Mr. AJ Creagh

A TRIBUTE TO THE LIFE
OF 
BROTHER AJ CREAGH

     BROTHER AJ CREAGH WAS BORN IN MOBILE, ALABAMA TO THE LATE ELDER ELMER AND MOTHER 
REBECCA CREAGH . THE FAMILY MOVED TO ALBANY, NY WHERE HE ATTENDED HACKETT HIGH SCHOOL 
DURING THE EARLY YEARS OF HIS LIFE. HE LATER ENLISTED IN THE ARMY AND SERVED IN VIETNAM AND 
WAS HONORABLY DISCHARGED.  

     HE MARRIED BETTY JEAN KNIGHT (CREAGH) WHO PRECEDED HIM IN DEATH. TO THAT UNION   CHILDREN INCLUDED TIMOTHY EUGENE KNIGHT (DECEASED), AARON CREAGH (DECEASED), JUSTIN CREAGH ALONG MONICA NICOLE KNIGHT AND JOY CREAGH OF ALBANY NEW YORK.      AJ WAS A MAN THAT SUPPORTED HIS FAMILY. AJ PROFESSED HIS FAITH AS A MEMBER OF WILBORN TEMPLE FIRST CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST, WHERE HE AND HIS FAMILY ATTENDED. HE FAITHFULLY PAID HIS TITHES.

HE ALSO ATTENDED THE MID HUDSON BIBLE INSTITUTE WHERE HE ENJOYED STUDYING THE 
BIBLE AND GETTING INVOLVED IN RELIGIOUS DISCUSSIONS AND DEBATES.HE WAS ACTIVELY INVOLVED 
IN THE MEN”S ORGANIZATION OF THE CHURCH UP UNTIL HIS ILLNESS. 

      AJ ENJOYED GOOD GOSPEL MUSIC, SINGING, TRAVELING, DRIVING HIS CARS, COOKING BARBECUE ON THE GRILL, AND SPENDING TIME WITH BOTH FAMILY, AS WELL AS FRIENDS AND ACQUAINTENCES.HE WORKED AT SEVERAL JOBS THAT INCLUDED THE US POST OFFICE.

AND HE RETIRED FROM U. S. ARMY WATERVLIET ARSONAL AFTER MORE THAN 30 YEARS OF SERVICE. AJ WILL BE DEEPLY MISSED BY ALL WHO KNEW HIM. HE DEPARTED THIS LIFE AT THE AGE OF 78, AFTER NUMEROUS MEDICAL HEALTH CHALLENGES. DURING HIS HOSPITALIZATION AT THE ALBANY MEDICAL CENTER HE TRANSITIONED. HE LEFT TO GRIEVE HIS SON JUSTINCREAGH AND DAUGHTERSMONICA NICOLE CAFMPBELL AND JOY CREAGH.

HE ALSO LEAVES TO GRIEVE HIS SISTER, REV. ERETTA LYONS OF GEORGIA (PASTOR ELLIOTT LYONS) WHO WERE WITH HIM DURING HIS FINAL HOURS. HIS PARTING WORDS TO HIS SISTER ERETTA WAS, “I LOVE YOU” OF WHICH SHE RESPONDED, “I LOVE YOU TOO”.  HE LEAVES BEHIND NUMEROUS NIECES AND NEPHEWS, COUSINS, INLAWS ALONG WITH FRIENDS AND ACQUAINTANCES. BROTHER AJ LOVED THE LORD AND LIVE LIFE TO THE FULLNESS. 

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