A chapel service will be held at 3 p.m. Thursday for Mr. Ray Biggs, 82, Rainbow City, who passed away Monday, Sept. 28, 2009.
Dr. Michael Yopp will officiate with burial in Rainbow Memorial Gardens. Collier-Butler Funeral Home and Cremation Services directing.
Mr. Biggs was born in Newton Co. Mississippi, but resided in Rainbow City most of his life. He was a retired engineer for Revere Cooper and served in the United States Army as an anti-tank personal mines pioneer and was honorably discharged because of an injury. He loved the outdoors, fishing and spending time with family and friends.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Ora Biggs; son, Jerry Lemley; sisters, Bessie Willis, Essie Baucum and Susie Waldrop; and brother, Arvil Biggs. He is survived by his grandchildren, Lt. Col. Jimmy (Denise) Warren, Cindy Hughes, Gina (Scott) Tarver and Mandy Lemley; great-grandchildren, Devan Nabors, Logan Mills, Erin George, Jake Warren, Cole Warren, Kelsey Tarver and Bailey Lewis; brothers, James Biggs and Calvin Biggs; daughter-in-law, Lynda Lemley Ryals; sister-in-law, Bettye Littleton; and many nieces and nephews.
Pallbearers will be Jimmy New, Robert Elrod, Ronald Lankford, Bryan Cash, Tommy Littleton, Bruce Littleton and Tommy Russell. Flowers are accepted or memorials may be made to the . Special thanks to Southern Care Hospice, Gadsden Health and Rehab, the staff of Riverview Regional Medical Center and White Springs Baptist Church.
A chapel service will be held at 3 p.m. Thursday for Mr. Ray Biggs, 82, Rainbow City, who passed away Monday, Sept. 28, 2009.
Dr. Michael Yopp will officiate with burial in Rainbow Memorial Gardens. Collier-Butler Funeral Home and Cremation Services directing.
Mr. Biggs was born in Newton Co. Mississippi, but resided in Rainbow City most of his life. He was a retired engineer for Revere Cooper and served in the United States Army as an anti-tank personal mines pioneer and was honorably discharged because of an injury. He loved the outdoors, fishing and spending time with family and friends.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Ora Biggs; son, Jerry Lemley; sisters, Bessie Willis, Essie Baucum and Susie Waldrop; and brother, Arvil Biggs. He is survived by his grandchildren, Lt. Col. Jimmy (Denise) Warren, Cindy Hughes, Gina (Scott) Tarver and Mandy Lemley; great-grandchildren, Devan Nabors, Logan Mills, Erin George, Jake Warren, Cole Warren, Kelsey Tarver and Bailey Lewis; brothers, James Biggs and Calvin Biggs; daughter-in-law, Lynda Lemley Ryals; sister-in-law, Bettye Littleton; and many nieces and nephews.
Pallbearers will be Jimmy New, Robert Elrod, Ronald Lankford, Bryan Cash, Tommy Littleton, Bruce Littleton and Tommy Russell. Flowers are accepted or memorials may be made to the . Special thanks to Southern Care Hospice, Gadsden Health and Rehab, the staff of Riverview Regional Medical Center and White Springs Baptist Church.
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