Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997
1Name: John Barton Craft
Date of Birth: 23 Nov 1943
Gender: Male
Birth County: Tom Green
Father's Name: Charles Newton Craft
Mother's Name: Ida Mae McCleery
Roll Number: 1943_0003
John was an honor graduate of the Texas School of Pharmacy, 4th in his class. He holds the position of Director of Pharmacy at the Abilene State School, where he has worked since his graduation.
Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997
1Name: Margaret Elizabeth Scott
Date of Birth: 1 Jul 1951
Gender: Female
Birth County: Val Verde
Father's Name: Philip Lawler Scott
Mother's Name: Virginia Lay
Roll Number: 1951_0013
Margaret went to college first at Southwest Texas University in San Marcos. In the fall of 1971 she enrolled at Abilene Christian University, majoring in music. She sang in many amatuer opera productions. After her marriage to John Craft in 1974 (backyard ceremony at the home of her parents in San Antonio), Margaret dropped out of school to raise her family.
After her last daughter was in school, Margaret resumed her education and completed a degree in nursing from McMurry University on May 7, 1994. A few weeks later she passed her Nursing Boards and took a job as Assistant Director of Nurses at a nursing home facility in Abilene/
The Craft family moved into their newly-completed house in June, 1994.