Aaron Craig was born 10 December 1896 in Central City, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky.
He died 21 July 1943 in Christian County, Kentucky.
Burial was at Sikeston Memorial Park in New Madrid County, Missouri.
Bertha May Lincecum Craig was born 11 November 1899 in Allenville, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri.
She died 14 January 1979 in Delta, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri.
Burial was at Sikeston Memorial Park in New Madrid County, Missouri.
Aaron, son of Azro Thomas Craig (d. 1932) and his second wife Mary Etta Hurst, was a member of the American Legion and a veteran of World War I. About six months before his 23rd birthday, Aaron and Bertha were married in Cape Girardeau County, Missouri. This couple would have 8 children:
- Lucille (1920-1935)
- Marvin A. (1922-1984)
- Howard C. (1923-1996)
- Glen A. (1926-1980)
- Alene E. (1929-2018)
- Richard Lee (1932-1932)
- Calvan (1937-1937)
- Alvin (1937-1937)
The Southern Graves blog has a short write-up about the four children who did not live to adulthood: Blodgett Cemetery Holds Four Craig Children.
Aaron actually died at a pretty young age himself -- just 46 years. Immediate cause of death was noted on his final vital record as Tb. pul. chr. far adv. active. I translate that as "active advanced chronic pulmonary tuberculosis." Aaron took his last breath not long after noon on a summer day at the Veterans Administration Facility in Outwood, Kentucky. He had been a patient there for a little over a month.
