Wondering if the "intent" was that there are 23 children, INCLUDING spouse of birth children????   Darryl Lawson --- On Mon, 6/7/10, n sam hill <nsamhill@charter.net> wrote: From: n sam hill <nsamhill@charter.net> Subject: Re: [MOSTFRAN] Obituary: Patricia G. Pigg To: mostfran@rootsweb.com Date: Monday, June 7, 2010, 12:27 PM I am curious about the following obituary. The obituary states that Ms. Pigg was preceeded in death by 23 brothers and sisters and is survived by 2 sisters and 3 brothers. If that is correct, then the family consisted of 29 children. That is a bit hard to believe even for children born in 20th century. Can anyone verify if 29 children is correct or not? St. Francois - Family History & Genealogy Message Board Patricia G. Pigg BWarner3423 Posted: 7 Jun 2010 1:46PM GMT Classification: Obituary Surnames: Pigg, Smith, Ivey, Wolf, Lawson, Barbey, Hart, Empt, Williams, Boyer, Moon, Wilson, Pauls Obituary: Patricia G. Pigg of Farmington passed away on Saturday, May 29, 2010, at Southbrook Skilled Nursing Center, at the age of 82 years. She was born on March 13, 1928, in St. Louis, the daughter of the late John Leroy and Rosa Lee (Smith) Ivey. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Thomas H. Pigg, a son, Michael Wolf and 23 brothers and sisters. Patricia was and excellent cook and enjoyed fishing. She loved to spend time with her family, especially with her children and grandchildren. She is survived by seven children, Sharon Lawson (Mike) of Park Hills, Danny Ivey (Patty) of De Soto, Roxanna Barbey and Debbie Hart (James), all of Farmington, Shelly Empt of Villa Ridge, Darryl Pigg and Matthew Pigg, both of Farmington, two sisters, Wilma Jean Williams and Tony Boyer, three brothers, Doyle Ivey, Lloyd Ivey, and Duane Ivey, 10 grandchildren, 4 of whom she raised, Nitika Moon (Keith), Sonja Wilson (Tyler), Shanda Pauls (Robert Jr.), and Natasha Pigg, all of Farmington, 25 ! great-grandchildren, and a great-great-grandson. Numerous other relatives and friends also survive. The family will receive friends at Cozean Memorial Chapel from 5 to 8 p.m. on Tuesday, June 1, 2010. Visitation will resume at 7 a.m. on Wednesday, with a funeral service at 1 p.m. with Pastor Edward Bennett officiating. Burial will follow at Knights of Pythias Cemetery. [Cozean Funeral Home] ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MOSTFRAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message