Mitchell County GaArchives Obituaries.....Rigsby, Alice Asenath Burnett December 13, 1959
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"The Camilla Enterprise" dated 17 Dec 1959

Obituary of Alice Asenath Burnett as written on page 4 of "The Camilla 
Enterprise" dated 17 Dec 1959.  Camilla, Georgia.   
Mrs. Alice Asenath Rigsby, widow of the late Rev. James Taylor Rigsby, 
prominent Mitchell County Baptist minister for a number of years, died Sunday, 
December 13th at the home of her daughter, Mrs. W. B. Beasley, in the Pebble 
City community.  Death came at the age of 82 and following a lengthy illness.  
Funeral services were held Monday afternoon at three o'clock at the Pebble City 
Baptist Church with the Rev. Hunt in charge, assisted by Rev. E. V. Yates, Jr.  
Interment was in the church cemetery.  Grandsons served as pallbearers and they 
were A. T. Rigsby, Jr., Jerry Beasley, Loraine Rigsby, Richard Hatcher, Jimmy 
and Harry Rigsby.  An honorary escort was formed and included Truett Thompson, 
Theo Thompson, Jimmy Thompson, Heyward Snipes, Lee Turner, Lucious Johnson, Joe 
Johnson, Jack Harrell, Hays Grogan, John Akridge, Walter Gurley and Jim Cox.  
Bramlett Funeral Home of Camilla had charge of funeral arrangements.  Mrs. 
Rigsby was born in Mitchell County on January 26, 1877, daughter of the late 
Willis H. and Margaret Tucker Burnett.  She was married to the late James 
Taylor Rigsby who preceded her in death some years ago.  She is survived by 
three sons, A. T. Rigsby, Sr., Judson Rigsby, Sr., both of Camilla and James A. 
Rigsby, Sr. of Albany; four daughters, Mrs. L. R. Thomas of Meigs, Mrs. W. B. 
Beasley and Mrs. John Sullivan, both of Camilla and Mrs. J. B. Hatcher of 
Doerun; one brother, J. P. Burnett of Orlando, Florida; one sister, Mrs. Laura 
Burtz of Pelham; twenty-seven grandchildren and forty great-grandchildren.

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