— C.E. Craft — Glinda Mellion, 72 — Brenda Robinson, 59 —
Brenda Robinson
Brenda Robinson, 59, of Summit, died June 26, 2022, at Southwest Mississippi Regional Medical Center.
Visitation is 10 a.m. Saturday at Jones Chapel in Magnolia until services there at 11, with Elder Alfred Omega Wilson officiating. Burial will be in Greenlawn Cemetery in Summit.
C.E. Craft
On June 27, 2022, Corbett Everett “C.E.” Craft traveled peacefully to his happy hunting grounds.
He was born Dec. 3, 1940, in Bay St. Louis.
He graduated in 1958 from Petal High School, where he played baseball and football and studied a little.
He graduated from the University of Southern Mississippi, where his father and son also graduated, with a BS and MS in biology and eventually an AAA Certification in school administration.
He was preceded in death by his parents Corbett Ellis Craft — who worked 37½ years in public education teaching, coaching and as an administrator, and formed and coached Petal High School’s first football team — and Flora Mae Merritt Craft, a registered nurse of 35 years.
Mr. Craft worked for McComb School District for 40 years. He spent nine years as a biology instructor; two as assistant baseball coach, with the 1964 team going undefeated during the regular season; five as secondary instruction supervisor for grades 8-12; 10 as Denman Junior High School Principal; and the last 18 as the District’s first curriculum director. He retired in 2004 and served as a part-time consultant for five years after that.
Teaching biology was his passion and he continued teaching one class for 12 years while working as an administrator.
He was especially pleased when many former students would tell him they used their high school notes in college. He was chosen as Mississippi Biology of the Teacher Year and selected STAR Teacher.
His community activities included coaching for several years in the Rotary Club, and he was a member of Centenary Methodist Church.
Mr. Craft was very active in his profession on the state level as well. He served eight years on the Commission on School Accreditation, as an evaluator for the State Department of Education and the U.S. Department of Education and as president of the Mississippi Association of Supervision and Curriculum Development, and the Mississippi Staff Development Council.
He was an avid outdoorsman with a passion for deer hunting. He also enjoyed fishing, gardening and collecting antique fishing lures and paraphernalia, especially Lucky 13’s.
Survivors include his wife of 60 years, Minnie Rae Craft; a son, Brian Everett Craft, of whom he was very proud, and his family, Darlin’ Neal and her daughter, Ivy Blue Neal; two sisters-in-law, Linda Walley and Cecilia Harrison of Richton; two brothers-in-law, Alton and Singleton Harvison of Petal; a few remaining first cousins; a host of second and third cousins and cousins-in-law; his adopted family, the Ray Kaiser family of New Orleans; and a few very special friends who know who they are.
Mr. Craft donated his body to the University of Mississippi Medical Center Crematory Department for research.
A memorial party may be scheduled later.
Glinda Mellion
Glinda Mellion, 72, of Magnolia, died June 22, 2022, at Southwest Mississippi Regional Medical Center in McComb.
Visitation is 6 to 7 p.m. Friday at Craft-Dillon Funeral Home. Services are noon Saturday at Rose Hill Baptist Church, Magnolia. Burial will be in the church cemetery.
She was born Dec. 8, 1949, in Pike County.
