On June 27, 2022 Corbett Everett 'CE' Craft traveled peacefully to his happy hunting grounds.

He was born on December 3, 1940 in Bay St. Louis, MS.

In 1958, CE graduated from Petal High School where he played baseball and football and

studied a little.

He graduated from USM (where his father and son also graduated) with a BS and MS in Biology

and eventually AAA Certification in School Administration.

He was preceded in death by his parents Corbett Ellis Craft, who worked 37 ½ years in public

education teaching, coaching and as an administrator (he formed and coached Petal High

School's first football team), and Flora Mae Merritt Craft, a registered nurse for 35 years.

Mr. Craft worked for McComb Publish Schools for forty years. He spent nine years as a Biology

Instructor, two as assistant baseball coach (with the 1964 team going undefeated during the

regular season), five years as Secondary Instruction Supervisor for grades 8-12, ten years as

Denman Junior High School Principal, and the last eighteen years as the District's first

Curriculum Director. He retired in 2004 after 42 years and served as a half time consultant for

five years after that.

Teaching Biology was his passion and he continued teaching one class for twelve years while

working as an administrator. He was especially pleased when many former students would tell

him they used their high school notes in college. He was chosen as Mississippi Biology of the

year and selected Star Teacher during his career. His community activities included coaching for

several years in the Rotary Club and he was a member of Centenary Methodist Church.

Mr. Craft was very active in his profession on the state level as well. He served eight years on

the Commission on School Accreditation, as an evaluator for the State Department of Education

and US Department of Education, and as president of the Mississippi Association of Supervision

and Curriculum Development and the Mississippi Staff Development Council.

He was an avid outdoorsman with a passion for deer hunting. He also enjoyed fishing,

gardening, and collecting antique fishing lures and paraphernalia, especially Lucky 13's.

Survivors include his wife of sixty years, Minnie Rae Craft and son, Brian Everett Craft, of whom he was very

proud, and family, Darlin' Neal and her daughter Ivy Blue Neal, two sisters-in-law, Linda Walley

and Cecilia Harrison of Richton, two brothers-in-law, Alton and Singleton Harvison of Petal, a

few remaining first cousins, a host of second and third cousins and cousins-in-law, his adopted

family, the Ray Kaiser family of New Orleans, and a few very special friends who know who they

are.

Mr. Craft donated his body to the University of Mississippi Medical Center Crematory

Department for research.

A memorial party may be scheduled later.