{"id":2967,"date":"2012-07-30T12:22:23","date_gmt":"2012-07-30T16:22:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.gospelflava.com\/?p=2967"},"modified":"2012-07-30T12:22:23","modified_gmt":"2012-07-30T16:22:23","slug":"passing-of-bishop-james-craig","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gospelflava.com\/v2\/passing-of-bishop-james-craig\/","title":{"rendered":"Passing of Bishop James Craig"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a> Gospelflava joins the gospel music community at large in mourning\u00a0 the passing of Bishop James Craig.\u00a0 James along with his brother Charles rose to prominence as The Craig Brothers recording for the Savoy and Sound of Gospel labels.<\/p>\n

Read the Gospelflava article on the Craig Brothers here: http:\/\/www.gospelflava.com\/articles\/craigbrothersinterview2007.html<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Gospelflava joins the gospel music community at large in mourning\u00a0 the passing of Bishop James Craig.\u00a0 James along with his brother Charles rose to prominence as The Craig Brothers recording for the Savoy and Sound of Gospel labels. Read the Gospelflava article on the Craig […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,31],"tags":[807,808,286,362,809,372,666,810],"class_list":["post-2967","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-artist-news-and-updates","category-life-status-births-and-obituaries","tag-bishop-charles-craig","tag-bishop-james-craig","tag-detroit","tag-james-cleveland","tag-mi","tag-savoy","tag-sound-of-gospel","tag-the-craig-brothers"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3860,"url":"https:\/\/gospelflava.com\/v2\/we-remember-james-cleveland\/","url_meta":{"origin":2967,"position":0},"title":"We Remember James Cleveland","author":"Gregory Gay","date":"December 5, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Gospelflava remembers the King of Gospel, Reverend James Cleveland on what would have been his 81st birthday.\u00a0 Reverend Cleveland was born on December 5, 1931 in Chicago surrounded by the major gospel influences of all time namely, Thomas Dorsey, the Father of Gospel Music, Roberta Martin, famed gospel composer and\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Back in the Day"","block_context":{"text":"Back in the Day","link":"https:\/\/gospelflava.com\/v2\/category\/back-in-the-day\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.gospelflava.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/cleveland.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":2299,"url":"https:\/\/gospelflava.com\/v2\/noted-preacher-and-pastor-bishop-odis-floyd-passes\/","url_meta":{"origin":2967,"position":1},"title":"Noted Preacher and Pastor Bishop Odis Floyd Passes","author":"Gregory Gay","date":"November 29, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"\u00a0 Gospelflava has been notified of the passing of Bishop Odis Floyd, celebrated senior pastor of the renowned New Jerusalem Full Gospel Baptist Church in Flint, Michigan on November 28th.\u00a0 Bishop Floyd accepted his call to ministry in 1964 and assisted his grandfather, Reverend L W Owens in organizing the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Artist News and Updates"","block_context":{"text":"Artist News and Updates","link":"https:\/\/gospelflava.com\/v2\/category\/artists\/artist-news-and-updates\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.gospelflava.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/OF-223x300.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":820,"url":"https:\/\/gospelflava.com\/v2\/bishop-solomon-burke-passes\/","url_meta":{"origin":2967,"position":2},"title":"Bishop Solomon Burke Passes","author":"Gregory Gay","date":"October 10, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"The Associated Press reported the passing of Bishop Solomon Burke on the morning of October 10th.\u00a0 Bishop Burke was traveling to Amsterdam from Los Angeles for a performance.\u00a0 He was 70. 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