Funeral services for Boe Diggs, 72, of Ralls will be held at 3:30 p.m., Tuesday at Ralls First Baptist Church, officiated by Rev. Lee Fuller, pastor, and Rev. Larry Stallings, of Elgin Baptist Church in Lubbock.Diggs died at 3:00 a.m. May 22 in Crosybton Hospital after a lengthy illness.
Born May 16, 1911 in Globe, Texas, he married Almeda Adams Sept. 11, 1934 in Ralls. He had been a resident of Ralls since 1942, moving from Cone.
He had been employed at Crosby County Fuel Association for several years as a salesman. He was a member of Ralls First Baptist Church, Emma Masonic Lodge #931, and former member of Ralls Lions Club.
Survivors include his wife, two sons, Jerry Don of LaGrange, Gerald of Tipton, Mo.; two sisters, Ruby Haley of Hartsell, Ala., and Bobbie Gaston of Ft. Stockton, and five grandchildren.
Interment will be in Ralls Cemetery under directions of Carter-Adams Funeral Home. Pallbearers will be Bill Lyle, Buzz Cooper, Jim Boydstun, Bob Kimbrough, Bob Wideman, and Cleve Cypert.
Ralls Banner, May 24, 1983
Submitted by Crosby County Pioneer Memorial Museum
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