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     Wallace Nelson Pigg was born on February 29, 1936 at Rock, Mercer Co., West Virginia.² He died on October 15, 1936 at Bluefield, Mercer Co., West Virginia.²

     Ronnie Clifford "R.C." Pigg Ronnie C. “RC” Pigg, 77, of Rock, passed away on Tuesday, November 18, 2014 at his home. RC was born on July 14, 1937 in Mercer County to the late Clifford and Loma Webb Pigg. RC lived on Browning Lambert Mountain most of his life. He enjoyed spending time with his family and friends. He also enjoyed feeding his birds and deer. RC was employed by American shipyards in Lorraine, OH, Hawley Fuel in Landgraff, and Western Auto in Bluewell. He was the owner of Piggs Market in Bluewell and retired working in his salvage yard on Browning Lambert Mountain. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his parents, Clifford and Loma Pigg; a daughter, Melissa Pigg; a sister, Etta Hawks; and a sister, Kathleen Beckner. Those left to cherish his memories include his wife of 61 years: Joan “Susie” Jackson Pigg; two daughters: Cornelia Jones and husband Pedo of Rock, Teresa Davidson and husband Jimmy of Bluefield; granddaughter, Tracy Beggs and husband Jason of Rock; two grandsons, Shannon Jones of Bluefield, Scotty Jones and companion Christina Keen of Bluefield; great granddaughter, Gabrielle Beggs of Rock; five great-grandsons, Austin Pennington of Rock, Blake Testerman of Midway, Tristan, Braydon and Ricky Jones all of Baptist Valley, VA; special friend, Elvis Horn of Rock; sister, Juanita Jackson of Portsmouth, VA; brother, Sonny Pigg and Wife Mildred of Rock. Funeral services will be conducted on Thursday, November 20, 2014 at 12:00 Noon at the Cravens-Shires Funeral Home in Bluewell with Pastor David Lusk officiating. Burial will follow at Roselawn Memorial Gardens in Princeton where Pedo Jones, Jimmy Davidson, Elvis Horn, Jason Beggs, Shannon Jones, Scotty Jones, Larry Martin and Austin Pennington will serve as pallbearers.⁶ He was buried at Roselawn Memorial Gardens, Courthouse Road, Princeton, Mercer Co., West Virginia.⁶ He was born on July 14, 1937 at Montcalm, Mercer Co., West Virginia.^1,5,6 He married Joan Alene Jackson on August 13, 1955 at Rock, Mercer Co., West Virginia.^5,6 Ronnie Clifford "R.C." Pigg died on November 18, 2014 at Rock, Mercer Co., West Virginia, at age 77.⁶

     Mildred Juanita Pigg Mildred Juanita Jackson, 07.14.1939 - 05.20.2019. Juanita “Nan” Jackson, 79, passed away on Monday, May 20, 2019 at her daughter Kimberly’s home surrounded by family and friends. She was born in West Virginia to the late Clifford and Loma Pigg. She was predeceased by her husband of 48 years, Blaine Jackson, Sr. a brother RC Pigg, a sister Kathleen Beckner, a sister Eder Hawks, a son-in-law, William Brainard (JR) and a grandson Sean Brainard. Juanita enjoyed traveling, bowling, watching T.V, spending time with her family and friends, always making someone laugh. She was a member of the modern woodsmen in West Virginia and the Portsmouth Moose Chapter # 966. Juanita is survived by five children, Pamela Brainard, Sheila Rexroth and husband Mike, Penny Sousa and Rodelio “Buddy” Perea, Kim Francis and husband Gene and Blaine Jackson, Jr. and Doris “Dee” Biedermann. Ten grandchildren, William III, Larry, Raven, Sarah, April, Anthony, Ashlie, Amber, Blaine III and Christopher. Eight great-grandchildren, Alexandra, LeAnne, Jayden, Liam, Harlynn, Brynnley, Maycie, and Cooper. One brother, Sonny Pigg and a host of loving extended family and friends. Juanita will be greatly missed by all. A funeral service will be at Baker-Foster, 5685 Lee Farm Lane Suffolk, VA on Thursday, May 23, 2019 at 10 AM with entombment at Meadowbrook Memorial Gardens.⁴ She was buried at Meadowbrook Memorial Gardens, Suffolk, Virginia.^4,8 She was born on July 14, 1939 at Montcalm, Mercer Co., West Virginia.^5,3,4 As of September 3, 1955,her married name was Jackson.³ She married Blaine Roland Jackson Sr. on September 3, 1955 at North Tazwell, Tazewell Co., Virginia.^3,4 Mildred Juanita Pigg died on May 20, 2019 at Suffolk, Virginia, at age 79.⁴

