Dallas Craig stepped into the arms of his Savior on Friday, June 8, 2012, at the grand age of 94 years. Dallas was born on February 18, 1918, to Clay and Laura Craig.
He was a member of the First Baptist Church in Hallsville. He retired from Shipper Car Line, currently ACF Industries.
Funeral Services will be a Rader Funeral Home Chapel on Tuesday, June 12, at 2:00 PM. Chaplin Richard Pruitt will officiate. Burial will follow in Hallsville Cemetery . Visitation will be at Rader's from 6-8 PM on Monday night, June 11.
Dallas was a man of many talents. He was a craftsman who could create practically anything. If anything broke, he could fix it. He was an accomplished musician, playing the mandolin, guitar, and his favorite, the steel guitar. He played with the Sunshine Boys on the radio. He raised cattle and gave every single one of them a strange, unusual name. He was still mowing his own yard, until he suffered a stroke at the age of 93 years. He still lived on his parents' land and valued every inch of it. He loved Hallsville and East Texas . He once built a travel trailer and he and his wife traveled to Colorado to see Pike's Peak . Upon seeing the peak, he turned to her and said, "Okay, we've seen it, and I want to be back in Hallsville sometime tonight." The trailer then was parked in the back yard to become the most glorious playhouse five little granddaughters ever had.
Dallas believed in being thrifty, never throwing anything away because someday he might find a use for it. He fashioned unusual bluebird houses on the tops of fence posts using old bottles and cans or whatever was on hand. He was recycling before recycling was popular.
Dallas was a man of few words and deep thoughts. His mind was always busy with wonderful, creative thoughts. He never spoke badly of his fellowman. If he couldn't say something good, he said nothing at all.
He taught his son to value creating things and working with his hands. From a very early age, his son was always involved with him in a father-son project of some kind. Dallas strived to teach his only son how to be self sufficient and value hard work. He once dismantled his car and left his son to figure out how to reassemble it. Together they built riding lawn mowers, bicycles, and much, much more. One of their favorite projects was the building of two motorbikes which they decided to ride in a father-son race. They collided and Dallas came away with several broken ribs.
Dallas Craig died as he lived, quietly and without fanfare. He simply went to sleep.
He was preceded in death by his wife of 70 years, Mary Lou Craig. He was also preceded in death by his two sisters and three brothers.
He is survived by his son, Roy Wayne Craig and daughter-in-law, Neta of Hallsville; granddaughters, Sherry Moore of Mineola, Lori Casale of Las Vegas, Nevada, Lisa McKnight of Timpson, Jill Buchanan of Hallsville, and Wendy Mixon of Hallsville. He is also survived by six great-grandaughters, Maghan Cano, Miranda Moore, Brooke Buchanan, Raney Bryant, Kylee Mixon, Great-grandsons are Judd Moore, Dalton Buchanan, Logan McClung, Slade McKnight, Trace McKnight, and Landon Bryant.
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He was a member of the First Baptist Church in Hallsville. He retired from Shipper Car Line, currently ACF Industries.
Funeral Services will be a Rader Funeral Home Chapel on Tuesday, June 12, at 2:00 PM. Chaplin Richard Pruitt will officiate. Burial will follow in Hallsville Cemetery . Visitation will be at Rader's from 6-8 PM on Monday night, June 11.
Dallas was a man of many talents. He was a craftsman who could create practically anything. If anything broke, he could fix it. He was an accomplished musician, playing the mandolin, guitar, and his favorite, the steel guitar. He played with the Sunshine Boys on the radio. He raised cattle and gave every single one of them a strange, unusual name. He was still mowing his own yard, until he suffered a stroke at the age of 93 years. He still lived on his parents' land and valued every inch of it. He loved Hallsville and East Texas . He once built a travel trailer and he and his wife traveled to Colorado to see Pike's Peak . Upon seeing the peak, he turned to her and said, "Okay, we've seen it, and I want to be back in Hallsville sometime tonight." The trailer then was parked in the back yard to become the most glorious playhouse five little granddaughters ever had.
Dallas believed in being thrifty, never throwing anything away because someday he might find a use for it. He fashioned unusual bluebird houses on the tops of fence posts using old bottles and cans or whatever was on hand. He was recycling before recycling was popular.
Dallas was a man of few words and deep thoughts. His mind was always busy with wonderful, creative thoughts. He never spoke badly of his fellowman. If he couldn't say something good, he said nothing at all.
He taught his son to value creating things and working with his hands. From a very early age, his son was always involved with him in a father-son project of some kind. Dallas strived to teach his only son how to be self sufficient and value hard work. He once dismantled his car and left his son to figure out how to reassemble it. Together they built riding lawn mowers, bicycles, and much, much more. One of their favorite projects was the building of two motorbikes which they decided to ride in a father-son race. They collided and Dallas came away with several broken ribs.
Dallas Craig died as he lived, quietly and without fanfare. He simply went to sleep.
He was preceded in death by his wife of 70 years, Mary Lou Craig. He was also preceded in death by his two sisters and three brothers.
He is survived by his son, Roy Wayne Craig and daughter-in-law, Neta of Hallsville; granddaughters, Sherry Moore of Mineola, Lori Casale of Las Vegas, Nevada, Lisa McKnight of Timpson, Jill Buchanan of Hallsville, and Wendy Mixon of Hallsville. He is also survived by six great-grandaughters, Maghan Cano, Miranda Moore, Brooke Buchanan, Raney Bryant, Kylee Mixon, Great-grandsons are Judd Moore, Dalton Buchanan, Logan McClung, Slade McKnight, Trace McKnight, and Landon Bryant.
