CRADER REUNION DRAWS 100 FROM ACROSS NATION

The Crader reunion was held Sunday, June 10th at the Jackson City Park. About 100 attended the reunion, many coming from long distances.

The oldest living Crader descendant present was Bernard Crader, 90, who lives at the Veterans Home in Cape Girardeau.

Coming the longest distance was Lara Schmitz-Crader of Phoenix, Ariz. A special guest was George Bush, with a T., from Austin, Texas. He said he is used to getting the wrong mail!

The auction to benefit the Crader Cemetery fund raised about $750.

* Those attending from the Jackson and Cape Girardeau area were: Pauline Irvine, Ruby Statler, Willard and Wilma Crader, Herman and Mary Crader, Alma Crader, Dennis and Barbara Hurst, Sr., Heather, Jessica and Colby Hurst; Rodney, Carol, Chris and Tyler Hurst; Ron and Sharon Stroder, Doris and Randy Woods; Rodney Holloway; Juanita Holloway; Trudy, Dan, Emily and Casey Irvine; Mike and Florence Hurst; Bernard Crader; Cathy Miller; Imogene Stroder, Lynn Eldracher; David and Amy Ives.

* From the Marble Hill area : Ann and Robert Leadbetter, Ashley and Amber Howard; Misty and Damita Webb; Danette Farmer, Jackie and Heather Seiler, Jim and Alice Crader; Jerry and Dorothy Eldracher; Donald and Sharon Crader; Mary Jane Crader; Modean Filer; Junior, Sherry and Adam Baker, Richard Crader, Bonnie Conrad.

* From the St. Louis area: Jerry and Robert Lawrence; Melanie Lawrence; Benjamin Lawrence; Clarine Crader; Doris Kuhn; Alice and Gary Darby; Margaret and John McClanahan;

* From other areas in Missouri: Vernon and Dortha Smith of Advance; Gene and Georgia Kaiser of Doniphan; Steve Crader of Doniphan; Lucille Hinkle of Fredericktown.

* From out of state: Roy Crader of Virginia; Larry Crader of Mississippi; Darlene Sniff, Charlotte Heggemeir and Haley Davis of Colorado; Kelly, Donna and Bo Crader of South Carolina; Bill and Roma Swindle, Virginia Montgomery, and George and Leanna Bush, Audrey Crafton, Boyd Crafton of Texas; Judy Etheron of Indiana; Zetta Crader Ramsey of Illinois; Bill and Sharon Ikerd of Kansas; Veronica Schmitz and Lara Schmitz-Crader of Arizona; Tonia Cole of Florida; Sharon Ives, Taylor Ambrose and Rachelle Danette of Wisconsin; Joyce and Harold Partain, Tennessee.

The next reunion will be a 25th anniversary celebration the second Sunday in June.

Plans are being made for a barbecue at the site, with the meat being furnished. Other possible activities include a marble shooting contest, horseshoes, face-painting, clowns, and of course, the auction for the cemetery.

Ideas can be given Joyce Crader Partain at (615) 672-9604.