ALLEN, Anna Katherine Craft  Age, 77, of Prestonsburg, died Wednesday, 
January 29, 2003, at the Highlands Regional Medical Center. Born 
November 26, 1925, at Ivel, she was the daughter of the late Albert 
“Alb” Rice and Florence “Toad” Riddle Rice. She was a homemaker and 
member of the Lancer Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her 
husbands, Jess Craft and Hobert Allen. Survivors include one daughter, 
Flora Webb of East Point; one step-son, Fred Craft of Gastonia, North 
Carolina; two step-daughters, Gertrude Elliott of West Prestonsburg, 
and Sandra Beasley of Florida; two brothers, Marvin Rice of Auxier, 
and Howard Rice of Georgia; two sisters, Nancy Stephens and Matilda 
Palmer, both of Ivel; three grandchildren, 17 step-grandchildren, one 
great-granddaughter, 15 step-great-grandchildren, and four step-great-
great-grandchildren. In addition to her husbands and parents, she was 
preceded in death by two brothers, Willie Rice and Wesley Rice. Funeral 
services were conducted Saturday, February 1, at 2 p.m., at the Nelson-
Frazier Funeral Home, Martin, with Bobby Carpenter and Jennings West 
officiating. Visitation was at the funeral home. Burial was in the 
Richmond Cemetery, Prestonsburg. (FCT'S)