Our American Family - Person Sheet
Our American Family - Person Sheet
NameJoe Henry BRIGGS 26
Birth Date29 May 1915
Birth PlaceGoodlettsville, Davidson County, Tennessee
Death Date4 May 1991 Age: 75
Death PlaceNashville, Davidson County, Tennessee
Burial Date6 May 1991
Burial PlaceNashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, Woodlawn Memorial Park And Mausoleum
OccupationWWII,
FatherCurnie Leonard BRIGGS Sr. (1891-1978)
MotherCola May WEBB (1895-1923)
Spouses
Birth Date8 Nov 1918
Birth PlaceLiberty, DeKalb County, Tennessee
Death Date18 Jun 2005 Age: 86
Death PlaceCheatham County, Tennessee
Burial PlaceNashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, Woodlawn Memorial Park And Mausoleum
Family ID3145
Marr Datebef 1946
ChildrenPeggy Jo (1946-2016)
Notes for Joe Henry BRIGGS
IN Memory
JOE HENRY BRIGGS
May 29, 1915-May 4, 1991

BRIGGS, Joe Henry Age 75. Of Nashville. May 4, 1991. World War II Veteran.

Member of the Jere Baxter Masonic Lodge.

Member of Salem Baptist Church.

Survived by wife, Wilma Briggs; daughter, Peggy Jo deSmit; grandchildren, Jerry W. Duffle, Angela deSmit; great grandchildren, Shannon Jo, Misty and Kelly; sisters, Myra Mae West, Marie Bowers, Ruth Barber, Jayne Gibbs; brothers, C L. Jr., Jimmy, Bobby, Wayne Briggs.

Funeral services 2:30 p.m. Monday, May 6, 1991 at Woodlawn Chapel of Roses officiated by Rev. Thomas R. Kemp.

Entombment to follow at Woodlawn Cross Mausoleum.

Arrangements by WOODLAWN FUNERAL HOME.
The Tennessean
Nashville, Tennessee
05 May 1991, Sun • Page 42

On Find A Grave.


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!Source-Letter to Aunt Shirley Briggs Ausere' from Jane Gibbs
Notes for Wilma Louise (Spouse 1)
n Memory
WILMA LOUISE ADAMSON BRIGGS
November 8, 1918-June 18, 2005
daughter of Lessie C. Adamson & Mamie Mingle Adamson
wife of :
Joe Henry Briggs
mother of; Peggy Briggs
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Wilma Louise Adamson was born into the family as the second child ;
her 4 siblings are:
Nell Maydaline Adamson Harris {1917-2007}
Jennie Elberta Adamson Pritchett {1920-2011}
George Monroe Adamson {1923-1945}
Joseph Ronald Adamson {1940-2014}

On Find A Grave.


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!Source-Letter to Aunt Shirley Briggs Ausere' from Jane Gibbs
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