Final rites for Bert B. Biggs, 60, of Piney View, will be conducted at 1 p.m. Saturday in the Melton Mortuary Chapel with the Rev. Gene Hall officiating. Burial will follow in Greenwood Memorial Park. He died at 6 a.m. Wednesday (June 30) in a local hospital followin an apparent heart attack. Born May 10, 1911 at Sanger, he was the son of the late Samuel Austin and Nora Frances Cantley Biggs. A resident of Piney View for the past 27 years, he was a retired coal miner last working at the Smith-Stover Coal Company, Jonben, and was a member of UMWA Local No. 6522. Biggs was a veteran of World War II, serving in the U.S. Army, and was married to the former Nellie Hall, May 31, 1934, who survives him.
Raleigh Register, Beckley, W.VA. July 1, 1971
Raleigh Register, Beckley, W.VA. July 1, 1971
Final rites for Bert B. Biggs, 60, of Piney View, will be conducted at 1 p.m. Saturday in the Melton Mortuary Chapel with the Rev. Gene Hall officiating. Burial will follow in Greenwood Memorial Park. He died at 6 a.m. Wednesday (June 30) in a local hospital followin an apparent heart attack. Born May 10, 1911 at Sanger, he was the son of the late Samuel Austin and Nora Frances Cantley Biggs. A resident of Piney View for the past 27 years, he was a retired coal miner last working at the Smith-Stover Coal Company, Jonben, and was a member of UMWA Local No. 6522. Biggs was a veteran of World War II, serving in the U.S. Army, and was married to the former Nellie Hall, May 31, 1934, who survives him.
Raleigh Register, Beckley, W.VA. July 1, 1971
Raleigh Register, Beckley, W.VA. July 1, 1971
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