Lamar County Texas Cemetery Records

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Biggers, Samuel Watson 151980

Birth: 09/28/1875 Death: 11/11/1960 Marriage:

Cemetery: Meadowbrook (A-145-02)

Record Source: The Paris News, Texas Death Certificate, Cemetery Sexton Records

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Betsy Mills and Ron Brothers. The Death and Cemetery Records of Lamar County, Texas, ReBroMa Press, 2008, http://www.lamarcountytx.org/cemetery. (12/18/2025)

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THE PARIS NEWS, Friday, November 11, 1960, p. 2: “SAM W. BIGGERS. Sam W. Biggers, 1903 E. Cherry St., former farmer-stockman at Reno, died Friday at 3:40 a.m. at the Sanitarium of Paris, where he had been a patient about two weeks. Funeral service, Saturday at 2 p.m., will be conducted at Fry & Gibbs Funeral Home by the Rev. Jerry Delleny of Calvary Methodist Church, where Mr. Biggers was a member. Interment will be made in Meadowbrook Memorial Gardens. Mr. Biggers leaves these children: Miss Thelma Biggers and Palmer Biggers, Paris; Swain Biggers, Petersburg, and Mrs. Eulas Rook, Long Beach, Calif.; seven grandchildren; these sisters and brothers Mrs. Arch McCleod, Mrs. Van Phifer, Rich Biggers and Henry Biggers, all of Charlotte, N. C. Son of the late W. A. and Amanda (Orr) Biggers, Samuel Watson Biggers was born at Charlotte, Bible class at Calvary Church. His wife’s death occurred here June 12, 1959.”

THE PARIS NEWS, Sun, Nov 13, 1960, p. 5: "Biggers Funeral. Burial rites for Sam W. Biggers. 85, were conducted at Fry & Gibbs chapel here. Saturday after: noon, and interment made in Meadowbrook Gardens, east of town. Bearers were Lee Blackburn, Steve Bybee, Herbert Reid, Frank Isom, Marvin Lassiter, Fred Lassiter, Billy Kennedy and Henry Crenshaw. Mr. Biggers, who lived at 1903 F. Cherry St., died Friday after two weeks illness. He formerly was a farmer and stockman at Reno."

Information from Texas Death Certificate:
Name: Samuel Watson Biggers
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 11 Nov 1960
Event Place: Paris, Lamar, Texas, United States
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Widowed
Birth Date: 28 Sep 1879
Birthplace: Charlotte, North Carolina
Father’s Name: W A Biggers
Mother’s Name: Amanda Orr
Certificate Number: 67150
GS Film number: 2116477
Digital Folder Number: 005145504
Image Number: 02425
Citing this Record
“Texas Deaths, 1890-1976,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K34B-YYK : 13 March 2018), Amanda Orr in entry for Samuel Watson Biggers, 11 Nov 1960; citing certificate number 67150, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,116,477.

From the record journal of Meadowbrook Cemetery: son of W. A. & Amanda Orr Biggers, born in Charlotte, NC., died in Paris, TX.

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