Gortre S. Craft, 90, of Mize, passed away Monday, March 23, 1992, of heart failure at Covington County Hospital.
Services were Wednesday, March 25, 1992, 10 a.m., at Oak Grove Baptist Church, Mize, with burial in church cemetery.
Survivors include one daughter, Marcelle Allen of Mize; two brothers, Edmond Sullivan of Mt. Olive, Wallace Sullivan of Shivers; one sister, Dovie Hall of Mt. Olive; 2 grandchildren, 4 great grandchildren; 1 great, great grandchild.
Colonial Chapel of Magee handled the arrangements.
Source: The Magee Courier, 02 Apr 1992, Thu, Page 8
Smith County Genealogical Society, Smith County, Mississippi Cemeteries (1999)
"United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VB3Q-2GS : accessed 21 May 2018), Gortra Craft in household of Felton R Craft, Beat 3, Smith, Mississippi, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 65-12A, sheet 14A, line 31, family 239, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 2065.
"United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X9MD-8F4 : accessed 21 May 2018), Gortre Croft in household of Robert F Croft, Beat 3, Smith, Mississippi, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 10, sheet 2B, line 91, family 38, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1165; FHL microfilm 2,340,900.
States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNTN-9DB : 14 December 2015), Gortie Sullivan in household of Alexander F Sullivan, Beat 3, Smith, Mississippi, United States; citing sheet 9A, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,820,894.
"United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MPDG-DHF : 29 October 2015), Gertie Sullivan in household of Frank Sullivan, Beat 3, Smith, Mississippi, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 112, sheet 17A, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,374,772.
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