June Tandy Craig, age 95, of Paducah, Kentucky, passed away peacefully early Wednesday morning, August 18, 2021 in her home.
June was born in Princeton, Kentucky on May 19, 1926 to Eliot and Rosa Jones. She was raised in Princeton, where she lived until moving to Central City, Kentucky, in 1962. She remained employed by the telephone company after high school graduation until deciding to further her education. After several college classes she became a teacher’s aide in elementary school, volunteered as an adult reading teacher and worked in a local retail business part time.
She enjoyed roller skating, bike riding, Homemakers, line dancing, Bridge and many church activities at First Baptist Princeton and Central City until joining Paducah First Baptist Church in 2002.
Mrs. Craig is survived by her daughters, Gloria Winkler (Charles F Winkler, MD), of Paducah and Naples, Florida and Caroline Bryant (Jeff), of Paducah; her son, Charles Elliott Tandy, PHD, of Ann Arbor, Michigan; her grandchildren, William Keith Winkler, of Murray, Kentucky, Michael Howard Winkler (Tammie), of Paducah, Kendra Bryant Shemwell (Worth), of Hazel; her great grandchildren, Logen Winkler, Mason Winkler and Mira Shemwell.
Mrs. Craig was preceded in death by her husbands, George W. Tandy and Harold Ogden Craig; her parents, Eliot Austin Jones and Rosa Alva Bethel Jones; and her sister, Caroline Thacker.
Funeral services are private and are being handled by Milner & Orr Funeral Home of Paducah. Burial will follow at Tandy Family Cemetery in Princeton.
Expressions of sympathy may take the form of contributons to First Baptist Church Paducah, 2890 Broadway, Paducah, KY 42001 or Braille Bibles International, PO Box 378, Liberty, MO 64069-0378.
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