Lorene Murray Craine

Lorene Murray Craine of Jacksonville passed away April 21, 2024.

She was born Jan. 5, 1926, in Fox, Ark. At the age of 7 she traveled with her parents and siblings in a covered wagon to the farming community of Lost Cane in Mississippi County. This is where she met the love of her life while in grade school and they married on Sept. 26th, 1942, and raised four children together. They were married for 59 years until his death in 2001.

She was a lifelong member of Little River Missionary Baptist Church in Lost Cane. Due to her husband’s illness they relocated to Jacksonville in September 2000. After his death in July 2001, she regularly attended and was an active member of Westside Baptist Church until her own illness prevented her attendance. Westside had a very special place in her heart. She often said, “If something happens to your dad before me, that’s the church I’m going to because it reminds me of that little country church where I raised you kids.” She loved working in the kitchen (both at home and the church), all the friends she made and of course the fellowship.

To welcome her in heaven with open arms and shouts of joy are her husband, Raymond Talmadge Craine; her parents, Stonewall Jackson Murray and Elizabeth Howard Murray; her brother, George Edward Murray; her twin sisters, Nola Brinkley and Oma Evans; her grandsons, Bryan Christopher Craine and Justin Talmadge Beshears.

Left to cherish her memory are her four children, Jerry Ray (Donna) Craine of Blytheville, Gail C (Jim) Peacock of Jacksonville, Ronald E. Craine of Manila and Judith K. Beshears of Jacksonville; eight grandchildren; two bonus grandchildren; 17 great-grandchildren; 10 bonus great-grandchildren, six great-great-grandchildren; three bonus great-great-grandchildren; three nieces; and a very dear friend, Mary Johnson, as well as her church family and a host of other dear friends and family.

A visitation will be held to honor her life on April 27 from 1-2 p.m. with the funeral service immediately following at Carney Funeral Home in Blytheville with Interment following at Manila Cemetery.

Arrangements are by A Natural State Funeral Service, 2620 West Main Street, Jacksonville, AR 72076, 501-982-3400. Online guestbook is available at www.anaturalstatefuneralservice.com.