June Tandy Craig, 95, of Paducah, passed away peacefully early Wednesday morning, August 18, 2021 in her home. Born May 19, 1926 in Princeton to Eliot and Rosa Jones. She was raised in Princeton, where she lived until moving to Central City in 1962. She remained employed by the telephone company after high school graduation until deciding to further her education. After several college classes she became a teacher’s aide in elementary school, volunteered as an adult reading teacher and worked in a local retail business part time.
She enjoyed roller skating, bike riding, Homemakers, line dancing, Bridge and many church activities at First Baptist Princeton and Central City until joining Paducah First Baptist Church in 2002. She was preceded in death by her husbands, George W. Tandy and Harold Ogden Craig; her parents, Eliot Austin Jones and Rosa Alva Bethel Jones; and her sister, Caroline Thacker.
Survivors include her daughters, Gloria (Charles F Winkler, MD) Winkler, of Paducah and Naples, Fla. and Caroline (Jeff) Bryant, of Paducah; son, Charles Elliott Tandy, PHD, of Ann Arbor, Mich.; grandchildren, William Keith Winkler, of Murray, Michael Howard (Tammie) Winkler of Paducah, Kendra Bryant (Worth) Shemwell, of Hazel, Ky.; great grandchildren, Logen Winkler, Mason Winkler and Mira Shemwell.
Funeral services are private and are being handled by Milner & Orr Funeral Home of Paducah. Burial will follow at Tandy Family Cemetery in Princeton.
Expressions of sympathy may take the form of contributons to First Baptist Church Paducah, 2890 Broadway, Paducah, KY 42001 or Braille Bibles International, PO Box 378, Liberty, MO 64069-0378.
