Palestine High School Alumni Association

02 / 02 / 1901  –  11 / 28 / 1986

Services for Harold C. “Buddy” Biggs, 85, of 900 Lamar Street, Palestine, will be at 11 A.M. Saturday in First Christian Church, the Rev. Charles Kincaid officiating. Burial will be in Roselawn Park under direction of Bailey & Foster Funeral Home.

Mr. Biggs died Thursday in a local hospital after a brief illness.

He was born in Palestine on February 2, 1901, a son of Robert Jauris and Carrie Reese Biggs. He was an elder of First Christian Church and secretary of the Men’s Bible Class. He worked for the Max Garrett Ford Agency for 16 years, The Gerald Joyce Agency for 6 years and retired in 1983 from East Texas Auto Supply Store after 40 years as salesman and manager.

Survivors include his wife, Margaret Biggs of Palestine; sister, Mrs. G. A. (Carrie) Ritch of Palestine, and several nieces and nephews.

Pallbearers will be Mike Pell, Ronald Higginbotham, Joe Chaffin, Jack Owen, Forest Mock, L. E. Westbrook, David Dial and Roy Ward.

Condolence calls will be received from 6 to 8 P.M. today at the funeral home.

Source: Palestine Herald-Press 11-29-1986