Funeral services for Audrey Ernestine Riggs are scheduled for Wednesday, August 16, 2017, at 1:00 PM in the chapel at Lloyd James Funeral Home. Reverend Sherman Mayfield will be officiating. Interment will be held in the family cemetery, Barber Cemetery in Starrville, Texas.
Audrey passed away Sunday, August 13, 2016 at Briar Cliff Rehab.
Audrey Ernestine Riggs was born in Starrville, Texas on April, 6, 1925 to Ernest and Allethie Barber.
She grew up in Starrville and graduated from Starrville schools. She met and married Clayton Kelt Riggs on December, 22, 1946 and was a devoted housewife until his death in 1975.
Afterwards, she was a nurse aid and was a blessing to many patients in the Tyler area.
Audrey was a Christian and worshiped at Green Acres Baptist Church where she was a member of the Joy Sunday School class.
Audrey and Clayton had 2 sons, twins Ronnie and Donny Riggs. She was very proud of her 4 grandchildren, Gwendolyn, Jeradee’, Dennis, and Clayton. They blessed her with 5 great-grandchildren, Caden, Carleigh, and Cale Zips and Maxwell and Arthur Riggs.
Audrey is preceded in death by her parents and 2 brothers and 3 sisters.
She is survived by her son Ronnie Riggs; son Donny and wife Rebecca Riggs; Daughter-in-law Janice Hamman; many devoted and cherished nieces and nephews and their wonderful children and grandchildren.
Audrey will be missed by all of us, but we rejoice in the wonderful homecoming she is having with her Lord and Savior.
Visitation will be 5 – 7 Tuesday at Lloyd James.
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