Robert "Bob" Lert Biggerstaff

1921 - 2018  (97 years)

• Name	Robert "Bob" Lert Biggerstaff  [1, 2]
  Nickname	Bob
  Birth	6 Jan 1921	Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	13 Mar 2018	Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas   [2]
  Burial	Fairmount Cemetery, Yellowpine, Sabine County, Texas   [2]
  Notes	Robert Lert Biggerstaff, 97, of Hemphill, Texas passed away Tuesday, March 13, 2018 in Sabine County Hospital. Bob was born January 6, 1921 in Fort Worth, Texas to William Cale Biggerstaff and Emma Smith Biggerstaff. He was a United States Air Force Veteran and later worked in refineries. He and his wife, Betty, attended Fairdale Baptist Church. He served on several church committees and supported several orphanage programs over the year. He enjoyed fishing, hunting, and camping. Bob was preceded in death by his wife, Betty Biggerstaff. He is survived by his nephew, David Scales and wife, Linda, of Magnolia, Texas; nieces and nephews, Janet and Lloyd Osborn, Gail Rollins, Barbara and Coalby Brown, Billye and W. A. Scaggs, Don and Bea Biggerstaff, Jerry and Lundie Biggerstaff, James and Libby Biggerstaff; great nephews, Jeff Scales and wife, Diane and Brent Scales and wife, Amy, also of Magnolia, Texas; great-great nieces, Jessica Scales, Mikala Scales, and Rylie Scales; and great-great nephews, Brandon Scales and wife, Kirsten, Jakab Scales, and Christopher Scales, all of Magnoila, Texas and several more great, great-great and great-great-great nieces and nephews. Funeral services for Mr. Biggerstaff will be held at 2:00 p.m. Thursday, March 15, 2018 in Starr Funeral Home Chapel, 510 Starr St., Hemphill, Texas with Bro. Floyd Wright officiating. Burial will follow service in Fairmount Cemetery. Online condolences can be made at starrfuneralhome.com. Downoaded from the Starr Funeral Home website Also published in The Sabine County Reporter, March 21, 2018, Page 5
  Person ID	I44036	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	1 Apr 2018

  
  

  Father	William Cale Biggerstaff,   b. 8 Feb 1882, Texas d. 20 Oct 1970, Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas (Age 88 years)
  Mother	Emma Roe Smith,   b. 4 Nov 1882, Bowling Green, Warren County, Kentucky d. 17 Apr 1956, Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas (Age 73 years)
  Family ID	F5518	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 6 Jan 1921 - Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas Death - 13 Mar 2018 - Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas Burial - - Fairmount Cemetery, Yellowpine, Sabine County, Texas  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S1299] 1940 United States Federal Census [Ancestry.com. database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012, (Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1940. T627, 4,643 rolls.), "United States Census, 1940," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/K47N-BZB : accessed 22 Nov 2013), Robert Biggerstaff in household of William C Biggerstaff, Ward 18, Fort Worth, Justice Precinct 1, Tarrant, Texas, United (Reliability: 3). [S336] The Sabine County Reporter, P.O. Box 700, Hemphill, Texas (Published Weekly), (Founded in 1883, The Sabine County Reporter (USPS 474-660) is published once a week on Wednesday. The Reporter is Published by Sabine County Reporter, Inc. Postmaster: Send change of address to P.O. Box 700, Hemphill, Texas 75948-0700. The Sabine County Reporter and The Rambler merged March 1, 1988. Member National Newspaper Association and Texas Press Association.), March 21, 2018, Page 5 (Reliability: 3).