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Dallas Craig stepped into the arms of his Savior on Friday, June 8, 2012, at the grand age of 94 years. Dallas was born on February 18, 1918, to Clay and Laura Craig.
He was a member of the First Baptist Church in Hallsville. He retired from Shipper Car Line, currently ACF Industries.
Funeral Services will be a Rader Funeral Home Chapel on Tuesday, June 12, at 2:00 PM. Chaplin Richard Pruitt will officiate. Burial will follow in Hallsville Cemetery . Visitation will be at Rader's from 6-8 PM on Monday night, June 11.
Dallas was a man of many talents. He was a craftsman who could create practically anything. If anything broke, he could fix it. He was an accomplished musician, playing the mandolin, guitar, and his favorite, the steel guitar. He played with the Sunshine Boys on the radio. He raised cattle and gave every single one of them a strange, unusual name. He was still mowing his own yard, until he suffered a stroke at the age of 93 years. He still lived on his parents' land and valued every inch of it. He loved Hallsville and East Texas . He once built a travel trailer and he and his wife traveled to Colorado to see Pike's Peak . Upon seeing the peak, he turned to her and said, "Okay, we've seen it, and I want to be back in Hallsville sometime tonight." The trailer then was parked in the back yard to become the most glorious playhouse five little granddaughters ever had.
Dallas believed in being thrifty, never throwing anything away because someday he might find a use for it. He fashioned unusual bluebird houses on the tops of fence posts using old bottles and cans or whatever was on hand. He was recycling before recycling was popular.
Dallas was a man of few words and deep thoughts. His mind was always busy with wonderful, creative thoughts. He never spoke badly of his fellowman. If he couldn't say something good, he said nothing at all.
He taught his son to value creating things and working with his hands. From a very early age, his son was always involved with him in a father-son project of some kind. Dallas strived to teach his only son how to be self sufficient and value hard work. He once dismantled his car and left his son to figure out how to reassemble it. Together they built riding lawn mowers, bicycles, and much, much more. One of their favorite projects was the building of two motorbikes which they decided to ride in a father-son race. They collided and Dallas came away with several broken ribs.
Dallas Craig died as he lived, quietly and without fanfare. He simply went to sleep.
He was preceded in death by his wife of 70 years, Mary Lou Craig. He was also preceded in death by his two sisters and three brothers.
He is survived by his son, Roy Wayne Craig and daughter-in-law, Neta of Hallsville; granddaughters, Sherry Moore of Mineola, Lori Casale of Las Vegas, Nevada, Lisa McKnight of Timpson, Jill Buchanan of Hallsville, and Wendy Mixon of Hallsville. He is also survived by six great-grandaughters, Maghan Cano, Miranda Moore, Brooke Buchanan, Raney Bryant, Kylee Mixon, Great-grandsons are Judd Moore, Dalton Buchanan, Logan McClung, Slade McKnight, Trace McKnight, and Landon Bryant.
Rader Funeral Home
He was a member of the First Baptist Church in Hallsville. He retired from Shipper Car Line, currently ACF Industries.
Funeral Services will be a Rader Funeral Home Chapel on Tuesday, June 12, at 2:00 PM. Chaplin Richard Pruitt will officiate. Burial will follow in Hallsville Cemetery . Visitation will be at Rader's from 6-8 PM on Monday night, June 11.
Dallas was a man of many talents. He was a craftsman who could create practically anything. If anything broke, he could fix it. He was an accomplished musician, playing the mandolin, guitar, and his favorite, the steel guitar. He played with the Sunshine Boys on the radio. He raised cattle and gave every single one of them a strange, unusual name. He was still mowing his own yard, until he suffered a stroke at the age of 93 years. He still lived on his parents' land and valued every inch of it. He loved Hallsville and East Texas . He once built a travel trailer and he and his wife traveled to Colorado to see Pike's Peak . Upon seeing the peak, he turned to her and said, "Okay, we've seen it, and I want to be back in Hallsville sometime tonight." The trailer then was parked in the back yard to become the most glorious playhouse five little granddaughters ever had.
Dallas believed in being thrifty, never throwing anything away because someday he might find a use for it. He fashioned unusual bluebird houses on the tops of fence posts using old bottles and cans or whatever was on hand. He was recycling before recycling was popular.
Dallas was a man of few words and deep thoughts. His mind was always busy with wonderful, creative thoughts. He never spoke badly of his fellowman. If he couldn't say something good, he said nothing at all.
He taught his son to value creating things and working with his hands. From a very early age, his son was always involved with him in a father-son project of some kind. Dallas strived to teach his only son how to be self sufficient and value hard work. He once dismantled his car and left his son to figure out how to reassemble it. Together they built riding lawn mowers, bicycles, and much, much more. One of their favorite projects was the building of two motorbikes which they decided to ride in a father-son race. They collided and Dallas came away with several broken ribs.
Dallas Craig died as he lived, quietly and without fanfare. He simply went to sleep.
He was preceded in death by his wife of 70 years, Mary Lou Craig. He was also preceded in death by his two sisters and three brothers.
He is survived by his son, Roy Wayne Craig and daughter-in-law, Neta of Hallsville; granddaughters, Sherry Moore of Mineola, Lori Casale of Las Vegas, Nevada, Lisa McKnight of Timpson, Jill Buchanan of Hallsville, and Wendy Mixon of Hallsville. He is also survived by six great-grandaughters, Maghan Cano, Miranda Moore, Brooke Buchanan, Raney Bryant, Kylee Mixon, Great-grandsons are Judd Moore, Dalton Buchanan, Logan McClung, Slade McKnight, Trace McKnight, and Landon Bryant.
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