Annie Burgin Craig

Annie Burgin Craig (February 15, 1873 – November 6, 1955) was an American political hostess who, as the wife of Governor Locke Craig, served as the first lady of North Carolina from 1913 to 1917.

Biography Craig was born on February 15, 1873 to Captain Joseph B. Burgin, a Confederate States Army officer, and Margaret E. Burgin. She grew up on her family's farm at the foot of Black Mountain, near Old Fort, North Carolina.

On November 18, 1891, she married the attorney Locke Craig. They had four sons: Carlyle, George Winston, Arthur Burgin, and Locke Jr. The Craig family lived in Asheville, where her husband owned a law practice.

Her husband sat in the North Carolina House of Representatives from 1899 to 1901 and, in 1913, he became the governor of North Carolina. Addie Worth Bagley Daniels hosted a luncheon for Craig and her entourage from Western North Carolina to introduce her to the wives and members of the North Carolina General Assembly.