Mary Riggins
Mary Hines Riggins, 101, died on Monday, September 14, 2009 in a local health care facility.
She was a member of Westside Missionary Baptist Church for 64 years where she served on the Mother’s Board and was a member of Ruth Sunday School Class.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Ben and Mattie Hines; husband, James Riggins; children, James Perry Riggins and Doris Riggins Perry; foster daughter, Genell Gorham Williams; several sisters and brothers.
Survivors are her grandsons, Jerome (Lorraine) Mobley, Fairfield, Ca.; Lebron Mobley, Wichita, Ks.; great-grandchildren, Corine and Brandon Mobley of California; Lebron Mobley, Jr., Kansas; foster daughter, Virginia Davis, California; nieces, Lula Hunter, Lillian Smith, Betty (Cary) Swan, Betty McGhee, Laura Ann (Benny) Watson; nephew, Richmond Hines; host of great-nieces and nephews, devoted grandnieces, Diane (Erwin) Cousin; other relatives and friends.
Special thanks to staff at Parkwood Nursing Home.
Funeral services will be held at noon on Saturday, Sept. 19, at Westside Missionary Baptist Church with Dr. Ternae Jordan Sr. officiating and Rev. Harold Williams, eulogist. Interment will be in Highland Cemetery.
The family will receive friends from 6–7 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 18, at John P. Franklin Funeral Home, 1101 Dodds Avenue, 622-9995.