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Esta Ray <I>Creech</I> Riggs

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Esta Ray Creech Riggs

Birth
Village Mills, Hardin County, Texas, USA
Death
8 Aug 2002 (aged 70)
Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas, USA
Burial
West Orange, Orange County, Texas, USA Add to Map
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Esta Riggs was the second of four daughters born to Alexander Gilmer Creech (1910-1985) and Ima Helen Balla (1911-1998). She was the sister of Dorothy (Creech-Gilbert) Elliot, Billie (Creech) Seal, and Patricia (Creech-Etheridge) Lawson.

Esta was first married to William Alfred Hester, whom she married in about 1952. Esta and William had one child, Cynthia Kay Hester, before their divorce. On the 7 December 1956, Esta married Melvin Charles Riggs (1930-1987), the son of Melvin Tillery Riggs (1904-1955) and Evelyn Judith Hallbrook (1913-1998), in Jefferson Co., Texas. Esta and Melvin had two children together, Forest Charles Riggs and Christopher Ray Riggs, before their divorce in 1980. On the 11 January 1986, Esta married for a third and final time, to Howard Payne Oliver in Orange Co., Texas. This marriage, however, ended in divorce on the 31 March 1986 in Orange Co., Texas.

Esta passed away in Vidor, Orange Co., Texas, and was buried Orange Forest Lawn Cemetery. She was survived by her three children.
Esta Riggs was the second of four daughters born to Alexander Gilmer Creech (1910-1985) and Ima Helen Balla (1911-1998). She was the sister of Dorothy (Creech-Gilbert) Elliot, Billie (Creech) Seal, and Patricia (Creech-Etheridge) Lawson.

Esta was first married to William Alfred Hester, whom she married in about 1952. Esta and William had one child, Cynthia Kay Hester, before their divorce. On the 7 December 1956, Esta married Melvin Charles Riggs (1930-1987), the son of Melvin Tillery Riggs (1904-1955) and Evelyn Judith Hallbrook (1913-1998), in Jefferson Co., Texas. Esta and Melvin had two children together, Forest Charles Riggs and Christopher Ray Riggs, before their divorce in 1980. On the 11 January 1986, Esta married for a third and final time, to Howard Payne Oliver in Orange Co., Texas. This marriage, however, ended in divorce on the 31 March 1986 in Orange Co., Texas.

Esta passed away in Vidor, Orange Co., Texas, and was buried Orange Forest Lawn Cemetery. She was survived by her three children.


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  • Created by: William
  • Added: Nov 1, 2007
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/22599566/esta_ray-riggs: accessed ), memorial page for Esta Ray Creech Riggs (23 May 1932–8 Aug 2002), Find a Grave Memorial ID 22599566, citing Forest Lawn Memorial Park, West Orange, Orange County, Texas, USA; Maintained by William (contributor 46827275).