JUDGE M. CRAIG

SIKESTON -- Funeral for Judge Marshall Craig of Sikeston will be held at 10:30 a.m. Friday at First United Methodist Church, with Dr. Jim Davis officiating. Burial will be in Garden of Memories Cemetery.

Friends may call at Nunnelee Funeral Chapel from 5-8 p.m. today.

Craig, 91, died Monday, Aug. 31, 1998, at his home.

He was an assistant U.S. attorney in St. Louis from 1937-39, and later served as prosecuting attorney in Mississippi County.

In 1948 he moved to Sikeston and became a partner in Bailey Law Firm.

Craig became circuit judge of the 28th District in 1955, which was reorganized in 1959 as the 33rd Judicial District. Craig served four terms until 1979, and was appointed the first senior judge in Missouri.

He served in the U.S. Army during World War II. Craig was active in many civic and community activities.