The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1928-03-01
FUNERAL SERVICES FOR
REV. CRAIG HELD FRIDAY
Were Conducted In FairmOnt,
w. Va, and Interment Took
Place at Point Pleasant.

Funeral services for Rev. Albert D.
Craig, who died last Wednesday, Feb
ruary %, at Cooks Hospital, Fair
mont, West Va, where he had been
taken several weeks preceding suf
fering with septic poisoning, were con-
Quoted Friday Afternoon in the Dia-
mond Street Method Episcopal
church Fairmont at 2:Su the
Rev. w. M. Shultz and Rev,
Bird conducting the services. Quiz
number of the members of St. Pauls
church, Oakland, of which Rev. Craig
was the pastor, were in attendance
at this service.
The body was taken from Fairmont
to Point Pleasant where interment
was made on Saturday afternoon.
Rev. Craig had been pastor of st.
Paul's M. E. church in Oakland since
last October. Prior to coming to Oak
land Rev. Craig was pastor of Dia
mond Street church, Fairmont, for
five years, and served like period
in Kingwood from 1910 to 1915. Prior
to going to Fairmont he was pastor of
the M. E. church at Elkins, W. Va.
Rev. Craig was a native of Hunt
ingdon, Pa, and his wife was form
erly Miss Jessie Somerville, of Hunt
ington, w. Va. The wife and one son,
George L., of Fairmont, survive.
The following from Oakland at
tended the services at Fairmont: Mr.
and Mrs. Joseph E. Harmed, Mr.. Ar
thur Townshend, Mr.. Jesse J. Ashby
Mr.. and Mrs. w. E. Shirer, Mrs. j.
w. Butt, Mrs. Walter Hardesty, Mr.
Stanton Whipkey, Rev. William An
derson, Mr.. and Mrs. Grover Stemple,
Mr.. Cheston Browning, Mr.. Town
shend Naylor, Mr.. Cecil Smith and
Rev. l. NJ Middaugh.
A tribute is paid the deceased pas
tor in a recent issue of the Fairmont
| West Virginian, which is printed be-
low:
"Fairmont feels keenly today the
loss of beloved former resident, the
State of West Virginia has suffered
the loss of a loyal citizen and the
Methodist Episcopal Conference
mourns the loss of true and faith
full member in the death of the Rev.
Albert D. Craig of Oakland, Md, I'M
til recently the beloved pastor of the
Diamond Street Methodist Episcopal
Church.
"The death of the Rev. Mr.. Craig
occurred at 10:40 o'clock last evening
in Cook Hospital, where he was adj
n1itted sew eral weeks ago suffering
with septic poisoning of the blood,
which affected his heart. He was
brought here from Oakland, where he
was taken i'll, and everything that
loving hands and medical skill could
do was done to save his life, but for
days it had been feared he could not
recover. Mrs. Craig accompanied him
here and has been staying at the home
of the Rev. w. M. Shultz, district su-
perintendent of the Morgantown Dis
trict of the Methodist Episcopal Con-
ference, and Mrs. Shultz, in order that
she might be near the hospital.
"The Rev. Mr.. Craig was 81 years
old and served five years efficiently
and faithfully as pastor of the
Diamond Street Methodist Episcopal
Church, his passionate being outstand-
ing for good accomplished and for
growth in all lines of church activity.
During his five years of residence
here, the Rev. Mr.. Craig was men,
Der of the Fairmont Ministers Asso-
citation and was active in many COM
munity civic and religious activities.
CAT the 1927 conference of the
Methodist Episcopal denomination, to
the regret not only of his congrega-
ton, but the public as well, he was
transferred to Oakland, Md, and with
Mrs. Craig went there to reside. Since
that time, they frequently had visited
their son, George Craig, in this city.
"The Rev. Mr.. Craig was married
to Miss Jessie Somerville, of Hunt
ington, who survives him with one
son, George Craig. A sister and
brother also are living.
"The Rev. Mr.. Craig was native
of Huntingdon, Pa, and early in life
began to study for the ministry. He
located in West Virginia soon after
completing his theological course and
had been a member of the Methodist
Episcopal Conference 26 years. He
had been located at various towns
during his ministry and came to this
charge from Elkins.
Possessing a genial and pleasing
personality, the Rev. Mr.. Craig had
endeared himself to all with whom he
came in contact and had become
popular in the offices of the local
newspapers, where he was a weekly
visitor, and in the homes of the city