Individual Details

Lura Cornelia Haden

(Sep 1880 - 21 May 1949)



1910 Census. Vienna, Madison Co, AL, Hh 230
Hugh Craft, 35, married 1 time for 12 years, Farmer
Corenlia, wife, 28, 2 children
Gertrude, dau, 8
Earl, son, 5

1930 Census. Owens Crossroads, Madison Co, AL, Hh 106
Cornelia Craft, 48, widow, farmer
Lyla S., dau-in-law, 21, married at age 20
Robert H. grandson, age 7 months
Johnny Anderson, Lodger, 18, b. TX, farm labor

I believe this is likely her record.
Alabama Deaths, 1908-1974; Familysearch.org
Name: Lura Cornelia Craft, died 21 May 1949, Huntsville, AL, age 66y 2m 14d. Father, W. W. Haden; mother Lucy Vann.

Her grave marker, Moon Cemetery, Owens Cross Roads, Madison Co, AL, lists her birth year as 1882.
Published in the Huntsville Times
Huntsville, Alabama
Sunday, May 22, 1949
Mrs. Lura Cornelia Craft, 66, died at her home on Whitesburg Drive yesterday at 12:30 p.m.
Services will be held Monday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock from the Laughlin-Service Chapel with the Rev. V. H. Hawkins officiating. Interment will be in Moon Cemetery near Owens Cross Roads.
The deceased was a member of the Methodist Church.

Survivors are one daughter, Mrs. Gertrude Hurn and one son, Earl Craft, both of San Francisco; one grandson, Robert Hugh Craft, Huntsville; three sisters, Mrs. W. W. Herrin, Mrs. Jane Byington and Mrs. R. L. Gunn, all of Huntsville; one brother, W. W. Haden, Florence; nieces, Mrs. R. L. Cash, Daytona Beach, Fla., Mrs. George T. Hurt, Ashboro, N.C., Miss Lydia Ann Haden of Florence, Miss Murrell Byington of Huntsville, Mrs. J. W. Lloyd of Huntsville, and Mrs. Holly Rose of Wales, Tenn.; nephews, Haden Edwards of New York City, R. L. Gunn Jr. of Huntsville, Billy Wright Haden of Huntsville and Harold Branum of Canada.
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Lura Cornelia Haden Craft was the widow of Robert Hugh Craft, who was a deputy sheriff of Madison County and was murdered on June 12, 1929 while on duty










Events

BirthSep 1880Madison County, Alabama
Marriage1898Robert Hugh Craft
Death21 May 1949Huntsville, Madison County, Alabama

Families

SpouseRobert Hugh Craft (1875 - 1929)
ChildGertrude Craft (1901 - 1979)
ChildRobert Earl Craft (1904 - 1966)
FatherDr. William Wright Haden (1857 - 1931)
MotherLucy A. Vann (1861 - 1894)
SiblingCarrie Haden (1884 - 1915)
SiblingLaRessa A. Haden (1885 - 1957)
SiblingAlbert H. Haden (1888 - )
SiblingHallie Haden (1890 - 1918)
SiblingAnn Lucy Haden (1892 - 1982)

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