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Thursday, February 10, 2011

Edith Pearl ARNOLD FIGGINS Obituary

April 13, 1965 Edith Figgins

NELSONVILLE--Mrs. Edith P. Figgins, 61, 831 Chestnut St., died Saturday morning at Mount St. Mary Hospital where she had been a patient the last six weeks. She had been in failing health the last two years.
Born at Carbondale, she was a daughter of the late Marion and Electa Arnold. She was a member of the First Methodist Church, Te WSCS, and the Nelsonville Athletic Association. She is survived by her husband, Darrell Figgins; six sons, Darrel, Jr., and Max, both of Nelsonville; Robert, Freedona, Ariz., Jerry of Lancaster; Keith of Logan; and Mike, at home; two daughters, Mrs. Lois Wilson, Sugar Grove; Mrs. Patty Monk, Nelsonville, a brother, Floyd Arnold, of Nelsonville Route 2; five sisters, Mrs. Lydia Stanley and Mrs. Garnet Lightfritz, both of Carbondale; Mrs. Nell Hoak, New Marshfield; Mrs. Rose Davis, Marietta; Mrs. Margaret Collins, Princeton, Ind.; and 17 ...(unreadable, but probably grandchildren).

NELSONVILLE--Services for Mrs. Edith Figgins, 61, of 831 Chestnut St., who died Saturday morning at Mount St. Mary Hospital, will be held at 1 p.m. Wednesday at the Johnson funeral home, conducted by the Rev. Paul E. Ertel. Burial will be in the Green Lawn Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home at any time.

Source: Athens County Obituaries Athens, Ohio : M.A. Bleigh, 1987-; FHL 977.197 V4b 1965-1969.
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Alonzo B. FIGGINS Obituary




Alonzo B. Figgins, 90, of 414 Chestnut St. Nelsonville, died Tuesday night at Mount St. Mary Hospital where he had been a patient for the past six weeks. Born in Athens County, he was a son of the late King and Ella Figgins. He was a retired coal miner, and a mine foreman at the former Kimberly Mine at Kimberly. Surviving are one daughter, Mrs. Lulu Hoskins, of the home; one brother, Darrell Figgins of Nelsonville, a member of Nelsonville City Council; one sister, Mrs. Lena Wolfe of Nelsonville; and two grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. His wife, Mary, died in May 1960. Funeral services will be conducted Friday at 1 p.m. at the Johnson Funeral Home with the Rev. Roy Ballard officiating. Burial will be in the Connett Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 7 p.m. Source: Ohio. Athens. The Messenger, Wednesday 24 February 1971, p. 7; digital images.