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                         Roanoke Times
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DATE: TUESDAY, August 3, 1993                   TAG: 9308030238
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: C-2   EDITION: METRO 
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DATELINE: HARDY                                 LENGTH: Short

OBIT RIGGS, REV. EMERY

RIGGS, Rev. Emery, 97, of Hardy, died Monday, August 2, 1993. He was preceded in death by his wife, Nancy Crabtree Riggs. He was co-founder of Riggs Veneer Corporation in Pulaski. He was also a lay minister at Snowville Baptist Church, Draper Valley Baptist Church, Max Creek Baptist Church, and Liberty Baptist Church from 1946 to 1968. He is survived by his two daughters, Velva R. Palmer, Cora Mabel Riggs, both of Roanoke; four sons, Austin L. Riggs, Roanoke, Raymond H. Riggs, Pulaski, Emery Garrett Riggs, Fort Gay, W.Va., John D. Riggs, Hardy; 13 grandchildren; 22 great-grandchildren; three great-great-grandchildren; two sisters, Estel Pack, Norwalk, Calif., Louisa Harmon, Pine Bluff, Ark. Funeral services will be held at Greenbrier Baptist Church at 11 a.m. Friday, August 6, 1993, with Rev. John D. Riggs officiating, pastor of Franklin Memorial Baptist Church, Hardy, where Emery Riggs had been a member for the past six years. Interment will follow in Cyurs Cemetery in Fort Gay, W.Va. The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. at Oakey's Vinton Chapel on Tuesday, on Wednesday from 7 to 9 p.m. at Thomas M. Seagle & Son Funeral Home, Pulaski, and from 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday at the Rollins Funeral Home in Kenova, W.Va. 


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