Mitchell County  Georgia Obituaries Elizabeth Faircloth Rigsby 1975

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Obituary of Elizabeth Faircloth Rigsby 
as written in "The Camilla Enterprise" dated 23 May 1975.  

Camilla, Georgia.  
Mrs. A. T. Rigsby Sr., prominent Mitchell 
County farm woman and former school teacher for a number of years, died early 
Thursday morning, 22 May 1975, at Mitchell County Hospital in Camilla following a 
lengthy illness.  Funeral services will be held this afternoon, Friday, 23 May 1975, at 
4:00 PM at Pebble City Baptist Church where she had held membership and worshiped 
faithfully with her family for a number of years.  Officiating at the services will be her 
close friend, Rev W. F. Dyches, Rev Phillip Newton, a former pastor of the church and 
Rev Glenn Hobby who is serving as interim pastor of the church.  Interment will follow 
in the church cemetery where she will be laid to rest by the side of her husband who died 
only two weeks ago.  Parker-Bramlett Funeral Home of Camilla will be in charge of 
arrangements.  Nephews will serve as pall bearers and will include: Frank Faircloth, John 
Faircloth, Millwood Faircloth, Cleburn Faircloth, Joel Faircloth, Harry Wright Loyd 
Palmer, Waldo Palmer and Elmer Palmer.  Mrs. Rigsby was born in Mitchell County 16 
Oct 1900 and was seventy-four years of age at the time of her death.  She was the 
daughter of the late Elias V. Faircloth and Allie Williams Faircloth.  Mrs. Rigsby and her 
late husband farmed in the Pebble City Community for a number of years, dealing largely 
with cattle, and were successful with their farm operations.  They won many honors as 
farm operators and one year were named Georgia Farm Family of the Year.  Their 
youngest son, A. T. Rigsby Jr., was given the Farm Family of the Year Award at the 
Young Farmers Associations's First Annual Banquet.  Survivors include three sons, 
Mitchell County School Superintendent Rudy Rigsby, Randy Rigsby and A. T. Rigsby 
Jr.; three sisters, Mrs. Virginia Sheppard of Camilla, and Mrs. Gladys Wright of Elberton, 
Ga.; two brothers, Judson Faircloth of Perry, Fla. and Jack Faircloth of Camilla; thirteen 
grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.