Elmer
Damon
Cravens
Born in Friendsville Illinois
Ancestors 
Son of Benjamin Harrison Cravens
and Edith Belle Vaughan
Brother of
Wanda Jeanne Cravens, Lloyd Paul Cravens, Mary Kathryn (Cravens) Pflaum, Juanita Ruth Cravens and Martha Josephine Cravens
Husband of
Eva Jean (Bailey) Cravens
— married
12 Aug 1947 in Bellmont Illinois
Father of
[private daughter (1950s - unknown)], [private daughter (1950s - unknown)], [private daughter (1950s - unknown)] and Kathryn (Cravens) Head
Died
at age 68
in Mt. Carmel
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| Created 10 Jun 2016
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Biography
Elmer D. Cravens, 68, of Albion, died at 9:22 p.m., Sunday, Nov. 28, 1993, at Wabash General Hospital in Mount Carmel.
Funeral services will be at 10:30 am., Wednesday, in the Nale Funeral Home in Albion. Burial will be in the Graceland Cemetery with full military rites performed. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. today (Tuesday).
Memorials may be made to the American Heart Association or American Cancer Society.
Mr. Cravens was born Nov. 10, 1925, in Friendsville, the son of Benjamin and Edith (Vaughn) Cravens. He married Eva Jean Bailey on Aug. 12, 1947, in Bellmont. She died Oct. 25, 1992.
Mr. Cravens was a barber and had his own shop in Albion for the past 10 years. He was a member of the First Baptist Church and also a member of the VFW, Moose Lodge, and past commander of the American Legion. He was a World War II Navy veteran.
Mr. Cravens is survived by four daughters, Mary Jackson of Fenton, Mo., Rebecca Forehand of Salem, Mrs. Robert (Damona) Nease of Claremont and Mrs. John (Kathryn) Head of Browns; three sisters, Jeanna Jenkins of Bellmont, Kathryn Pflaum of Noble and Juanita Puller of Stoy; six grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Mr. Cravens was preceded in death by his parents, wife, brother, Joe Cravens and a sister, Josephine Rose.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Elmer by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Elmer:
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