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Lee Edward Craig

Male 1917 - 1984  (66 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Lee Edward Craig was born on 11 Jul 1917 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas; died on 14 Jan 1984 in Jasper County, Texas; was buried in Pine Hill Cemetery, Pineland, Sabine County, Texas.

    Notes:

    Find A Grave shows that he was married to Vada Bell Byerly, daughter of Thomas Franklin Byerly and Edna Adams. His headstone was marked with a Masonic emblem.

    Lee married Vada Bell Byerly before 1943. Vada was born on 8 Jul 1921 in White City, San Augustine County, Texas; died on 25 Dec 2006 in Lufkin Cemetery, Lufkin, Angelina County, Texas; was buried in Pine Hill Cemetery, Pineland, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 2. Living  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 3. Melba Janice Craig  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 15 Dec 1944 in Hardin County, Texas; died on 6 Jul 2018 in Houston, Harris County, Texas.
    3. 4. Living  Descendancy chart to this point


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Living Descendancy chart to this point (1.Lee1)

  2. 3.  Melba Janice Craig Descendancy chart to this point (1.Lee1) was born on 15 Dec 1944 in Hardin County, Texas; died on 6 Jul 2018 in Houston, Harris County, Texas.

    Notes:

    Melba Craig Broussard, 73, of Houston, Texas passed away Friday, July 6, 2018 in Houston Methodist Willowbrook Hospital.

    Melba was born in Silsbee, Texas on December 15, 1944 to Lee Edward Craig and Vada Byerly Craig. She had worked as a school bus driver for Aldine ISD for over 30 years.

    She is survived by her daughter, Pam Holmes and husband, Craig, of Hampton, Virginia and Glenda Lane of Brookeland, Texas; brother, Charles Craig and wife, Linda, of Brookeland, Texas; sisters, Sue Horton and husband, Kenneth, of Woodville, Texas and Barbara Strickland of Brookland; grandchildren, Lori Leger, Robert Lane, and Ashley Lane; three great grandchildren, Austin, Dallas, and Kaylyn; family and friends; and special friends, Sandy, Bennie, Valerie, Elsie, James, and her other school bus driving friends from Aldine ISD.

    She was preceded in death by her husband, Levi Broussard; her parents, Lee Edward and Vada Craig; and her son, Michael Craig;

    Graveside services will be held at 1:00 p.m. Thursday, July 12, 2018 at Pine Hill Cemetery on FM2024 in Hemphill, Texas under the direction of Starr Funeral Home with Bro. George Jeffcoat officiating.

    Online book signing and condolences can be made at starrfuneralhome.com.

    copied from the Starr Funeral Home website, and also published in The Sabine County Reporter, July 18, 2018, page 8

    (Could oldest daughter, Pam Holmes be the same person as the Pamela J. Luckey, born ca 1957, who married Phillip J CARRICO on 3 May 2014 in San Augustine, Texas. When Melba married Alvis Gibson in 1965, she was listed as Mrs. Melba Janice Luckey.)

    Melba married Alvis Glen Gibson on 17 Mar 1965 in Conroe, Montgomery County, Texas. Alvis was born on 22 Feb 1935 in Liberty County, Texas; died on 1 Jan 2013 in Houston, Harris County, Texas; was buried in Houston National Cemetery, Houston, Harris County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 5. Michael Edward Craig  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 3 Feb 1965 in Montgomery County, Texas; and died.
    2. 6. Living  Descendancy chart to this point

    Melba married Levi David Broussard on 26 Sep 1977 in Harris County, Texas. Levi was born on 7 Jul 1929 in Lake Charles, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana; died on 12 Oct 1988 in Houston, Harris County, Texas; was buried in Pine Hill Cemetery, Pineland, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  3. 4.  Living Descendancy chart to this point (1.Lee1)

    Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]



Generation: 3

  1. 5.  Michael Edward Craig Descendancy chart to this point (3.Melba2, 1.Lee1) was born on 3 Feb 1965 in Montgomery County, Texas; and died.

  2. 6.  Living Descendancy chart to this point (3.Melba2, 1.Lee1)