Services for Willie B. Craig, of San Diego, Calif., were 11 a.m.Thursday, March 10 at Anderson-Ragsdale Mortuary in San Diego withburial in Mt. Hope Cemetery in San Diego.

Mr. Craig, 77, died March 5, 2005, in San Diego. He was born inBrookhaven on March 27, 1927, to Bettie and McKinley Craig.

He retired after 30 years employment as a mechanic with KeesMotor Company. Mr. Craig sang for numerous years with the “MightyBright Stars,” a gospel group in Brookhaven. The group performedfor radio shows and toured many cities delivering God’s messagethrough their ministry in music.

In 1967, Mr. Craig moved his family to Joliet, Ill., where heworked in construction for eight years, retiring again in 1980. Helater moved to San Diego, where he had been a resident atUniversity Care Center since June 2002.

Survivors are his wife, Alice L. Craig; ten children, HazelChambers, Barbara Porter, Johanna Newton, Willie B. Craig Jr.,Calvin Craig, Bessie Brown, Jessie Craig, Sandra Goodwin, CharlesCraig and Vickie Furnace; two brothers, Moses Craig and Henry LeeCraig; six sisters, Vera Mae Craig, Annie Mae Montgomery, Ida MaeCraig, Estella Maxwell, Clementine Titus and Mandy Craig; and anumber of grandchildren, nephews, nieces, cousins, brother-in-laws,other relatives and friends.