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| Briggs, Robert Eugene 154430 |
| Birth: 10/25/1926 Death: 01/06/2023 Marriage: 06/04/1949 |
| Cemetery: Tigertown (NORTHWEST) |
| Record Source: The Paris News |
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If you copy this information, please cite this as your source: Betsy Mills and Ron Brothers. The Death and Cemetery Records of Lamar County, Texas, ReBroMa Press, 2008, http://www.lamarcountytx.org/cemetery. (12/15/2025) |
| Notes THE PARIS NEWS, Jan 8, 2023: "Robert Eugene Briggs, 96, passed away on Friday, Jan. 6, 2023, in Arlington, Texas. Graveside services are to be provided by Bright-Holland Funeral Home at 11 a.m. on Monday, Jan. 9, 2023, at Tigertown Cemetery. Mr. Briggs was born on Oct. 25, 1926, in Tigertown, Texas, to Aaron Perry Briggs and Elba Isle Adams Briggs. He was preceded in death by his wife, Dorothy Scott Briggs in 1980. On Easter Sunday in 1956, Robert accepted Jesus Christ as his Savior at the Direct Baptist Church. A short time later he joined the First Assembly of God Church in Grand Prairie, Texas, where he faithfully attended for over 65 years. He retired from Ted Arendale Ford in Arlington. He served in the U.S. Army during WWII in Company K, 27th Infantry as a sergeant (squad leader/rifle marksman) serving in the Asiatic-Pacific Theater of Operations in Honshu, Japan. Preceding him in death were his parents; his wife; and siblings, Loma Smith, Jimmie Briggs, Cleo Cartwright, Henry Briggs, Iola Hopkins and Edith Ross. Survivors include his daughters, Paula (Hoit) Frierson of Austin, Texas, and Sheri Briggs of Arlington, Texas; grandchildren, Hoit Aaron (Heather) Frierson of Leander, Texas, and Marah Frierson of Austin, Texas; and great-grandchildren, Kaden, Mackenzie, Hadley, Reese and Hope." Information submitted 15 Apr 1994 by Betty Helms Vinski, P.O. Box 473, Klondike, TX 75448: Son of Aaron Perry Briggs and Elba Adams Briggs. He married Dorothy Ann Scott. On the same stone with Dorothy Ann Scott Briggs. |
| War Notes Rank World War II Seargeant |