     His Social Security Number was 233-16-1435.⁵ Raymond Thomas Pigg was buried at Cheer Cemetery (also known as Herndon Cemetery), Montcalm, Mercer Co., West Virginia.⁷ He Funeral services are scheduled today for 51 year old Mercer County man, Raymond Thomas Pigg, of Browning Lambert Mountain near Montcalm who died Thursday in a Bluefield sanitarium after being hospitalized for several weeks for injuries received in a mining accident near his home. Pigg, an employee of Browning Lambert Coal Co., was hospitalized Oct. 14, victim of back injuries. Born at Montcalm, he was a lifelong resident of the Montcalm and Rock area. He was a son of Mrs. Laura Bowman Pigg of Montcalm and the late Robert L. Pigg. Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Francis Thompson Pigg; three daughters, Mrs. Jaynette Price of Blacksburg, Va., and Mrs. Yvonne Amborn and Mrs. Mickey Bowman of Columbus, Ohio; two sons, Johnny and David Pigg, of the home; two sisters, Mrs. Cletus Hines of Rock and Mrs. Rufus Hall of Montcalm; four brothers, Edgar Pigg, of Bassett, Va., Clifford and W. F. Pigg of Rock and Lonnie Pigg, of Sandlick; three grandchildren. The funeral will be conducted Saturday at 2 p.m. at Montcalm Pentecostal Holiness Church with Rev. Eddie Blankenship and Rev. Alex Day officiating. Burial will follow in Herndon Cemetery. Pallbearers Sunny Pigg, R. C. Pigg, Peyton Hines, Damon Pigg, Eddie Thompson, Hurl Pigg, and Arnold Pigg. Nieces will carry flowers.⁷ He was born on January 4, 1914 at Montcalm, Mercer Co., West Virginia.^1,2,6,5 He married Frances Gertrude Thompson on February 13, 1934 at Sandlick, Mercer Co., West Virginia.^1,4,8,7,9 Raymond Thomas Pigg died on November 4, 1965 at Bluefield, Mercer Co., West Virginia, at age 51.^1,2,5,7

     Frances Gertrude Thompson Rock - Frances Gertrude Pigg, 73, of Route 2, Box 244, Rock died Tuesday at a Bluefield hospital. Born at McComas, she was the daughter of the late George and Winnie Kanode Thompson. She had been a resident of Rock for 57 years was a homemaker and a member of the Mt. Grove Baptist Church of Browning Lambert Mountain. She was preceded in death by her husband Raymond Thomas Pigg. Survivors: daughters Jeanette Price of Blacksburg, Va., Yvonne Amborn of Michigan City, Ind., and Thelma Mickey Springer of Illinois; sons, David Pigg and Raymond Pigg, both of Rock; brothers, Sydney Thompson of Princeton, Charles Thompson of Bluefield and Floyd Thompson of Rock; four grandchildren and one great-grandchild. The funeral be at 11 a.m. Friday at Craven-Shires Funeral Home Chapel in Bluewell with the Rev. Ralph French officiating and burial at Roselawn Memorial Gardens in Princeton. Friends may call from 6 to 9 p.m. today at the funeral home. Pallbearers will be Earl Hines, Tracy Lane, Butch Nisbet, Jack Johnson, Randy Bishop, Mike Christian and Vesper Beckner.² She was buried at Roselawn Memorial Gardens, Courthouse Road, Princeton, Mercer Co., West Virginia.^3,2 Her Social Security Number was 233-52-5130.⁴ She was born on January 20, 1918 at McComas, Mercer Co., West Virginia.^5,2,4 As of February 13, 1934,her married name was Pigg.¹ She married Raymond Thomas Pigg, son of Robert Lee Pigg and Laura Ella Bowman, on February 13, 1934 at Sandlick, Mercer Co., West Virginia.^5,6,1,7,2 Frances Gertrude Thompson died on May 14, 1991 at Bluefield, Mercer Co., West Virginia, at age 73.^5,2,4

     Henry Wilbert Pigg was buried at Cheer Cemetery (also known as Herndon Cemetery), Montcalm, Mercer Co., West Virginia.⁵ He was born on January 10, 1916 at Montcalm, Mercer Co., West Virginia; His death certificate has a birth date of Jan 4, 1916.^3,5,2 He died on November 11, 1938 at Bluefield, Mercer Co., West Virginia, at age 22.^3,5,2

     His Social Security Number was 233-14-3877.¹⁰ Robert Edgar Pigg was buried at Henry Memorial Park, 8443 Virginia Avenue, Oak Level, Henry Co., Virginia.^2,4 He was born on December 23, 1919 at Mercer Co., West Virginia.^10,3,4 He married Georgia Ethel Webb on October 2, 1939 at Tazewell, Tazewell Co., Virginia.^1,8 Robert Edgar Pigg died on December 6, 1984 at Roanoke, Virginia, at age 64.⁴

     Her Social Security Number was 233-56-7558.⁴ Georgia Ethel Webb was buried at Henry Memorial Park, 8443 Virginia Avenue, Oak Level, Henry Co., Virginia.^1,5 She was born on March 30, 1920 at Rock, Mercer Co., West Virginia.^4,1,3 As of October 2, 1939,her married name was Pigg.⁶ She married Robert Edgar Pigg, son of Robert Lee Pigg and Laura Ella Bowman, on October 2, 1939 at Tazewell, Tazewell Co., Virginia.^2,6 Georgia Ethel Webb died on December 4, 1996 at Virginia at age 76.^7,4,1 She PIGG, Georgia Webb, 76, of Ferrum, passed away Wednesday, December 4, 1996. Born March 30, 1920, she was a daughter of the late William and Cassie Cecil Webb. Surviving are two daughters and sons-in-law, Liz and Eddie Thompson of Bassett, Linda and Nick Paul of Poquoson; three sons and daughters-in-law, Robert Hurl and Lorene Pigg of Ferrum, Arnold and Gail Pigg of Rocky Mount, Douglas and Jeanette Pigg of Ferrum; four sisters, Velma Wills of Florida, Dorothy Riggs and Zella Cooper, both of Beckley, W.Va., Bernice Wert of Matoka, W.Va; one brother, Clarence Webb of Coal City, W.Va; seven grandchildren; two stepgrandchildren; six great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be conducted at 11 a.m. Saturday, December 7, 1996, at Lynch Funeral Home Chapel with Pastor Bob Andrews and Rev. Dwayne Pruitt officiating. Burial will follow in Henry Memorial Park. Friends may call at the funeral home after 2 p.m. Friday, where the family will be from 7 to 9 p.m. Lynch Funeral Home, Rocky Mount, is in charge of arrangements. on December 6, 1996.¹

     His Social Security Number was 225-72-2079.⁵ Douglas Gerald Pigg was born on May 20, 1950 at West Virginia.^3,5 He married Elizabeth Jeanette Richards, daughter of Bernice Raymond "Bunn" Richards and Dorothy Gay Radford, on March 29, 1985 at Roanoke, Virginia.³ Douglas Gerald Pigg died on April 30, 2011 at Roanoke Co., Virginia, at age 60.^2,4,5 He Douglas Gerald Pigg, 60, of Ferrum, passed away Saturday, April 30, 2011. He was an employee of Southern Heritage Homes and was a United States Army Veteran. He was preceded in death by his parents, Robert Edgar and Georgia Webb Pigg. Surviving are his wife, Elizabeth Jeanette Pigg; sisters, Elizabeth (Liz) Thompson, of Bassett, and Linda Paul, of Poquoson; brothers, Claymon, of Benton, Ky., Robert Hurl, of Ferrum and Arnold, of Rocky Mount. on May 3, 2011.²

     Walter Richard Rakes was buried at Maury Cemetery, 2700 Maury Street, Richmond, Virginia.³ He was born on October 23, 1897 at Patrick Co., Virginia.^2,3 He married Flora V. Pigg, daughter of Thomas C. "Tom" Pigg and Susan Jane Yates, circa 1923.^4,1 Walter Richard Rakes died on July 26, 1966 at Burkeville, Nottoway Co., Virginia, at age 68.³

     Virginia Lin "Jennie" East was buried at Coal City Cemetery, Coal City, Raleigh Co., West Virginia.^3,6,7 She was born on October 12, 1890 at Patrick Co., Virginia; Her gravestone spells her middle name as "Lynn."^3,6,7 As of December 1, 1920,her married name was Pigg.⁴ She married Elihu Levi Pigg, son of Thomas C. "Tom" Pigg and Susan Jane Yates, on December 1, 1920 at Bramwell, Mercer Co., West Virginia.^1,2,4 Virginia Lin "Jennie" East died on August 7, 1952 at Abney, Raleigh Co., West Virginia, at age 61.^3,6,7 She Mrs. Jennie Lin East Pigg, 61, died Thursday at her home in Abney. She was born October 12, 1890, in Virginia but spent most of her life in Raleigh County. She was a member of the Church of God at Coal City. Survivors include her father, Jeff East of Lashmeet; six sons, Talmadge and Willie of Princewick, Lacy of Stanaford, Cletis of Abney, Carl of Summerlee, and Vernie of Lillybrook; six daughters, Mrs. Billy Richmond of Blue Jay, Mrs. Roy O'Neal of Coal City, Mrs. Chetty Burgess of Summerlee, Mrs. Jerry Thorne of Logan, Mrs. Bessie Comeaux of New Orleans, La., and Miss Juanita Pigg, at home; four brothers, Clettis East of McComas, Jesse East of Pocohantas, Va., Gabe East of Tazewell, Va., Odie of Geato; four sisters, Mrs. Beatrice Brimm, Mrs. Annie Phillips, and Mrs. Edith Bowden, all of Lashmeet, and Mrs. Louise Gilbert of Bloomingrose, Tenn; 30 grandchildren and five great grandchildren. Funeral services will be conducted at the Coal City Church of at 2 p.m. Sunday with the Rev. C. R. Callahan, of Port Huron, Mich., officiating. Burial will be in the Coal City Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Avery Farley, Kyle Peltry, Albert Phillips, Lewis Fry, Jeff Harding, and Henry Coleson. The body will be taken from Keyser Funeral Home to the home 3 p.m. Saturday. on August 8, 1952.⁶