Little Family Genealogy

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Tracing the Little Family from Rowan County, NC, into Lincoln County, TN.
Tracing the Winstons from Virginia into Tennessee and Alabama.
Tracing the Bayless Family from Long Island, NY into Virginia, Tennessee, and Alabama.
Tracing the Descendants of Josiah Brandon, A Revolutionary War Soldier.
Tracing the Burley family of Henrico County, VA.
Also Tracing the Oldhams of Arkansas and the Boone Family.
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  • ID: I1161
  • Name: Joseph Lawrence RIGGINS Jr
  • Surname: Riggins
  • Given Name: Joseph Lawrence
  • Suffix: Jr
  • Sex: M
  • Birth: 16 May 1925 in , Coffee County, Tennessee
  • Death: 29 Mar 2009 in Cataula, , Georgis 1
  • Burial: 2 Apr 2009 Parkhill Cemetery
  • _UID: F33455C3696BB248B7C6ED3D9F7F062D05DD
  • Change Date: 6 Apr 2009 at 01:00:00



    Father: Joseph Lawrence RIGGINS
    Mother: Nannie Albert THOMASON b: 1 Mar 1901

    Marriage 1 Mary Nell FLETCHER b: 31 Oct 1928 in Tullahoma, ,Tennessee
    • Married: ABT 1949 2
    Children
    1. Has Children Living RIGGINS
    2. Has Children Living RIGGINS

    Sources:
    1. Title: "Obituaries: Columbus Ledger Enquirer"
      Author: Columbus Ledger Enquirer - Columbus, Georgia
      Publication: http://www.legacy.com/ledger-enquirer/Obituaries.asp?Page=LifeStory&PersonID=119144241
      Note: J.L. (Joe) Riggins Jr.
      USS Bennington CV-20 1944-1946
      Joseph L. Riggins, Jr. May 16, 1925 - March 29, 2009 CATAULA, GA ? Joseeph L. Riggins, Jr., 83, of Cataula died Sunday, March 29, 2009 at his residence. Funeral services will be held 11 a.m. Thursday, April 2, 2009 at Striffler-Hamby Mortuary, Macon Road Chapel with Reverend Roy White officiating. Interment to follow in Parkhill Cemetery. The family will receive friends Wednesday, April 1, 2009 from 6 p.m. until 8 p.m. at the funeral home. Mr. Riggins was born May 16, 1925 to the late Joseph Lawrence and Nannie Albert Thomason Riggins in Coffee County, Tennessee. He was a U.S. Navy Veteran serving in World War II. Mr. Riggins worked with The Krystal Restaurants and retired after 33 years of service as a manager. After his retirement he worked for several local super markets. He was a Master Mason and member of Rosehill Masonic Lodge #384, a Shriner, and Eastern Star #269. Mr. Riggins was a member of Edgewood United Methodist Church. He is preceded in death by his beloved wife of 59 years, Mary Nell Riggins; a sister, Mary Riggins, and a brother, Paul Eugene Riggins. Mr. Riggins is survived by two children, Larry Riggins of Columbus, GA, Debbie Hand of Cataula, GA; five grandchildren, Larry D. Riggins of Atlanta, Joseph L. Riggins of Atlanta, Cole L. Riggins of Columbus, Jeremy Hand of Columbus, Sherry Bowling and her husband, Doug of Ellerslie, GA; two great grandchildren, Kirsten and Kaylynne Bowling of Ellerslie, GA; a brother, Woodrow Riggins of Madison, TN; two sisters, Annie Lee Bowden of Tullahoma, TN, and Linda Smith of Normandy, TN. To sign the online guest registry visit www.mem.com .
      From the Columbus Ledger.- Columbus, Ga.
    2. Title: Family Records: Burke, Myra
      Author: Burke, Myra
      Publication: Email Message from Myrs L. Burke dated October 2008
      Note: Had been married 59 years at the time of her death.
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