MARY CRADER

SIKESTON -- Mary Jean Crader, 74, of Sikeston died Tuesday, Nov. 16, 1999, at Missouri Delta Medical Center.

She was born Oct. 20, 1925, at Morley, daughter of Forrest and Georgia May Watson. She and Dwight Crader were married Aug. 28, 1949, at Morley.

Crader was a graduate of the University of Missouri at Columbia. She had been a teacher at Lee Hunter Elementary and Middle School. She was a member of First Baptist Church.

Survivors include her husband; a son, David Crader of Sikeston; two daughters, Julie Dolan and Karen Bizzell of Sikeston; a brother, Tom Watson of Kevil, Ky.; two sisters, Dara Grant of Sikeston, Betty Callicutt of West Memphis, Ark.; and six grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by two brothers.

Friends may call at Ponder Funeral Home from 5-8 p.m. today.

Funeral will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at First Christian Church, with the Rev. Mary McCord officiating. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery.