Nellie Mae Rigsby was born in Alder Springs, Missouri, on January 25,
1907, the daughter of Melvin and Mary Bilyeau Alexander and passed away
in the Phelps County Regional Medical Center in Rolla, on Monday
evening, February 13, 1984. She had attained the age of 77 years.
She
was united in marriage to Charles Rigsby on February 2, 1924 and unto
this union two daughters and four sons were born. He preceded her on
August 29, 1979. She was a member of the Burnett Chuch and was baptized
by Earl Jones in 1961. She will be sadly missed by all who knew and
loved her.
Funeral services were held in the Long Gilbert Chapel
on Thursday, February 16, 1984 at 11:00 am with Earl Jones officiating.
Burial was in the Fox Crossing Cemetery under the direction of the Long
Gilbert Chapel. Serving as pallbearers were her grandsons.
She is
survived by two daughters, Velva Jones and Patsy Fenton of Dixon, four
sons, Ernest of Dixon; Robert of Bargersville, Indiana; and Paul and
Jack of Nashville, Tennessee; 14 grandchildren; 13 great grandchildren;
two brothers, Walter Alexander of Dixon and Wade Alexander of
Marshfield; one sister Katie McKinnon of Dixon, with many other
relatives and friends.
She was preceded in death by her parents,
husband, three grandchildren, James, Frank, and Ronnie, three brothers,
Sherman, Louis, and Gordon Alexander, and three sisters, Maude, Emma,
and Eunice Baker.
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