Michael Craig King was born in Nacogdoches, Texas, on September 17, 1970 to parents Tommy and Carolyn Still King. Craig attended Nacogdoches ISD and graduated from Nacogdoches High School in 1989. He earned a Bachelor of Business Administration in Marketing from Stephen F. Austin State University in 1998.
Even before graduating from college, Craig began his career. He joined Teletouch Communications in the fall of 1995 and rapidly rose through the ranks as one of the company’s best performers. He left Teletouch in 2006 and spent many years in the pharmaceutical industry. For the last two years, he’s worked as an outside salesman of oil and lubricants for Hubert Glass Oil Company out of Jacksonville.
Craig married Sharrone Leftwich King on July 15, 1995, but the two had been best friends since meeting at a college party in January of 1991. Craig and Sharrone celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary this past July. Craig loved Sharrone with every part of his being and told her every day how much he loved her. The marriage was built on a lot of love, but just as much laughter. Not one day went by that Craig didn’t make Sharrone laugh out loud. She is the love of his life as he is hers. In the summer of 2003, Craig and Sharrone learned they were expecting a baby. Britton Craig King was born in February of 2004 and quickly became the light of his parents’ lives. To this day, Craig would recognize his son as his greatest accomplishment and best buddy.
Craig was an avid golfer, and a very good one at that. Until 2008, you’d likely find him on a local course swinging a club with his golfing buddies if the weather didn’t keep him away. In 2008 all that changed when Britt picked up a baseball glove and bat. Suddenly, Britt’s interests became his father’s. Never has a father been more devoted to a son. Craig was hard on Britt and established high expectations for him from the very beginning but was always at his side to encourage Britt’s growth. Craig taught him something new almost daily... lessons that will last a lifetime. Craig, Sharrone, and Britt spent thousands of hours at baseball fields from central Texas to South Carolina over the last twelve years. It was truly the place they all most wanted to be and the thing they loved doing the most. When fall rolled around for the last many years, their thoughts turned to football. Craig coached the Garrison Little Bulldogs for several of those years. As the coach, he shaped and grew the lives of many young boys. To this day, Craig is still Coach King to them. They are “his boys,” and he never missed an opportunity to love on and encourage them long after they left the field. Craig was an avid hunter and a member of Caney Creek Hunting Club, otherwise known as “The Farm.” His farm family has long been loved as any blood relatives. The Allen family - Larry, Sally, Jeff, John, and Lori have been a huge part of his life for more than thirty years. Craig enjoyed being in nature and loved spending time teaching Britt about hunting, fishing, and wildlife.
Craig is survived by his wife, Sharrone Leftwich King and son, Britt King; his parents, Tommy and Carolyn King; brother Kent King and wife, Karen; sister Cammie Hicks and husband, Paul; sister Carol Matthews and husband, Terry, in-laws Jerry and Pat Leftwich, brothers-in-law Shannon Leftwich (Michelle), Shayne Leftwich (Debbie), and Payton Leftwich (Shawna) along with many nieces and nephews, aunts and uncles, cousins, and friends who are more like family. He is preceded in death by his grandparents, Malcolm and Muriel Warr still and Nelson M. and Ora Dell Wagstaff, and by his beloved uncle Don Still, and by life-long friend, Patrick Crews.
Please pray for Sharrone and Britt in the days and weeks ahead. Craig had a larger-than-life personality that can never be replaced.
Craig King Memorial Fund donations can be made at any CBTx location or can be mailed to Commercial Bank of Texas (Craig King Memorial Fund) PO Box 63505, Nacogdoches, TX 75963.
Friends and family are invited to a visitation from 9:30 - 10:30 a.m. Saturday, January 2, 2021, at Holly Springs Baptist Church in Garrison. A funeral service will immediately follow at 10:30 a.m. at the church officiated by Coach Dempsey Compton and Pastor Bobby Smith. Interment will be at Sunset Memorial Park.
Arrangements are under the direction of Cason Monk-Metcalf Funeral Directors, Nacogdoches.
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