Lois Craig

Funeral Services for Mrs. Lois M. Craig will be Thursday, August 14, 2008 at 1:00 pm in the Chapel of Blanchard St. Denis Funeral Home of Natchitoches. Pastor David Lloyd will officiate the service. Interment will follow at Hickory Grove Cemetery in Vowells Mill, LA. Visitation will be Wednesday, August 13, 2008 from 6pm until 9pm at Blanchard St. Denis. Lois M. Craig, 90, passed away Monday, August 11, 2008 at Rapides Regional Medical Center in Alexandria, LA. She was born March 28, 1918 to the late John and Annie Holland. She was the oldest of 7 children. She was preceded in death by her parents; 2 brothers, Lester and Louis Holland; 2 sisters, Lola Pitts and Leraine Holland and an infant son. She leaves to cherish her memory are her husband, Curtis Craig of Vowells Mill; two daughters, Norma Jean Holland and her husband Othel and Judy Penrod and her husband Charles both of Vowells Mill; three grandchildren, Tracy Penrod of Vowells Mill, Becky Salard and her husband Johnny of Natchitoches and Curtis Penrod of Natchitoches; a sister, Laverne Sharp of Austin, Tx; one brother, Leroy Holland of Huntsville, Tx; numerous nieces, nephews, relatives and friends Lois was active in her community and was a correspondent for the Natchitoches Times for 44 years from 1960 until 2004. She will be greatly missed by her family and friends.