Obituary of Myrtle Dickerson Staggs ********************************** USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free genealogical information on the Internet, data may be freely used for personal research and by non-commercial entities as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may not be reproduced in any format or presentation by other organizations or persons.Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for profit or any form of presentation, must obtain the written consent of the file submitter, or his legal representative and then contact the listed USGENWEB archivist with proof of this consent. Date: Sun, 26 Jan 2003 From: http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00001.html#0000008 ********************************** Myrtle Dickerson Staggs Bath County News-Outlook Thursday, March 2, 1939 Brief Illness Fatal To Mrs. T. B. Staggs Was Prominent In Social Activities Mrs. Myrtle Dickerson Staggs, 55, wife of T. B. Staggs, former state representative from the Bath-Rowan legislative district and owner of the old Salt Lick Lumber Company, died at her home at Salt Lick shortly before six o'clock last Friday afternoon of a heart attack. Mrs. Staggs was stricken suddenly and died before medical aid could reach her. A native of Salt Lick and a descendant of a prominent family of that place, she was a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Dickerson. She was a prominent social leader and took an active part in all religious and club work in her community. Besides her husband, she is survived by one daughter, Mrs. T. D. Siler, of Salt Lick, and two sons, H. A. Staggs and R. H. Staggs, both of Frankfort. Funeral services were held at the residence Sunday morning, February 26, at 10 o'clock, conducted by the Rev. Howard Daulton, pastor of the Salt Lick Methodist church. Interment was in the Dickerson Cemetery at Salt Lick. Pall bearers were: active, Herndon Dickerson, James Dickerson, Cranston Cheap, Earl Wills, Carl Kercheval, Morris McCarty; honorary, G. W. Gullett, J. N. Wright, Rolla Greene, Johnston Razor, W. W. Razor, James Maze, Clell McCarty, J. H. Jarrett, Russell Reeves, C. E. Frizzell, Gilbert Shouse, John Burns, Dr. C. T. Jones, U. S. Sparks, Bronston McKenzie, Walter Jones, J. J. Thomas, Watson Thomas, Clyde Alexander, M. J. Warren, Walter Shrout, Omer Rogers, Sam Estill, Dr. D. C. Dotson, and G. W. Pritchard.