Raymond C. Craig (Bolivar)'s Obituary
Raymond Clifford Craig was born January 19, 1933 to Harry Franklin and Lettie Grace Craig, and died September 22, 2020 at his home in Paris, Texas.
Raymond married Retha Rosalie Robertson on July 12th, 1951 in Winsor, Missouri. He joined the U.S. Air Force in September 1951 and retired with an honorable discharge in September 1971. Upon joining the service, he became an aircraft mechanic, and at the time of his retirement, he was NCOIC of quality control at March Air Force Base in southern California. After the service he returned to Winsor, Missouri and then moved to Morrisville, Missouri. Due to health reasons in October of 2018, he and Rosalie moved to assisted living in Paris, Texas until his passing. Raymond loved the outdoors, fishing, hunting deer, and sitting on the porch watching the world go by. He loved to hunt with his son Tim, where he usually just sat and did some son and father talking, never taking a shot at any deer.
Raymond is preceded in death by his parents, Harry and Lettie Craig, a sister, Dorothy Ivey; a brother, Robert Earl Craig; and a great-great-grandson Jaxon Allen.
He is survived by Rosalie, his loving wife of 69 years, son Raymond Timothy Craig and significant other Pamela Holt; his grandkids, Rachel and Kendal Chitwood of Lebanon, Missouri, Raymond Timothy Craig, II, of Springfield, Missouri; great-grandkids, Wyatt and Noah Chitwood, Theresa and Ray Booker; great-great-grandson, Liam of Wamego, Kansas, Donavan and Jacquelyn Allen, great-great-grandson Oliver of Tulsa, Oklahoma, Skylor Morse of Kountze, Texas, Brittney Craig of Florence, South Carolina, and Anthony of Springfield, Missouri.
Graveside services will be Tuesday, Sept. 29 at 1 p.m. at Hartley Cemetery in Cedar County, Missouri. There will be no visitation.
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