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Mary Etta Rigsby Martin, 52

Spencer resident and Warren County native Mary Etta Rigsby Martin, 52, died Jan. 13 at Ft. Sanders Park West Medical Center in Knoxville after an extended illness.

A phlebotomist and a member of Laurel Creek Baptist Church, she was preceded in death by her mother, Alyne McCoy Rigsby.

She is survived by daughters and son-in-law, Kandy and Danny Sharpe of McMinnville and Leah Roberts of Spencer; grandchildren, Kayla Watson of McMinnville and Madison Roberts of Spencer; father and stepmother, Earl and Nancy Rigsby of Gruetli-Laager; sister and brother-in-law, Annette and John Hatfield of Columbia; brothers and sisters-in-law, Don and Bonnie Rigsby and Larry Rigsby, all of Smithville, Benny Rigsby of Spencer, Bill and Kathy Rigsby of Gruetli-Laager; several nieces and nephews; special friends, Larry Lepley of Smithville, Barry and Joyce Nabors of McMinnville.

Services will be held at 2 p.m. today at High’s Chapel with Jim Hunt and Lofton Graves officiating. Burial will follow at Long Cemetery in Van Buren County. Visitation will be held from 9 a.m. until time of service today at High’s.

High Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Southern Standard
(McMinnville, Tenn.) Jan. 16, 2005

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