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Robert "Bob" Lert Biggerstaff

Male 1921 - 2018  (97 years)


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  • Name Robert "Bob" Lert Biggerstaff  [1, 2
    Nickname Bob 
    Birth 6 Jan 1921  Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Male 
    Death 13 Mar 2018  Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Burial Fairmount Cemetery, Yellowpine, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [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 Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Oct 1970, Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 88 years) 
    Mother Emma Roe Smith,   b. 4 Nov 1882, Bowling Green, Warren County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Apr 1956, Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 73 years) 
    Family ID F5518  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 6 Jan 1921 - Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 13 Mar 2018 - Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Fairmount Cemetery, Yellowpine, Sabine County, Texas Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [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).

    2. [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).