Geraldine "Geri" White

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The Sabine County Reporter
December 30, 2009, Page 9

Geri White Rigsby

Geraldine "Geri" Rigsby, 80, of Nacogdoches, a local native, died Saturday, December 19, 2009.

She was born Aug. 7, 1929, in Sabine County as a daughter of the late A. V. White and Edna McDaniel White.

She enjoyed reading, gardening and quilting. She and her husband, "Red," love to travel. When in Woodville, she enjoyed involvement with the Ivanhoe Civic Club. When her children were young, she spent many years as a Girl Scout leader and also worked along Red with Boy Scouts.

Survivors: son, Michael Rigsby, and wife, Dawn of Nacogdoches; daughter, Kathleen Rigsby Behrman and husband, Tom of Houston; son, Kyle Rigsby and wife, Julie of Lumberton; sisters-in-law, Ethel White of Woodville and Jackie Rigsby of San Antonio; brothers-in-law, Joe Rigsby and wife, Patsy of Cleburne and Larry Rigsby, and wife Bobbie of Midlothian; grandchildren, Ben, Kristen and Daniel Rigsby, Annie and Tommie Behrman, Sheila, Katrien, Jessica, and Joshua Rigsby; and a great grandson, Caleb Rigsby.,

She is preceded in death by her parents, A. V. and Edna White; her spouse of 57 years, Lewis "Red" Eldon Rigsby; and a brother, Alan Victor White.

Funeral services were held Tuesday, Dec. 22, at the First United Methodist Church in Nacogdoches with Dr. Bill Gandin officiating. Interment followed at Nat Cemetery in Nacogdoches County with Dr. Duane Kelley officiating.

Memorials may be made to Habitat for Humanity, P. O. Box 630383, Nacogdoches, Tx 75963 or the American Heart Association, Nacogdoches County Division, 3629 West Meadow, Nacogdoches, TX 754961.

Services were under the direction of Cason Monk Metcalf Funeral directors in Nacogdoches. Online obituary and guestbook at www.casonmonk-metcalf.com.

(Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, January 2010)

Geraldine married Lewis "Red" Eldon Rigsby about 1948. Lewis (son of Lewis Rigsby and Lulu Charlotte "Lottie" Harvey) was born on 3 Sep 1925 in Bannister, San Augustine County, Texas; died on 19 Jul 2004 in Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]