Nellon Huff Craft
Published 6:00 am Tuesday, November 20, 2007
Services for Nellon Huff Craft, of Brookhaven, are 2 p.m.Sunday, Nov. 18, at Riverwood Family Funeral Services Chapel withburial in Riverwood Memorial Park.
Visitation is Sunday from noon until the time of the service atthe funeral home.
Mrs. Craft, 92, died Nov. 16, 2007, at her residence. She wasborn on Sept. 10, 1915 in the Sylvarena Community in Smith Countyto Charles Phillip Huff and Bertha Keyes Huff.
She was their only daughter. She graduated from Sylvarena HighSchool and Southwest Junior College. She was one of the firstemployees of the Smith County Welfare Department in Raleigh, whereshe retired after 36 years.
After retirement, she moved to Brookhaven, where she continuedto make her home until her death. She was a member of First BaptistChurch in Brookhaven.
Preceding her in death were her parents; her husband, LeonCraft; her brothers, Ralph W. Huff, Charles Hubert Huff, WarrenKeyes Huff, and Lester Frank Huff.
Survivors are her daughter, Pat Duckworth; her grandson, PhilDuckworth and wife Emry, of Jackson; her granddaughter, Diane Longand husband Sam, of Granbury, Texas; and her great-grandchildren,Phillip Duckworth, Lydia Long, and Elizabeth Long.
Memorials or gifts may be made to the Television Ministry ofFirst Baptist Church, P. O. Box 589, Brookhaven, MS 39602.