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Carl Rigsby, 87

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Murfreesboro resident, formerly of McMinnville, Ernest Carl Rigsby, 87, died Aug. 3 at Alvin C. York Medical Center in Murfreesboro after a brief illness.

A retired Carrier employee and a member of First Church of God, he served his country in the U.S. Army during World War II.

The son of Ernest and Martha Duncan Holliday Rigsby, he was preceded in death by his wife, Nancy Elois (Nannie) Rigsby in 2004.

He is survived by son, Alvin Rigsby of Murfreesboro; four grandchildren and one great-grandchild; brothers, Omer Rigsby of Tallahassee, Fla., and Elston Rigsby of McMinnville; sisters, Billie Laws and Reta Lentz, all of McMinnville.

Services will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday at High?s with Rex Boles officiating. Burial will follow at Mt. View Cemetery with military graveside rites administered by VFW Post 5064 and American Legion Post 173. Visitation will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. tonight at High?s.

High Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Southern Standard

(McMinnville, Tenn.) Aug. 4, 2006

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