Interment in church cemetery.