| By Bob Weaver
Lew and Jennie Craddock enjoy their spacious
country home in the Calhoun backwoods
Calhouner Lewis Craddock went back to college and got a Master's Degree at
age 60, proving it is never too late to obtain a degree. Craddock just graduated
from West Virginia University in Parkersburg with a degree in communications,
maintaining a 3.9 GPA.
"It was a real challenge," said Craddock (pictured left), "The WVU staff did an
excellent job teaching the course and helping me through it," while he continued
working.
Craddock works with the West Virginia Department of Corrections in St. Marys
and is currently teaching classes in Criminal Justice, having earlier obtained a BA
in the field and working originally in the California corrections system.
He served the military during the Vietnam War and Gulf War, and is a pro-active
advocate for veteran's rights.
Lew and his wife Jennie returned to his native Calhoun in 1987, coming back to
help take care of his ailing mother. The couple have now erected a new home on
his grandfather's farm, the Dave and Letha Price Craddock place on Sinking
Springs.
The spacious county home sits high atop a hill between Sinking Springs and
Barnes Run. "It was mostly built by our own hands (including his wife's) over a
period of ten years," he said.
Lew grew up on Daniels Run, the son of the late Forest and Emma Woods
Craddock. He left Calhoun in 1959, moving to Ohio and later to California, where
he worked at Folsom Prison.
He has a brother, Ron Craddock, who lives on Daniels Run.
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