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Donald Earl Rigney[1, 2, 3]

Male 1922 - 1986  (64 years)


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  • Name Donald Earl Rigney 
    Born 11 Apr 1922  West Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 25 Dec 1986  Bluefield, West Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Woodlawn Cemetery, West Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I18075  My Reynolds Line
    Last Modified 14 Apr 2017 

    Father Robert Morris Rigney,   b. 8 Sep 1874, Callands, Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Apr 1955, Bluefield West Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 80 years) 
    Mother Lucy Tabor,   b. 22 Jan 1882, Mercer Co., West Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Jan 1966, Mercer County, West Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 83 years) 
    Married 1898  McDowell, West Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F6587  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S32] Find-A-Grave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=72977514.

    2. [S110] Social Security Death Index, https://familysearch.org/search/record/results?count=20&query=%2Bgivenname%3A%22donald%20earl%22~%20%2Bsurname%3Arigney~%20%2Bbirth_place%3A%22west%20virginia%22~%20%2Bbirth_year%3A1922-1922~%20%2Bdeath_place%3A%22west%20virginia%22~%20%2Bdeath_year%3A1986-1986~.

    3. [S42] Obituary.
      Donald Earl Rigney, 64, of Route 3, Box 107, Bluefield died Thursday, December 25, 1986 in a Bluefield hospital.
      Born April 11, 1922 in Bramwell, he was the son of the late Robert N. Rigney and Lucy Tabor Rigney.
      He lived in Bluewell for 25 years and was a member of the Bluewell United Methodist Church.
      He retired as a salesman from Pocahontas Welding Supply.
      He was a member of Bramwell Kiwanis Club and Bailey Masonic Lodge No. 137, where he was Tyler of the lodge for 18 years.
      He was a U.S. Army veteran of WWII.
      Survivors: daughter, Mrs. R.P. (Yvonne) Vest of Forest, Va., Miss Donna Cheryl Rigney of Salem, Va.; brother, Howard Rigney of Salem; sisters, Mrs. Paul (Dorothy) Bales, Mrs. Max (Betty) Reynolds of Bluefield, Mrs. Teb (June) Jarrett of Globe, Az., Mrs. Cecil (Ethel) Mullins of Bramwell; and three grandchildren.
      Funeral service will be at Cravens-Shires Funeral Home, Bluewell, with the Rev. Carl Burrows and the Rev. Barry Wright officiating with emtombment at Woodlawn Memorial Park.
      The family requests memorial contributions be made to Bluewell United Methodist Church, Rt. 4, Box 541, Bluefield, or Lorton Lick Weslyan Church, Box 803, Bluefield, W.V.
      Published December 27, 1968, Saturday, in the Bluefield Daily Telegraph.
      from findagrave...mentions sisters Betty and Dorothy/June and brother Howard