Third Generation

6. Clifford Fletcher "Honey/Pa" CRAIG Sr was born on 18 Nov 1894 in Alabama. He appeared in the census in 1900 in Leighton, Colbert County, Alabama. He appeared in the census in 1910 in Sheffield, Colbert County, Alabama. He was mentioned in the Dallas Morning News voicing his opinion on the need for an independent bar association on 7 Jul 1931. He was mentioned in the the Dallas Morning News announcing his candidacy for Legislature Representative on 8 May 1932. He was mentioned in the Dallas Morning News announcing his invitation to address the Dallas Democratic Women's Assn. on 29 May 1932. He was mentioned in the Dallas Morning News making a statement on real court reform on 5 Feb 1933. He was mentioned in the Dallas Morning News discussing the lazy Dallas courts on 1 Sep 1942. He was mentioned in the Dallas Morning News stating his opinion of the Dallas court system on 3 Jul 1943. He was mentioned in the Dallas Morning News supporting the idea of impeachment options for judges on 26 Sep 1945. He was mentioned in the Dallas Morning News getting heckled for a previously published letter on 15 Jul 1948. He was mentioned in the Dallas Morning News stating further views on the judicial system on 26 Jan 1949. He was mentioned in the Dallas Morning News disputing a proposed pay increase for judges on 10 Mar 1949. He was mentioned in the Dallas Morning News with a letter to the editor concerning the lazy courts in Dallas on 11 Mar 1949. He was mentioned in the Dallas Morning News in a rebuttal to one of his previously published letters. on 15 Mar 1949. He was mentioned in the Dallas Morning News being heckled for his published views towards the local district judges on 18 Mar 1949. He was mentioned in the Dallas Morning News voicing his opinion on Dallas district judges on 5 Aug 1950. He was mentioned in the Dallas Morning New with 2 responses to a previous letter from him promoting political term limits on 26 Sep 1950. He was mentioned in the Dallas Morning News once again referencing the laziness of Dallas County courts on 20 Dec 1950. He was mentioned in the Dallas Morning News making statement of disagreement with a previous editorial on 7 Mar 1953. He was mentioned in the Dallas Morning News in support of re-election of Bill Shaw for District Court Clerk on 25 Jul 1958. He died on 9 May 1979 in Dallas, Dallas County, Texas. He was buried in Grove Hill Cemetery, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas. CENSUS: Courtesy of Pat Andrews <holt1@thevision.net>:

1920 City and County of San Francisco Census, 24th Precinct, 32nd Assembly Dist., ED 185

Clifford Craig, Lodger, age 25, single, he and parents born Alabama, employment: collection. Living at 1468 Jackson Street with Isadore Joseph and family.

OCCUPATION: From Cliff Couch: "Pa attended Cumberland Law School in Lebanon, Tennessee, having moved there after Little Brother died from the fall down the stairs. He graduated in 1927 I have his diploma---old, framed, and enormous) and came to the Dallas area where He was admitted to the State Bar of Texas in 1929. He knew no one here and, times being tough, decided to campaign for the legislature so he could meet some folks and get some business. His first and only political opponent was Sarah T. Hughes. She later became a famous federal judge and was the official who swore in LBJ the day President Kennedy was assinated. I know of some of Pa's law stories and need to write them down sometime, for you."


OCCUPATION: From Cliff Couch: "Pa and Ma both retired at about the same time. I think it was around the spring of 1965."

MILITARY: From Cliff Couch: "Pa's military record was singularly funny and undistinguished. He went in a private and came out a private. He made sergeant for a while but got busted back for being something of a smart-alek as I understand it. For instance, he transferred out of the horse calvary because the horses got treated better than the soldiers. He once wrote a letter to British Prime Minister Chamberline, complaining the arm and war conditions. By the way, he got a reply which he regrettably did not keep that said, among other things that "it is for such reasons that your ancestors migrated across the Atlantic and mine stayed." Pa got quite a kick out of it and laughed about it alot over the years." Clifford Fletcher "Honey/Pa" CRAIG Sr and Frances Jean "Renita/Ma" GLUYAS were married on 2 Oct 1920 in Houston, Harris County, Texas.² From Cliff Couch: "As to their marriage in Houston, Ma and Pa were vagabonds in those days. They literally lived out of a suitcase, moving when ever the urge struck them----a very carefree, fun life before Mom was born in Shreveport. I never knew why they chose Houston."
They appeared in the census in 1930 in Dallas, Dallas County, Texas.

7. Frances Jean "Renita/Ma" GLUYAS was born on 7 Sep 1899 in California.³ She was at home in San Francisco, San Francisco County, California during the Great Earthquake on 18 Apr 1906 From Clifford Couch, Sr.: He remembers Frances Craig's account of this family's experience in the earthquake. Both parents and herself were present in their home. She had told him that she was amazed and would never forget how her mother's hair turned totally white, literally overnight due to having been so scared.
She appeared in the census in 1910 in San Francisco, San Francisco County, California. Shows her in boarding school. She appeared in the census in 1920 in San Francisco, San Francisco County, California. In 1920 she was a Secretary in San Francisco, San Francisco County, California. She died on 26 Feb 1986 in Dallas, Dallas County, Texas. She was buried in Grove Hill Cemetery, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas. CENSUS: Courtesy of Pat Andrews <holt1@thevision.net>:
1910 City and County of San Francisco Census, St. Rose (?) Academy, ED 257, Sheet 7B

Gulyas, Frances, age 13, born California; both parents born California.

OCCUPATION: From Cliff Couch: "Pa and Ma both retired at about the same time. I think it was around the spring of 1965. There was nothing "formal" as to Pa, but First National Bank gave Ma a big retirement party. I don't know of any archives that might exist as to Ma, particularly with First National Bank having gone out of business years ago." Children were:

3	i.	Dorothy Eaton "Dotty" CRAIG.
	ii.	Clifford Fletcher CRAIG Jr was born on 29 Oct 1921.2 He died on 16 Aug 1925.2 He was buried on 18 Aug 1925 in Forest Park Cemetery, Shreveport, Louisiana.2