Cona Jean Craft

Cona Jean Craft, 81 of Batesville died Wednesday, June 7, 2017. She was born February 27, 1936 at Maynard, Arkansas to Joseph and Mary Gould Parker. She was a homemaker and enjoyed quilting and fishing. She was a member of the First Free Will Baptist Church in Batesville. She was preceded in death by her parents; three brothers, Andy Parker, J.C. Parker and Robert Parker and three sisters, Ethel Hart, Treasel Sisk and Lillian Haley. Survivors include her husband of 60 years, William Franklin Craft; five sons, William Keith Craft and wife Vicky, Phillip Gregory Craft and wife Minnie, Jeffery Allen Craft, Joseph Patrick Craft and wife Becky and Mark Edward Craft and wife Tracy; two sisters, Margaret Fowler and Charlene Williams; eight grandchildren, twelve great grandchildren and a host of other relatives and friends. Funeral services will be Saturday, June 10, 2017 at 2:00 p.m. at the Qualls Batesville Funeral Service Chapel in Batesville with Rev. Ben Ryan officiating. Burial will follow in the Barnes Cemetery at Batesville. Visitation will be Saturday, June 10, 2017 from 1:00 p.m. until service time at the funeral home. Pallbearers will be Blake Finnie, Billy Mejeur, Blake Craft, Joseph E. Craft, William A. Craft and John Clements.