C.M. RIGGSBEE CALLED TODAY AT HIS HOME -
FORMER POLICE CHIEF OF DECATUR DIED SUDDENLY -
C.M. Riggsbee, 61, widely known North Alabama citizen, former Decatur resident and chief of police, died suddenly at 9 o'clock this morning at his tourist camp a short distance south of Athens. He had been in bad health for the past five years.
Mr. Riggsbee lived here for about 30 years and was Decatur's police chief for 21 years. He spent 22 years as a member of the force.
He came here from Raleigh, NC and entered the meat market business with R.L. Smith on Bank Street. On becoming a member of the police force he served the city in that capacity continuously more than 20 years. He was not a candidate for reappointment to the post when the new city officials were elected last fall.
Funeral arrangements are to be announced by Brown Tuesday when relatives arrive here.
Mr. Riggsbee on retiring from police work last year bought a tract of land near Athens and opened a tourist camp and had been in active charge of it since. This morning he was apparently feeling all right and walked to the barn on his place. When he did not return to the house after several minutes Mrs. Riggsbee went to the barn and found him lying outside of it dead. Death was believed instantanous.
The former police chief was one of the best known officers in the state. He was of a quiet unassuming nature and had friends in all walks of life.
Besides his widow he is survived by a son, Ralph Riggsbee of Birmingham, several brothers and sisters.
DECATUR DAILY - June 28, 1937
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C.M. Riggsbee Rites Today
Funeral services for C.M. Riggsbee, former Decatur chief of police who died suddenly Monday morning at his home near Athens, will be held at 4 p.m. today at First Baptist Church with the Rev. J.F. Ray, pastor, officiating. Burial following at City Cemetery to be in charge of Brown. The funeral procession will leave the home at 3:30 for Decatur. Mr. Riggsbee is survived by his widow; two sons, Ralph Riggsbee and Roy Martin of Birmingham; three brothers, A.A. Riggsbee, Dallas, Texas, Luther and Dr. Arthur Riggsbee, of Durham, N.C.; a sister, Mrs. Lula Winston, of Durham, N.C.
Mr. Riggsbee was a member of First Baptist Church here, of the Knights of Pythias and a veteran of the Spanish-American War. He was a native of Raleigh, N.C., but spent 30 years as a resident of Decatur, serving as the city's chief of police 21 years. At the end of his term last fall, Mr. Riggsbee retired from the force. His health had been impaired several years.
DECATUR DAILY - June 29, 1937
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FORMER POLICE CHIEF OF DECATUR DIED SUDDENLY -
C.M. Riggsbee, 61, widely known North Alabama citizen, former Decatur resident and chief of police, died suddenly at 9 o'clock this morning at his tourist camp a short distance south of Athens. He had been in bad health for the past five years.
Mr. Riggsbee lived here for about 30 years and was Decatur's police chief for 21 years. He spent 22 years as a member of the force.
He came here from Raleigh, NC and entered the meat market business with R.L. Smith on Bank Street. On becoming a member of the police force he served the city in that capacity continuously more than 20 years. He was not a candidate for reappointment to the post when the new city officials were elected last fall.
Funeral arrangements are to be announced by Brown Tuesday when relatives arrive here.
Mr. Riggsbee on retiring from police work last year bought a tract of land near Athens and opened a tourist camp and had been in active charge of it since. This morning he was apparently feeling all right and walked to the barn on his place. When he did not return to the house after several minutes Mrs. Riggsbee went to the barn and found him lying outside of it dead. Death was believed instantanous.
The former police chief was one of the best known officers in the state. He was of a quiet unassuming nature and had friends in all walks of life.
Besides his widow he is survived by a son, Ralph Riggsbee of Birmingham, several brothers and sisters.
DECATUR DAILY - June 28, 1937
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C.M. Riggsbee Rites Today
Funeral services for C.M. Riggsbee, former Decatur chief of police who died suddenly Monday morning at his home near Athens, will be held at 4 p.m. today at First Baptist Church with the Rev. J.F. Ray, pastor, officiating. Burial following at City Cemetery to be in charge of Brown. The funeral procession will leave the home at 3:30 for Decatur. Mr. Riggsbee is survived by his widow; two sons, Ralph Riggsbee and Roy Martin of Birmingham; three brothers, A.A. Riggsbee, Dallas, Texas, Luther and Dr. Arthur Riggsbee, of Durham, N.C.; a sister, Mrs. Lula Winston, of Durham, N.C.
Mr. Riggsbee was a member of First Baptist Church here, of the Knights of Pythias and a veteran of the Spanish-American War. He was a native of Raleigh, N.C., but spent 30 years as a resident of Decatur, serving as the city's chief of police 21 years. At the end of his term last fall, Mr. Riggsbee retired from the force. His health had been impaired several years.
