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Submitted: 8/18/21 • Approved: 8/18/21 • Last Updated: 8/21/21 • R448355-G448354-S3
William B.
1908-1983
Lucille
1916-1981
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Photo/information, courtesy of Edith Guynes Stanley
*Obituary William B.
Services for Bill Rigdon, 74, of 1400 Clayton, will be at 2:30 p.m. Friday in the First Baptist Church of Phillips, with Rev. W.R. Lawrence, pastor, officiating.
Burial will be in Highland Park Cemetery by Alexander Funeral Directors.
Mr. Rigdon died at 5:25 p.m. Tuesday in St. Anthony's Hospital in Amarillo.
A native of Bonham, he had lived in Borger for 34 years. He was a pipefitter, and member of the Phillips First Baptist Church.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Lucile, Jan. 9, 1981, and a brother, G.C. Rigdon.
Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Billie Jo Coats of Dallas, and Mrs. Rosemary Winters of Amarillo; two brothers, J.B. Rigdon of Borger, and J.W. Rigdon of Durant, Okla.; two sisters, Mrs. Annie Spradlin of Durant, and Mrs. Eula Spelce of Borger; and four grandchildren.
(Published in Borger News Herald, Thursday, January 27, 1983)
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Texas, Birth Certificates, 1903-1932
Name: William Bryan Rigdon
Birth Date: 4 Jun 1908
Gender: Male
Birth Place: Bonham, Fannin, Texas, USA
Father: Zera McDonald Rigdon
Father Birth Place: Kentucky
Mother: Annie Elizabeth Cole
Mother Birth Place: Kentucky
Mother Residence: Bonham, Fannin, Texas
Texas Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: William Rigdon
Death Date: 25 Jan 1983
Death County: Potter
Gender: Male
U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
Name: William Rigdon
Last Residence:
79007 Borger, Hutchinson, Texas, USA
BORN: 4 Jun 1908
Died: Jan 1983
*Obituary Lucille
(Published in Borger News Herald, January 11, 1981)
Services for Mrs. Lucille Rigdon, 64, of 1400 Clayton, were at 3 p.m. Saturday in the First Baptist Church in Phillips.
Burial was in Highland Park Cemetery by Alexander Funeral Directors.
Mrs. Rigdon died at 5 a.m. today in Leisure Lodge Nursing Home.
A native of Quail, Mrs. Rigdon had been a resident of the Phillips-Borger area for 29 years. She moved to Phillips in 1951 from McLean. In 1954, she moved to Borger. Mrs. Rigdon taught school at Phillips for 25 years. She retired in 1971. She was a member of the Phillips First Baptist Church.
Mrs. Rigdon is survived by her husband, Bill; two daughters, Mrs. Billie Jo Coats of Dallas and Mrs. Rosemary Winters of Amarillo; one sister, Mrs. Johnnie McCarroll of Midland; and four grandchildren.
Contributed on 8/18/21
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