Palestine High School Alumni Association

Billy Joe Craft 1965

Billy Joe Craft 1965
Born 06-28-1946
Died 05-19-1998
Age  54

Services for Billy Joe Craft, Jr., 51 of Waco will be at 10 a.m. Friday at Bailey & Foster Chapel with the Rev. George Folmar officiating. Cremation will follow.

Mr. Craft died Tuesday at his residence in Waco.

He was born June 28, 1946 in Palestine.

Mr. Craft was a glass inspector for Owens-Brockway Glass Containers and a member of the Glass Blowers Union. He was a veteran of the National Guard and a Baptist.

He was preceded in death by his mother, Eva Jo Barringer Craft

He is survived by his wife, Margaret Burris Craft of Waco; father and stepmother, Bill and Jo Craft of Gainesville, Georgia; daughter, Deedra Jones of Bullard; son, Darren Pryor of Frankston; stepsister Glenda Blair of Eagle Lake; and four grandchildren.

Source: Palestine Herald-Press 05-21-1998