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James Albert Rigg

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Birth	:	17 Jul 1881 Cannelton, Fayette County, West Virginia, USA
Death	:	20 Sep 1959 Charlottesville City, Virginia, USA
Burial	:	Alderson Cemetery, Alderson, Greenbrier County, USA
Coordinate	:	37.7334700, -80.6520800
Description	:	Post-Herald - September 23, 1959, Beckley, West Virginia J. Riggs Funeral Slated Thursday ALDERSON (ENS) - Funeral services for James Albert Riggs will be conducted at 2:30 p.m. Thursday in the Johnson Memorial Methodist Church, Alderson, by the Rev. Paul McCain. Burial will be in the Alderson Cemetery. Riggs, 78, Alderson, died Monday in the University of Virginia Hospital, Charlottesville, after an illness of two weeks. Born July 17, 1881 at Cannelton, Fayette County, he was a son of the late Stephen C. and Mary Gray Riggs. Riggs came to Alderson in 1904 as an employe of the Merchants Grocery Co.,... Read More	Post-Herald - September 23, 1959, Beckley, West Virginia J. Riggs Funeral Slated Thursday ALDERSON (ENS) - Funeral services for James Albert Riggs will be conducted at 2:30 p.m. Thursday in the Johnson Memorial Methodist Church, Alderson, by the Rev. Paul McCain. Burial will be in the Alderson Cemetery. Riggs, 78, Alderson, died Monday in the University of Virginia Hospital, Charlottesville, after an illness of two weeks. Born July 17, 1881 at Cannelton, Fayette County, he was a son of the late Stephen C. and Mary Gray Riggs. Riggs came to Alderson in 1904 as an employe of the Merchants Grocery Co., and has resided here since that time. He was a member of the Johnson Memorial Methodist Church: a 50-year member and past master of Alderson Lodge No. 70, Ancient Free and Accepted. Masons; a charter and honorary member of the Alderson Rotary Club; one of the organizers of the first Alderson Chamber of Commerce. The deceased was married to the former Wyona Smith, who died in December, 1955. He married Miss Ruth Pratt of Cincinnati, Ohio, in June, 1958. President and one of the founders of the Acme Limestone Co.; past president of the National Crush Stone Assn., a member of its executive board for 20 years; and a member of the American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers. Surviving are his wife, three daughters, Mrs. Virginia Fisher, Blacksbung, Va., Mrs. Barbara Pratt, Indianapolis, Ind., and Mrs. Marjorie Crawford, Alderson; brother, Robert, Bim, Boone County; two sisters, Mrs. Margaret England and Mrs. Agnes R. Cook, both of Alderson; and three grandchildren. The body is at the Lobban Funeral Home, Alderson

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James Albert Rigg's memorial is located at: Alderson Cemetery, Alderson, Greenbrier County, USA.
When did James Albert Rigg death?
James Albert Rigg death on 20 Sep 1959 in Charlottesville City, Virginia, USA
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Latitude: 37.7334700
Longitude: -80.6520800

Family Members:

Parent

Stephen Columbus Rigg

(1858 - 1947)

Mary Catherine Gray Rigg

(1861 - 1948)

Spouse

Wyona Lee Smith Rigg

(1885 - 1954)

Ruth Edith Pratt Rigg

(1900 - 1991)

Siblings

Effie Brace Rigg Smoak

(1883 - 1933)

Margaret Mary “Maggie” England

(1885 - 1975)

Leona Susan Rigg Neff

(1887 - 1939)

Agnes Rigg Cooke

(1892 - 1965)

Robert Stephen “Bob” Rigg

(1894 - 1979)

Howard Montgomery Rigg Sr.

(1899 - 1932)

Children

Mary Virginia Rigg Fischer

(1910 - 1987)

Marjorie Montgomery Rigg Crawford

(1912 - 2000)

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