Benjamin Denny Staggers obituary, Waynesburg Republican, Waynesburg (Greene County), Pennsylvania, 20 March, 1970
Benjamin Denny Staggers, 71, retired National Bank examiner of the United States Treasury Department, died at 1:30 a. m. Tuesday, March 17, 1970, in Presbyterian Hospital, Pittsburgh, after a lingering illness.
Mr. Staggers, of 600 Highview Drive, Baldwin Township, Pittsburgh, was a descendent of a pioneer Greene County family and a son of H. C. Staggers and Millie Denny Staggers.
His early life was spent at Waynesburg, where he was a player on the high school basketball team and later on the Waynesburg College team.
He was a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Waynesburg; a 50 - year member and life member of Waynesburg Lodge 153, F.and A. M. ; the Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite, Valley of Pittsburgh, and the Pennsylvania Consistory.
Mr. Staggers was also a member of Waynesburg Lodge No. 757, B. P. O. Elks, the Lettermen's Club of Waynesburg College; Delta Sigma Phi Fraternity of the college and of the Hidden Valley Country Club at Pittsburgh.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Lillian Cowan Staggers, of Pittsburgh; one brother, Robert B., of Mather; one sister, Sara, wife of Theodore M. Hughes, of Philadelphia; one nephew, T.M. Hughes, of Philadelphia; and three nieces: Mrs. John Elliott, of McLean, Va.; Mrs. William Magda, of Cleveland, Ohio and Mrs. Gilbert Barnhart, of Fayetteville, N. C.
Funeral services were held Friday with burial in Green Mount Cemetery.
Benjamin Denny Staggers, 71, retired National Bank examiner of the United States Treasury Department, died at 1:30 a. m. Tuesday, March 17, 1970, in Presbyterian Hospital, Pittsburgh, after a lingering illness.
Mr. Staggers, of 600 Highview Drive, Baldwin Township, Pittsburgh, was a descendent of a pioneer Greene County family and a son of H. C. Staggers and Millie Denny Staggers.
His early life was spent at Waynesburg, where he was a player on the high school basketball team and later on the Waynesburg College team.
He was a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Waynesburg; a 50 - year member and life member of Waynesburg Lodge 153, F.and A. M. ; the Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite, Valley of Pittsburgh, and the Pennsylvania Consistory.
Mr. Staggers was also a member of Waynesburg Lodge No. 757, B. P. O. Elks, the Lettermen's Club of Waynesburg College; Delta Sigma Phi Fraternity of the college and of the Hidden Valley Country Club at Pittsburgh.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Lillian Cowan Staggers, of Pittsburgh; one brother, Robert B., of Mather; one sister, Sara, wife of Theodore M. Hughes, of Philadelphia; one nephew, T.M. Hughes, of Philadelphia; and three nieces: Mrs. John Elliott, of McLean, Va.; Mrs. William Magda, of Cleveland, Ohio and Mrs. Gilbert Barnhart, of Fayetteville, N. C.
Funeral services were held Friday with burial in Green Mount Cemetery.
Benjamin Denny Staggers obituary, Waynesburg Republican, Waynesburg (Greene County), Pennsylvania, 20 March, 1970
Benjamin Denny Staggers, 71, retired National Bank examiner of the United States Treasury Department, died at 1:30 a. m. Tuesday, March 17, 1970, in Presbyterian Hospital, Pittsburgh, after a lingering illness.
Mr. Staggers, of 600 Highview Drive, Baldwin Township, Pittsburgh, was a descendent of a pioneer Greene County family and a son of H. C. Staggers and Millie Denny Staggers.
His early life was spent at Waynesburg, where he was a player on the high school basketball team and later on the Waynesburg College team.
He was a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Waynesburg; a 50 - year member and life member of Waynesburg Lodge 153, F.and A. M. ; the Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite, Valley of Pittsburgh, and the Pennsylvania Consistory.
Mr. Staggers was also a member of Waynesburg Lodge No. 757, B. P. O. Elks, the Lettermen's Club of Waynesburg College; Delta Sigma Phi Fraternity of the college and of the Hidden Valley Country Club at Pittsburgh.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Lillian Cowan Staggers, of Pittsburgh; one brother, Robert B., of Mather; one sister, Sara, wife of Theodore M. Hughes, of Philadelphia; one nephew, T.M. Hughes, of Philadelphia; and three nieces: Mrs. John Elliott, of McLean, Va.; Mrs. William Magda, of Cleveland, Ohio and Mrs. Gilbert Barnhart, of Fayetteville, N. C.
Funeral services were held Friday with burial in Green Mount Cemetery.
Benjamin Denny Staggers, 71, retired National Bank examiner of the United States Treasury Department, died at 1:30 a. m. Tuesday, March 17, 1970, in Presbyterian Hospital, Pittsburgh, after a lingering illness.
Mr. Staggers, of 600 Highview Drive, Baldwin Township, Pittsburgh, was a descendent of a pioneer Greene County family and a son of H. C. Staggers and Millie Denny Staggers.
His early life was spent at Waynesburg, where he was a player on the high school basketball team and later on the Waynesburg College team.
He was a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Waynesburg; a 50 - year member and life member of Waynesburg Lodge 153, F.and A. M. ; the Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite, Valley of Pittsburgh, and the Pennsylvania Consistory.
Mr. Staggers was also a member of Waynesburg Lodge No. 757, B. P. O. Elks, the Lettermen's Club of Waynesburg College; Delta Sigma Phi Fraternity of the college and of the Hidden Valley Country Club at Pittsburgh.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Lillian Cowan Staggers, of Pittsburgh; one brother, Robert B., of Mather; one sister, Sara, wife of Theodore M. Hughes, of Philadelphia; one nephew, T.M. Hughes, of Philadelphia; and three nieces: Mrs. John Elliott, of McLean, Va.; Mrs. William Magda, of Cleveland, Ohio and Mrs. Gilbert Barnhart, of Fayetteville, N. C.
Funeral services were held Friday with burial in Green Mount Cemetery.
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