Julie “Jugie” Marie Craig

ORE CITY – Services for Julie “Jugie” Marie Craig, 48 of Jenkins, were held March 17 at Ore City Church of Christ with Harvey Fulks officiating, under the direction of Ingram’s Funeral Home. Jugie was born in Anahiem Calif. on June 24, 1969, but she told everyone: “I was born in Harris Hospital in Fort Worth” because she was ashamed she wasn’t born in the great state of Texas. Julie passed away March 9at Good Shepherd Saint Christus Hospital in Longview. Jugie collected many things, from ugly estate sale furniture and vintage handkerchiefs to opposums and pitiful baby birds, but the most important thing she collected was people. She opened her heart and home to an extended village of people because she truly believed that family was about love and togetherness more than blood relation. Her family was the most important thing in her world, and she was the glue that bound us together and kept our traditions and history alive. Jugie approached the end of her time with the same sense of humor and irreverence that she approached the rest of her life. Not long before she passed, Jugie told her sister that she didn’t want her friends to make her sound like a saint at her funeral. Her sister replied, “What makes you think you’ll have any friends there?” and they both laughed until they cried. Jugie laughed freely, loved fiercely, and cared deeply. She made our lives a joyous circus, and we’re not sure who will make us laugh now that she is gone. Julie Marie Craig was preceded in death by her mother Linda Hutchinson, father Charlie Craig, and infant daughter Jaydy Fulks. She is survived by her children Jake and Jilian Fulks; two grandchildren; brothers and sisters Kim Craig, Frank Craig, Jake Craig, Cindy Crites ,Steve Peck, Ray Fulks, Jay Fulks, and Rene Fulks; numerous in-laws, cousins, nieces, nephews, and grand-niece and grand-nephews - all of whom will claim to be Jugie’s most favorite person. The truth is, every one of us was her favorite person. She had a gift of drawing people to her and loving them fiercely and unconditionally because she found something lovable in everyone she knew. At the beginning of her uncertain battle with cancer, Jugie clung to one thing and repeated it to us often: “Even ‘if ’... it is well with my soul.”