Date of birth: 01 May 1900
Date of death: 29 Nov 1987

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Burial Information

Section 04 (Click Here for Section Map)
Cemetery: Odd Fellows Cemetery
Plot: 034A-02
Status: Occupied

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Notes

Obituary

Margaret St. Claire Diggs

Funeral services for Margaret (Peggy) St. Claire Diggs, 87, of Brandon were held at 2:00 p.m. Sunday, November 30 at Southern Funeral Home Chapel in Lexington.

Rev. Andy Ray officiated with interment in Odd Fellows Cemetery Lexington.

Mrs. Diggs, a native of New York, died Sunday, November 29 at Lakeland Health Care Center in Jackson.

A homemaker, she had lived in Lexington most of her life until she moved to Jackson in 1973. Her husband, Herman Gill Diggs, preceded her in death. She was a member of First United Methodist Church in Lexington.

Survivors include her daughter, Margaret Diggs Glorioso of Brandon, two grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.

Pallbearers were Kenny Strickland, George Dees, Hosea Grisham, Don May, W.P. McWilliams and Billy Russell.

The Holmes County Herald (Lexington, MS)
December 3, 1987, vol. 29, no. 48, pg, 3

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Research Notes

Updates and missing information due to issues with the scan of the original obituary were provided by Peggy Diggs' Granddaughter, Lessa Glorioso Hanbury.

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Family Members

Spouse
Herman Gill Diggs
1893–1950

Children
Margaret Diggs Glorioso
1930–2009

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