- Collection:
- Atlanta Funeral Programs Collection
- Title:
- A Celebration of His Life, Thomas Craig, Jr., Saturday, July 26, 2014 - 2:30 P.M. - Donald Trimble Chapel 1876 Second Avenue, Decatur, Georgia, Reverend Robert Welch, Officiating
- Contributor to Resource:
- African-American Historical and Genealogical Society (Washington, D.C.). Metro Atlanta Chapter
Wesley Chapel Genealogy Group - Date of Original:
- 2014-07-26
- Subject:
- African American men--Georgia--Decatur--History--20th century
African Americans--Funeral customs and rites--Georgia--Decatur--History--20th century
Funeral rites and ceremonies--Georgia--Decatur---History--20th century
Funeral service--Georgia--Decatur--History--20th century
Mourning customs--Georgia--Decatur--History--20th century
African Americans--Georgia--Decatur--Genealogy - Location:
- United States, Georgia, DeKalb County, Decatur, 33.77483, -84.29631
- Medium:
- church records
programs (documents)
records (documents) - Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- Funeral program for Thomas Craig, Jr. Birth date: September 9, 1942. Death date: (not recorded). Funeral date: July 26, 2014. Church: Donald Trimble Mortuary Chapel (Decatur, Ga.). The Atlanta Funeral Programs Collection is a project of the Digital Library of Georgia in association with the Auburn Avenue Research Library on African-American Culture and History as part of Georgia HomePLACE. The project is supported with federal LSTA funds administered by the Institute of Museum and Library Services through the Georgia Public Library Service, a unit of the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia.
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:aarl_afpc_craigthomasjr20140726
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:aarl_afpc_craigthomasjr20140726
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 1 page
- Holding Institution:
- Auburn Avenue Research Library on African-American Culture and History
- Rights:
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The family ofthe late Thomas Craig, Jr. will be forever grateful for the love and kindness that you have shown during this time ofbereavement. We are thanliful for the outpouring ofcondolences through the comforting messages, visits, food, calls, prayers and them many other acts ofkindness.
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Our beloved husband, father, grandfather, brother, uncle, nephew and cousin, Thomas Craig, Jr., was born on September 9, 1942 in Meridian, Mississippi, the son of Thomas Craig, Sr. and Bessie Lee Walker. Thomas Jr. was the beloved father of two sons and four daughters.
He graduated from Flint Northern High School, class of 1961 where he was a scholarshipwinning wrestler and is listed in Northern High School's Hall of Fame. He was employed with General Motors until 1972. He then moved to Atlanta where he was employed with the City of Atlanta, Water Works Division until 1998, when he retired. Thomas Jr. is known for his sharp style of dress, his like for sleek, clean, waxed cars and his love for photography at family functions.
Thomas Jr. was preceded in death by this first wife, Willie Mae Marshall Craig. He leaves to cherish his memories, his current wife, Shatese Parrish; two sons, Thomas Darryl Craig of Decatur, GA and Anthony Duane Craig of Atlanta, GA; four daughters, Lisa Montise Craig of Flint, Ml; Tracy Lynette Craig and Elizabeth Craig of Decatur, GA; and Monica Lynn Napoleon of Ewa Beach, HI; one step-daughter, Tayanda (Fred) Stovall of Covington, GA; seven grandchildren; two brothers, Eugene (Delia) Craig of Tulson, AZ and Alvin Craig of Atlanta, GA; one sister, Vivian Jackson of Baltimore, MD; four aunts, Ida Durham of Meridian, MS, Dorothy Evans, Jerusha Walker and Johnnie Louise Peters of Newton, MS; mother-inlaw, Annette (Douglas) Stancil of Covington, GA; father-in-law, Sandy (Joellene) Parrish of Durham, NC; sisters-in-laws, Lynette Strickland of Woodridge, VA; Cathy (Anthony) Alston of Durham, NC; Vickie (Greg) Caudle of Raleigh, NC; Yvonne Stancil of Lithonia, GA; and Lacretia (Chris) Blankey of Covington, GA; three brothers-in-laws, Sandy Parrish Jr. of Decatur, GA; Curtis (Sonya) Stancil of Richmond, VA; and Stanley Byrsell of Orlando, FL; and a host of nieces and nephews.
PRELUDE PROCESSIONAL
SONG SCRIPTURE
Old Testament New Testament PRAYER SONG REMARKS Two Minutes, Please OBITUARY EULOGY ACKNOWLEDGEMENT RECESSIONAL POSTLUDE
Family and Friends
Read Silently Reverend Robert Welch Donald Trimble Staff