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DATE: TUESDAY, October 19, 1993                   TAG: 9310190212
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: C-2   EDITION: METRO 
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DATELINE: MONTVALE                                LENGTH: Short


OBIT CRAIG, ALVIN GARLAND

CRAIG, Alvin Garland, 73, of Route 1, Montvale, died Sunday, October 17, 1993, at his residence. He was born in Bedford County on May 2, 1920, a son of the late James Alvin Craig and Martha Price Cofer Craig. He was a member of Walnut Grove Union Church; and a veteran of World War II. He was preceded in death by a brother, Homer Craig; two sisters, Virginia Dawson and Randolph Craig. He is survived by his wife, Lorene Craig; one son, Glen Craig, Montvale; seven daughters, Jean Dudley, Martha Shepherd, Sue Lawrence, Sandra Hunziker, all of Montvale, Joyce Natschke, Phoenix, Ariz., Anita Simmons, Buchanan, Cindy Benson, Radford; one brother, Edward Jackson Craig, Montvale; 27 grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren, also many loved sons-in-law and a daughter-in-law. A funeral service will be held 11 a.m. Wednesday, October 20, 1993, at the Walnut Grove Union Church with the Rev. Elmer Sellers and Rev. Lee Chattin officiating. Burial will follow in the Walnut Grove Union Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday at the Carder-Tharp Funeral Home, Bedford.



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