Perryville city official dies of heart attack

PERRYVILLE, Mo. --Craig M. Lindsley, city administrator at Perryville for the past 18 years, died early Saturday morning of an apparent heart attack. He was 50.

Perryville Mayor Robert Miget said Lindsley was at home getting ready to go turkey hunting with one of his sons when he was stricken. "His son was getting up and heard his dad fall in the kitchen," Miget said. "When he went in he was lying on the floor."

Miget received the news from a phone call at 5 a.m. He was elected mayor the same year Lindsley became the city administrator. "We were friends," Miget said.

He said Perryville made much progress during Lindsley's tenure.

"This is a tremendous loss," Miget said.

Funeral arrangements for Lindsley are incomplete. A widower, he had three sons, all of whom served in the military in Iraq. The son who was home had just returned from overseas, Miget said.