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     His Social Security Number was 225-78-1369.¹² Nathan Charles Craighead was buried at Mountain View Memorial Park (also known as Mountain View Burial Park), 5970 Grassy Hill Road, Boones Mill, Franklin Co., Virginia.^5,9 He was born on December 22, 1951 at Roanoke, Virginia.^{2,12,4,8,9,10} He married Rita Sue Philpot on May 21, 1973 at Nueces Co., Texas.^6,7 Nathan Charles Craighead and Rita Sue Philpot were divorced on July 6, 1987 at Nueces Co., Texas.⁷ Nathan Charles Craighead married Catherine Elaine Tucker on June 17, 1989 at Franklin Co., Virginia.⁴ Nathan Charles Craighead died on January 7, 2007 at Roanoke, Virginia, at age 55.^12,3,5,9,10 He Nathan Charles Craighead, 55, of Boones Mill, quietly took the hand of his precious Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on Sunday, January 7, 2007. Nathan served in the United States Navy in Corpus Christi, Texas and was a Deacon at Boones Mill Baptist Church. A special thanks to Steel Dynamics formerly Roanoke Electric Steel where Nathan was employed for their support during his illness. He enjoyed hunting, fishing, working in his garage, having all the boys over and he especially loved helping his neighbors. He was preceded in death by his father, Willard T. (Bill) Craighead of Boones Mill. Along with his wife, Catherine T. Craighead and mother, Virginia Craighead, Nathan is survived by his sons and daughter-in-law, Blake Webb, Boones Mill, Brian and Jennifer Craighead; his granddaughter, Brianna Craighead, all of Fisher, Texas; one brother and sister-in-law, Willard (Mulie) and Lucia Craighead, Salem; sisters-in-law and brothers-in-law, Carolyn and Patrick Loop, Teresa and Michael King, Sharon and Darren Frango and Tommy Tucker; nieces, Elizabeth, Barbie Jo, Angie, Bridget and Ashley; nephew, Cody, all of Virginia. He also survived by his Godson, Tevin, a very special boy who called him Pa Pa Nat; his Goddaughter, Aliveya. Nathan will be laid to rest in the Chapel of Devotion Mausoleum at Mountain View Memorial Park. on January 9, 2007.⁵

     Rita Sue Philpot was buried at Cranes Mill Cemetery, Startzville, Comal Co., Texas.⁴ Her Social Security Number was 449-92-2858.⁵ She was born on December 14, 1949 at Corpus Christi, Nueces Co., Texas.^2,5,3 As of May 21, 1973,her married name was Craighead.¹ She married Nathan Charles Craighead, son of Willard Tasker "Bill" Craighead and Virginia Hill Guilliams, on May 21, 1973 at Nueces Co., Texas.^1,6 Rita Sue Philpot and Nathan Charles Craighead were divorced on July 6, 1987 at Nueces Co., Texas.⁶ Rita Sue Philpot died on February 6, 2002 at Comal Co., Texas, at age 52.⁵