Birth date: Aug 7, 1931 Death date: Nov 9, 2022
Delores Colleen Craig, 91, of St. Petersburg, Florida passed away on November 9, 2022. Colleen was born to the late Savirio Solimito and Maudia Clark in Bloomington, IN. She was married to the late Rev. Wilbur S. Craig, Sr. for Read Obituary
My shift would be over and I would always come to your room to tell you that i was leaving .You would say "goodbye"... And I would always say "NO GOODBYE".. SEE YOU LATER. TODAY.. when I said goodbye. It was like I could hear you say. "NO QUAY...it's I WILL SEE YOU LATER❤️" I'm going to miss you Mama Craig and I will Forever love you.
Sis Craig, one of the greatest true Christian ladies of our generation. Came to St. Petersburg 1/03/1956 (shortly after her marriage to Wilbur Craig in Indiana). Went to work at A&P Market for 96 cents an hour (Wilbur Craig kept looking for a better job, but after 3 months found a truck driving job for 97 cents an hour.
To start a new mission church, they rented a duplex on 52nd Avenue ($65 a month for one side & $15 for the other side); The Apostolic Message was now being preached in St. Petersburg. The soon brought property on 62nd Avenue N. a built a 20'x68' building in 1958. Colleen Craig recalled helping build that building: as men would dump a pickup truck of salvaged used concrete block from some demolishing site, she would spend the day with a hammer and chisel chipping away the old mortar so the blocks could be reused.
By 1963 they built a new 40'x84' auditorium finished off with stone imported for their native state of Indiana.
Faithful, dedicated, loyal, hard working: a typical Friday afternoon would find her in the church kitchen baking a 100 - no, make that 200 or more - pies to take to the Saturday big flee market in Webster.
Sis. Craig was also principal and main teacher at their school, St. Pete Christian Academy. [my daughter, Beth, graduated high school from that school]. Sis. Craig was also majorly involved in Florida District Ladies Ministry and other church work....
God must have a great reward in heaven for her.
Writted by: Bro. G.W. Hassebrock from Sarasota, FL
