Charlotte Elizabeth REDING CRAIG

March 27, 1856 - September 2, 1932

*Obituary
Benton County Record & Democrat & Sun
Thursday, September 8, 1932

CRAIG, Charlotte Elizabeth REDING - Mrs. Charles R. Craig, a resident of Bentonville for over 50 years, passed away at her home on West Twelfth street Friday afternoon following an illness of several months. She was 76 years of age and the widow of the late Charles R. Craig. Funeral services were held at the M.E. Church, South Sunday afternoon, her pastor, the Rev. R.S. Hayden, conducting the services. Burial was made in the Bentonville cemetery. Charlotte Reding Craig was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John S. Reding, who came from Ohio to Missouri in 1851, locating near Joplin where Mr. Reding built a grist mill. The spot is still known as the Reding Mill, which has lately been developed into a summer resort. The old mill still stands and is one of the oldest landmarks in that section. Here their daughter, Charlotte, was born on March 27, 1856. In about 1873 Mrs. Craig came to Bentonville for the purpose of attending school and while here she met Mr. Craig. They were married March 27th, 1876 on her twentieth birthday. To them were born five children. In March 1926 Mr. and Mrs. Craig celebrated their golden wedding anniversary and in October of the same year Mr. Craig passed away. Jim Craig was too ill to attend the funeral. A son, Ed Craig, died in 1927 and a daughter, Mrs. May Craig Jackson, in 1904. She is survived by her son, Jas. R. Craig, of Oklahoma City, formerly of this place and Fayetteville; by two daughters, Mrs. E.C. Pickens of this city and Mrs. Ethel Capp of Tarkio, Mo.; by a brother, M.D. Reding of Joplin; by two sisters, Mrs. Belle Clark of Joplin and Mrs. Molly Hall of Spokane, Wash.; by 16 grandchildren, including Mrs. Charlotte Elliott of Kansas City and Craig Jackson of Rogers, whom she helped to rear, and by six great grandchildren. Early in life she united with the church in which she always took an active part until her health failed. She had lived 59 years in this community and left a wide circle of loving friends who will greatly miss her cheery greeting and kindness.

*Obituary
Benton County Herald
Thursday, September 8, 1932

Funeral services for Mrs. Charlotte Reding Craig, aged 76, widow of the late Charles R. Craig, who died at her home here at 217 West Twelfth Street at 5 o'clock Friday afternoon, September 2nd, 1932 following several weeks of critical illness and rapidly failing health of several months, were held Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at the Methodist Episcopal Church, South conducted by the pastor, the Rev. R.S. Hayden. Interment was in the Bentonville cemetery beside her husband who died here on October 26th, 1926, aged 72 years. Mrs. Craig, who before her marriage was Miss Charlotte Elizabeth Reding, was born on March 27th, 1856 at the Reding's Missouri homestead, known as Reding's Mill, near what is now the city of Joplin, Mo. Her father, John S. Reding, was a native of Ohio and her mother was a native of Tennessee. They had moved from Mansfield, Ohio to Missouri in 1851 where her father built the old Reding mill which still stands near Joplin and is one of the oldest landmarks of that section. In 1873, at the age of 17, the then Miss Charlotte Reding came here to Bentonville, Ark. to attend school. Here she met Charles Russell Craig, member of a pioneer Northwest Arkansas family, his parents, both natives of Tennessee, having been married at Cane Hill in Washington County, Ark. in 1851. About three years later, on her 20th birthday and when Mr. Craig was less than 22 years of age, they were married at the Reding Mill Farm on March 27th,1876. Their golden wedding was celebrated at their Bentonville home a little less than six months prior to Mr. Craig's death. For 59 years Mrs. Craig had been a resident of Bentonville, living at least the greater part of that time in the same home in which she died. Converted early in life, Mrs. Craig had ever since been a consistent and conscientious Christian and, until failing health prohibited, a faithful and unusually active church member. For many years she had been a valued member of the church where her funeral was held. She was, too, just as conscientious and faithful as a relative and friend and as a real neighbor and her death is mourned most by those who throughout the years had known her best. Mrs. Craig is survived by her elder son, James R. Craig of Oklahoma City and by two daughters, Mrs. Ethel Capp of Tarkio, Mo. and Mrs. Elmer C. Pickens of Bentonville. Another daughter, Mrs. May Craig Jackson, preceded her parents in death by many years and their younger son, Ed M. Craig, died a few years ago. Besides her children Mrs. Craig is survived by one brother, Matt D. Reding of Joplin, Mo. and two sisters, Mrs. Albert P. Clark of Joplin and Mrs. Molly Hall of Spokane, Wash., the widow of the late Clarence Hall, this couple having been Bentonville residents for many years. She also is survived by 16 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. The grandchildren are Craig Jackson of Rogers; Mrs. Roy H. Elliott of Kansas City; Bill and Misses Anne and Martha Pickens and Joe and Elizabeth Anne Craig, all of Bentonville; Charles Craig of Memphis; Mrs. Ruth Craig Johnson of Dumas, Miss.; James Craig of Rogers, Edwin and George Craig of Oklahoma City and Miss Charlotte Capp and Craig, Jack and Frank Capp, all of Tarkio, Mo.

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