Marie Annaletta
Mosty Craft

Our DAD (William [Bill] Downing Craft, Jr.) was born in New Jersey and grew up on Long Island, NY in the still small community of Northport, NY moving to Kerrville after WWII.

After moving to Kerrville he worked for my grandfater Harvey Mosty until he went to work for the Kerrville Post Office in 1952. I'm sure he still worked around the farm after going to work for the Post Office since we lived on the same 80 acres on Bandera Highway.

The older folks around Kerrville will remember my dad as the friendly postman, who delivered mail to just about every address in Kerrville at one time or another, from 1951 until he retired from the Post Office in 1980. His close friends from the Post Office remember him as "Cheesy".

Dad died at his home on Bandera Highway in 2004.

Fran was born in January of 1949 and is the second oldest of the four children. She also attended school at Tivy and graduated from Tivy High School.

Fran married Thomas Frakich after her graduation and they lived in Corpus Christi as Thomas finished his stint in the Navy. They moved to Ingleside, Texas (east of Corpus) and lived there for several years. During that time their daughter, Deedee was born.

Fran went to work for Wal Mart later on and was responsible for store set-ups.

She and Thomas divorced in the 1990s. Fran eventually made residence in Big Cabin, Oklahoma (about an hour Northeast of Tulsa) and resides there now with her daughter Deedee, her husband Bob and son TJ.

Danny was born in December 1949. Graduated from Tivy High School and continueing the family tradition, joined the Navy.

After his discharge from the Navy Danny returned home making residence in Kerrville. He married Jeanne Mahan and had a son, Robert. After Jeanne's untimely death Danny married Rebecca McBride and they had a daughter, Jessica. Danny and Rebecca divorced and Danny then married Judy Ligon.

For the most part Danny and his families resided in Kerrville; finally ending up in Winnsboro, Texas (about an hour east of Dallas). He and Judy resided there. Judy died in 2019. Danny remained in Winnsboro where he died in September 2021.

Bruce, the youngest of the four children, was born in January 1951. He graduated from Tivy High School like his other siblings.

After graduation Bruce went to work for the H.M. Gousha Company in 1969 and continued there until 1996 when the company was bought and closed by Rand McNally. He then started his own maplping/graphic design/ Macintosh system consulting business immediately after Gousha closed.

Bruce married Gwen Schwausch in 1970. They had two children, Josh and Sara.

After Bruce's dad, Bill (or Pipaw as we called him), died in 2004 he and Gwen moved into Bill's house on Bandera Highway. Gwen died in 2008. Bruce continues to reside at the Bandera property where he grew up.