Washington County, Tennessee, Obituaries:  Ruth E. Biggers

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Bristol Herald Courier
Sunday, December 8, 2002

Ruth E. Biggers
     EMORY -- Ruth Evans Biggers passed away early on the morning of Friday,
Dec. 6, 2002, at Valley Health Care Center in Chilhowie.
     Ruth was for many years a professor in the mathematics department at
Emory & Henry College, where she is remembered with great fondness by former
students and associates. She was preceded in death by two sisters, Virginia
Biggers and Louise Gesner.
     She is survived by a niece, Ruth Gesner of Freeport, Texas; and two
nephews, Marshall Gesner of Tulsa, Okla., and Eugene Gesner of Port Charlotte,
Fla. Ruth was a faithful member of Emory United Methodist Church on the campus
of Emory & Henry College. There will be a memorial service at Emory United
Methodist Church at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2002.
     Those wishing to express sympathy online may do so at www.campbell-
funeralhome.com.
     Campbell Funeral Home of Abingdon is in charge of arrangements.