OBIT: Joseph H. SPRIGGS, 1939, Altoona, Blair County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by JRB Copyright 2006. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/blair/ _______________________________________________ JOSEPH H. SPRIGGS Of 2217 Branch avenue, a ninth grade student in Roosevelt Junior High school, died at his home at 1.20 o'clock yesterday afternoon after three months' illness. He was born in Altoona on April 18, 1923, a son of Albert and Frances (Hogans) Spriggs. Surviving are the parents, one brother and one sister, James and Alice Spriggs, and his maternal grandmother, Mrs. D. B. Hogans of the city. The youth was a member of the Mt. Zion Baptist church and Junior Sunday school class. Friends are being received at the home. SPRIGGS - Funeral services for Joseph H. Spriggs of 2217 Branch avenue will be held at 2 o'clock Friday afternoon in the Mt. Zion Baptist church by Rev. L. L. Banks, pastor. Interment in Grandview cemetery. Friends may call at the home. Altoona Mirror, December 30, 1939