Lula Browning Craig

Lula Browning Craig, age 107, departed this life on April 11, 2013 at the Sunrise Rehabilitation and Care Center with her family and friends by her bedside. She was a lifelong member of Nebo First Baptist Church at Nebo, NC where she loved to worship and serve the Lord.

Lula was preceded in death by her parents, Millard and Harriet Ollis Browning of Paddy’s Creek, NC; six brothers, Jim, Jeff, Smith, Jeter, Theodore, and Hamp Browning; and two sisters, Vona McLean and Texie Browning. She was looking forward to a wonderful homecoming with her deceased husband of forty years, Fate Craig, and her children, Betty Bradley and husband, Bill, Joe Craig and an infant daughter.

Left to mourn her passing are three children, Ned Craig and wife, Christine, Fannie Lou McNeil and husband, Jim, and Mary Alice Ballew and husband, Robert; one daughter-in-law, Lucille Craig; one sister, Mary Crooks; and one sister-in-law, Faye Browning. Lula had six children, nine grandchildren, eighteen great-grandchildren and fourteen great-great-grandchildren.

Funeral Services will be held at 3:00 PM on Monday, April 15, 2013 at Nebo First Baptist Church with Rev. Doug Worley officiating. Burial will follow at the church cemetery. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service at the church.

Flowers are appreciated and accepted or memorials may be made to the charity of ones choice.

So often, we take for granted the simple things in life, and forget about how truly blessed we really are. We tend to worry more about things we cannot change, rather than to celebrate that which is in front of our very eyes…our family. Today we celebrate the life of Lula Craig, a remarkable woman who touched the lives of so many people. She was many different things, to different people, however the message she conveyed always remained clear. Even at the age of 107, Lula lived her life in the path of truth, and always wanted us to remember that we need to be true to ourselves. She taught us that we could be whatever we wanted to be, as long as we were good at it, and loved what we did. Her effortless ability to show love as well as her strong disposition, taught us that there is nothing more important than family and friends. Not only was she a great role model to everyone around her, but she was an admirable friend. The lives which she touched were countless, and the wisdom she imparted to those she mentored will never be forgotten. Her legacy shall live on through us and reside always in our hearts.

Words of comfort may be shared with the Craig family at www.kirkseyfhmarion.com