CRAFT, MARY WEST PAUL, age 80, of Christiansburg, Virginia died on Friday, February 4, 2005. She was born in Norfolk, Virginia on March 13, 1924, the daughter of the late Frank Stanley and Mary Eliza West Paul. She was the sister of the late Lt. Stanley Corprew Paul, USA of Norfolk and the wife of the late William Robert Lee Craft, Jr. of Christiansburg.
She received her education at Saint Mary?s School, Raleigh, North Carolina and Randolph-Macon Woman?s College, Lynchburg, Virginia and from her love of travel. Mary West is survived by her son, William Robert Lee Craft, III and wife, Tammy of Blacksburg, Virginia and her daughter, Mary Paul Craft of Dublin, Virginia. She is survived by two granddaughters, Sarah Lindsey and Allison Lee Craft.
A memorial service will be held on Sunday, February 27, at 3 o?clock in the afternoon at the Christiansburg Presbyterian Church where she had been a member for 52 years. The family will receive friends afterwards in the Church Fellowship Hall. The family requests that in lieu of flowers, those wishing to make a memorial gift should consider a charity or organization of their choice.