Obituary

On December 2, 1956 a baby boy was born to Charles and Alberta Craig, they named him Starvell Lamont, he was the oldest of four children. He attended school along with his siblings in Depew, Oklahoma, and at an early age he united with the Valley Grove Baptist Church where he was baptized.

 In 1969 the family moved to Tulsa, Oklahoma where he graduated from McClain Senior High School, and after graduating Starvell joined the U.S. Marine Corp.

Starvell was a loving person who never met a stranger and gained many friends along the way. He met Ladonna Owens and to them a son was born, they named him Stravell Lamont Craig, Jr.

He leaves to cherish his memory and legacy his son Starvell, Jr. and grandchildren, Tyesha Cato, Stravell Craig, III, Mya Thompson, Amari Craig, Elijah Craig, Malik Craig, Isaac Craig, Serenity Craig, Isaiah Craig, and one Great Granddaughter Za’Ryah Johnson, his mother Alberta Craig, one brother Edward Craig, two sisters, Vickie Lewis of Tulsa, and Lashawn Craig of Houston, Texas. He also leaves one brother-in-law, Deacon Reginald Lewis, Sr. of Tulsa, and a host of uncles, aunts, nephews, nieces, cousins and loving friends. Starvell was preceded in death by his father Charles Craig and grandparents Rev. Leroy and Priscilla Craig, and Albert and Annie Bell Harrison.