Friday, December 8, 1972, page 2
Lila Riggs
Texico
Mrs. Lila Riggs, 81, Rt. 1, Texico, died at 6:50 am today at the Jeffersonian Nursing Home.
Funeral services will be held at 11 am Sunday at the Union Chapel United Methodist Church, of which she was a member, with the Rev. Leroy A. Dude officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery.
The body will lie in state at the Osborn Funeral Home in Dix after 4 pm Saturday.
Mrs. Riggs was born in Dublin, Iowa, on May 21, 1891, the daughter of John D. and Amanda (Bookwalter) Robertson.
On Dec. 9, 1923, she married William Riggs in Bluford. He preceded her in death.
Survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Ida Mae Jackson Texico; two sisters, Mrs. Minnie Gowler of Centralia and Mrs. Mae Warren of Mt. Vernon; and four grandchildren.
Friday, December 8, 1972, page 2
Lila Riggs
Texico
Mrs. Lila Riggs, 81, Rt. 1, Texico, died at 6:50 am today at the Jeffersonian Nursing Home.
Funeral services will be held at 11 am Sunday at the Union Chapel United Methodist Church, of which she was a member, with the Rev. Leroy A. Dude officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery.
The body will lie in state at the Osborn Funeral Home in Dix after 4 pm Saturday.
Mrs. Riggs was born in Dublin, Iowa, on May 21, 1891, the daughter of John D. and Amanda (Bookwalter) Robertson.
On Dec. 9, 1923, she married William Riggs in Bluford. He preceded her in death.
Survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Ida Mae Jackson Texico; two sisters, Mrs. Minnie Gowler of Centralia and Mrs. Mae Warren of Mt. Vernon; and four grandchildren.
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