Victoria Kay Craddock's Obituary
Victoria Kay Craddock was born on June 13, 1945 in Los Angeles, California to Robert (Bob) and Gloria (Becky) Walters. She was raised in the Los Angeles area with her 3 sisters, Kathy, Laura, and Mary Beth. She attended and graduated from Westminster High School in 1963. She met her husband, Ronald (Ron) Craddock when she was 16, and married him on October 6, 1963. Once married, they moved to Bremerton Naval Base in Washington so Ron could finish serving his time in the Navy. Once he completed his service, they moved back to the Los Angeles area to raise their family.
As young adults, Ron and Vicki both came to the saving grace of the Lord and began serving together in their church, while raising their four children. Serving the Lord was an important thing for Vicki and she served Him well for many years. Her favorite area of ministry was children's ministry, often working as a teacher in preschool, with elementary school children, and nursery directorship. She taught hundreds of children in the church, and outside of the church, during her entire adult life.
Vicki attended college at San Bernardino Valley College, in California, and received her AA degree in Early Childhood Education and School Aged Child Care. She later used that to teach preschool, direct a preschool, and teach after school programs for school aged children. The last several years, she taught kids in her church, as well as in her Community Bible Study program in Mount Pleasant, Texas. Teaching was her passion and she did the best she could to make the lessons interesting and exciting for the kids. Almost all the kids loved Mrs. Craddock! Vicki also worked for a time as the church secretary at the church she attended in San Bernardino, but her love of teaching lead her back into the field later.
After her children were pretty much grown, Ron took another job in Glendale, Arizona, where they lived for six years, before moving back to San Bernardino. After Ron retired from civil service with the federal government in 2001, they began retirement by traveling full-time in an RV, visiting many places in the United States, including family and friends, before deciding to settle in Winnsboro, Texas in August of 2005. She attended First Baptist Church in Winnsboro from 2007 until she was no longer able to attend after an accident in October of 2025, but she was always a member and thought highly of her church and the people there.
Vicki enjoyed spending time with friends, often entertaining in her home, hosting people for dinner, and she loved playing games. She was gifted in hospitality. She was raised playing all kinds of card games and had a great time playing with her parents, sisters, and church friends. She loved her family and friends so much and was always concerned about others more than herself. She relentlessly served her husband during his final years and was always kind and friendly. She was a quiet person, always wanting to serve the Lord in the background, never seeking praise from people, and only wanted to please her Savior.
Vicki's faith became sight on May 13, 2026 after a long battle with liver disease. We are confident she heard her Savior say, "Well done, my good and faithful servant." She is survived by her daughter, Michelle (Jeff) Erickson; daughter, Ronda (John) Smyth; son, David (Idalia) Craddock; sisters, Laura and Mary Beth; six grandchildren; and two great-granddaughters. She was preceded in death by her sister, Kathy; her father, Robert; her mother, Gloria; her son, William; and her beloved husband of 62 years, Ronald. Vicki's legacy of love, kindness, and faith will remain in the hearts of all who knew her. She will be deeply missed and lovingly remembered.
"But our citizenship is in heaven, and from it we await a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, who will transform our lowly body to be like His glorious body, by the power that enables him even to subject all things to himself." Philippians 3:20-21
"So we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed day by day. For this light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison, as we look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen. For the things that are seen are transient, but the things that are unseen are eternal." 2 Corinthians 4:16-18
"I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith." 2 Timothy 4:7
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