Obituary: Valgene Craig
</element><element id="paragraph-1" type="body"><![CDATA[Valgene Craig, 83, of 402 Oak St., Carrier Mills, died at 9:15 a.m. Saturday, June 16, 2012, at the Carrier Mills Nursing Home.
Funeral services will be held 11 a.m. Thursday, June 21, 2012, at Walnut Grove Baptist Church near New Burnside. Visitation will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, June 20, 2012, at Felty Funeral Home in Carrier Mills. Burial will be in the Salem Cemetery near Carrier Mills with military rites by the Carrier Mills American Legion, Harrisburg American Legion and the National Guard Ritual team. The Rev. Jim Holderfield and the Rev. Bud McDannel will officiate. Memorials may be made to the Walnut Grove Baptist Church; envelopes will be available at the funeral home.
Valgene was born on Oct. 3, 1928, in Stonefort to the late Paul Wendell and Elizabeth Inez (Slayden) Craig.
He married the former Ludene Deaton on Jan. 6, 1953, and she survives.
He retired after 44 years of service from the I.C. Railroad where he worked as a purchasing agent.
He served his country in the U.S. Army during the Korean War, was a member of the Stonefort American Legion, Stonefort Masonic Lodge and a member of the Walnut Grove Baptist Church.
He was an avid fisherman and loved bee keeping with his brother, Fred; but his greatest pleasure of all was the time he spent his wife, his children and his grandchildren.
He is survived by his wife, Ludene Craig of Carrier Mills; three daughters, Mia (John) Hughes, Mary (John) Pritchett and Myra (Bryan) Absher all of Bedford, Ind.; a brother, Fred Craig of Stonefort; six grandchildren and two stepgrandchildren, Mitchell Osborne, Matthew Peterson, Nathan Hughes, Morgan Hughes, Taylor Pritchett, Alex Pritchett, Austin Absher and Connor Absher; two sisters-in-laws, Juanita McCormick and Ladora Deaton; brother-in-law, James L. (Shirley) Deaton; and several nieces, nephews, cousins and other family members and friends.
To send a personal condolence or to sign the guestbook you may view the obituary page at the Internet site: www.feltyfuneralhome.com.