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Peggy Jean RigginsAge: 42 years19441987

Name
Peggy Jean Riggins
Given names
Peggy Jean
Surname
Riggins
Married name
Peggy Jean Lemmons
Birth November 1, 1944 37 30
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945

Note: The United States enters World War II after the attack at Pearl Harbor, a global war that involved the vast majority of the world's nations and including all of the great powers - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II
Death of a paternal grandmotherPemetta “Etta” Ellis
October 17, 1947 (Age 2 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 5 years)
Note: The Korean War was a war between the Republic of Korea (South Korea), supported by the United Nations, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), at one time supported by the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War
Death of a paternal grandfatherBenjamin Franklin Riggins Sr.
1959 (Age 14 years)

Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 14 months)
Note: The Vietnam War was a long, costly armed conflict that pitted the communist regime of North Vietnam and its southern allies, known as the Viet Cong, against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. The divisive war, increasingly unpopular at home, ended with the withdrawal of U.S. forces in 1973 and the unification of Vietnam under Communist control two years later. More than 3 million people, including 58,000 Americans, were killed in the conflict. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War
Death of a fatherCarl Alexander Riggins
May 6, 1976 (Age 31 years)
Death September 22, 1987 (Age 42 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Memphis Funeral Home and Memorial Gardens
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father
Carl Alexander Riggins
Birth: December 23, 1906 38 36Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States
Death: May 6, 1976Shelby, Tennessee, United States
mother
Myrtle Frances Richardson
Birth: April 21, 1914Tennessee, United States
Death: October 11, 2002Arlington, Shelby, Tennessee, United States
sister
Private
herself
Peggy Jean Riggins
Birth: November 1, 1944 37 30Shelby, Tennessee, United States
Death: September 22, 1987Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States
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husband
Private
herself
Peggy Jean Riggins
Birth: November 1, 1944 37 30Shelby, Tennessee, United States
Death: September 22, 1987Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States
son
Private
daughter
Private

Peggy Jean Riggins has 7 first cousins recorded