DECATUR DAILY - June 29, 1937
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C.M. RIGGSBEE CALLED TODAY AT HIS HOME -
FORMER POLICE CHIEF OF DECATUR DIED SUDDENLY -
C.M. Riggsbee, 61, widely known North Alabama citizen, former Decatur resident and chief of police, died suddenly at 9 o'clock this morning at his tourist camp a short distance south of Athens. He had been in bad health for the past five years.
Mr. Riggsbee lived here for about 30 years and was Decatur's police chief for 21 years. He spent 22 years as a member of the force.
He came here from Raleigh, NC and entered the meat market business with R.L. Smith on Bank Street. On becoming a member of the police force he served the city in that capacity continuously more than 20 years. He was not a candidate for reappointment to the post when the new city officials were elected last fall.
Funeral arrangements are to be announced by Brown Tuesday when relatives arrive here.
Mr. Riggsbee on retiring from police work last year bought a tract of land near Athens and opened a tourist camp and had been in active charge of it since. This morning he was apparently feeling all right and walked to the barn on his place. When he did not return to the house after several minutes Mrs. Riggsbee went to the barn and found him lying outside of it dead. Death was believed instantanous.
The former police chief was one of the best known officers in the state. He was of a quiet unassuming nature and had friends in all walks of life.
Besides his widow he is survived by a son, Ralph Riggsbee of Birmingham, several brothers and sisters.
DECATUR DAILY - June 28, 1937
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C.M. Riggsbee Rites Today
Funeral services for C.M. Riggsbee, former Decatur chief of police who died suddenly Monday morning at his home near Athens, will be held at 4 p.m. today at First Baptist Church with the Rev. J.F. Ray, pastor, officiating. Burial following at City Cemetery to be in charge of Brown. The funeral procession will leave the home at 3:30 for Decatur. Mr. Riggsbee is survived by his widow; two sons, Ralph Riggsbee and Roy Martin of Birmingham; three brothers, A.A. Riggsbee, Dallas, Texas, Luther and Dr. Arthur Riggsbee, of Durham, N.C.; a sister, Mrs. Lula Winston, of Durham, N.C.
Mr. Riggsbee was a member of First Baptist Church here, of the Knights of Pythias and a veteran of the Spanish-American War. He was a native of Raleigh, N.C., but spent 30 years as a resident of Decatur, serving as the city's chief of police 21 years. At the end of his term last fall, Mr. Riggsbee retired from the force. His health had been impaired several years.
DECATUR DAILY - June 29, 1937
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FORMER POLICE CHIEF OF DECATUR DIED SUDDENLY -
C.M. Riggsbee, 61, widely known North Alabama citizen, former Decatur resident and chief of police, died suddenly at 9 o'clock this morning at his tourist camp a short distance south of Athens. He had been in bad health for the past five years.
Mr. Riggsbee lived here for about 30 years and was Decatur's police chief for 21 years. He spent 22 years as a member of the force.
He came here from Raleigh, NC and entered the meat market business with R.L. Smith on Bank Street. On becoming a member of the police force he served the city in that capacity continuously more than 20 years. He was not a candidate for reappointment to the post when the new city officials were elected last fall.
Funeral arrangements are to be announced by Brown Tuesday when relatives arrive here.
Mr. Riggsbee on retiring from police work last year bought a tract of land near Athens and opened a tourist camp and had been in active charge of it since. This morning he was apparently feeling all right and walked to the barn on his place. When he did not return to the house after several minutes Mrs. Riggsbee went to the barn and found him lying outside of it dead. Death was believed instantanous.
The former police chief was one of the best known officers in the state. He was of a quiet unassuming nature and had friends in all walks of life.
Besides his widow he is survived by a son, Ralph Riggsbee of Birmingham, several brothers and sisters.
DECATUR DAILY - June 28, 1937
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C.M. Riggsbee Rites Today
Funeral services for C.M. Riggsbee, former Decatur chief of police who died suddenly Monday morning at his home near Athens, will be held at 4 p.m. today at First Baptist Church with the Rev. J.F. Ray, pastor, officiating. Burial following at City Cemetery to be in charge of Brown. The funeral procession will leave the home at 3:30 for Decatur. Mr. Riggsbee is survived by his widow; two sons, Ralph Riggsbee and Roy Martin of Birmingham; three brothers, A.A. Riggsbee, Dallas, Texas, Luther and Dr. Arthur Riggsbee, of Durham, N.C.; a sister, Mrs. Lula Winston, of Durham, N.C.
Mr. Riggsbee was a member of First Baptist Church here, of the Knights of Pythias and a veteran of the Spanish-American War. He was a native of Raleigh, N.C., but spent 30 years as a resident of Decatur, serving as the city's chief of police 21 years. At the end of his term last fall, Mr. Riggsbee retired from the force. His health had been impaired several years.
DECATUR DAILY - June 29, 1937
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