This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Rigsby, Thomas, Davis Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Qg.2ADE/265 Message Board Post: The Salt Lake Tribune, Tuesday, April 23, 2002 Martha Thomas Rigsby, age 84, passed away in her sleep on Saturday, April 20, 2002 at home. She was born on Nov. 8, 1917 in Samaria, Idaho, the daughter of David Phillip Thomas and Anna Davis. She married Elliott Powell Rigsby on Jan. 4, 1941 in Brooklyn, New York. She is survived by her husband, Elliot P. Rigsby, Sandy, UT; and her children, Sue Rigsby (Ted R.) Bell, Holladay, UT; and Mary Rigsby Carling, Sandy, UT; Thomas Walker Rigsby, Las Vegas, NV. She is survived by 10 grandchildren, 12 great-grandchildren and two sisters, Adele Harker, Salt Lake City, UT; and Mary D. Nelson, Washington, MO; She was preceded in death by her son, David Elliott Rigsby, two grandsons and three brothers. Martha was a devoted wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. Her greatest joy in life was her family. She was an active member of the LDS Church and served in many positions of leadership and responsibility. She received great satisfaction in service to others and she was an avid genealogist, spending many years of tireless research of her ancestors both for her family as well as many neighbors and friends who also sought her help. Funeral services will be held on Saturday, April 27, 2002 at 10 a.m. at the Willow Canyon 4th Ward, 1600 E. Buttercup Dr., Sandy, UT. Family and friends may call Friday, April 26, 2002 at Larkin Sunset Gardens, 1950 East 10600 South, Sandy from 6-8 p.m. and at the church Saturday, from 9-9:45 a.m. Interment will take place at the Logan City Cemetery, Logan, Utah at 2 p.m.