John Gregory Craddock

1925 - 2013

John Gregory Craddock obituary, 1925-2013

John Gregory Craddock

1925 - 2013

BORN

1925

DIED

2013

John Craddock Obituary

Published by Legacy Remembers on Jan. 7, 2013.
John Gregory Craddock, 87, of East Bernard Avenue, Greeneville, passed away January 6, 2013 at Life Care Center of Greeneville.

He was a retired carpenter.

Mr. Craddock was of the United Methodist tradition of faith.

Survivors include his daughter and son-in-law: Delores and Ray Bohon of Lawrenceville, Georgia; son and daughter-in-law: Johnny Wayne and Barbara Bird Craddock of Wendell, Mass.; grandchildren and spouses: Matthew and Karen Bohon, Lisa and Joe Rao, John Carl and Janelle Shaw Craddock, and Melissa and Patrick Woerner; great grandchildren: Jacob, Ryleigh, Taryn, Bailey, Phillip, Robert, Sarah, Nicole, Sammy, Joey, and Jaimie; and sisters: Arlena Crum of Greeneville and Marjorie Robison of Dandridge, Tennessee.

He was the son of the late Carl and Faye Gregory Craddock and was preceded in death by his wife, Joyce Ann Keller Craddock.

The family will receive friends from 5-7 p.m. Thursday at Kiser-Rose Hill Funeral Home.

There will be a graveside service at 11:00 a.m. Friday, at GreeneLawn Memory Gardens with Chaplain Greg Barlow officiating. It is requested that family and friends meet at the funeral home at 10:15 a.m. Friday to go in procession to the committal service.

Honorary pallbearers will be the staff of Life Care Center of Greeneville, the staff of Smokey Mountain Hospice with a special thanks to Kathy Vaden RN, Betsey Shelton CNA, and Gertrude McGhee CNA.

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