Spriggs.Cora.Liter.1955.Lewis-Greenup.OBIT
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Cora  Liter Spriggs December 2, 1955 
Lewis-Greenup County KyArchives Obituaries 

Lewis Co. Herald         December 8, 1955 
MRS. CORA LITER SPRIGGS 

Mrs Cora Liter Spriggs, mother of fourteen children, of whom ten are still 
living and widow of Charles Spriggs a C & O  railroad man at Concord, died at 
7:40 a. m. Friday at her home in Garrison. Had she lived another month she 
would have been 78 years old. 
A native of Bracken county, Mrs. Spriggs had lived much of her life in Lewis 
county, where for the past two years her home had been in Garrison. Living 
with her there was a son, Paul Spriggs. 
Mrs Spriggs had suffered from a heart ailment for ten years and for the past 
ten weeks, she had been bedfast. 
She was born December 28, 1877, the daughter of George and Sarah Stout Liter. 
She was a member of the Concord Christian Church. 
In Lewis county Mrs. Spriggs was well loved as having exemplifled fine 
quailities of motherhood and neighborliness. 
Her survivors include four sons and six daughters, Cecil Spriggs, of Garrison, 
the Rev. G. H. Spriggs, Methodist minister at Stirrat, W. Va., Gordon Spriggs 
of Huntington, and Paul Spriggs at home; Mrs. Meryl Rupe of Garrison, Mrs. 
Gladys Cogan of Concord, Mrs. Ethel Vance of Concord, Mrs. Alma Moffett of 
Covington, Mrs. Ruth Stone, of Pomeroy, Ohio, Mrs. Violet Copeland of 
Cinncinnati. Four children died in infancy and Mr. Spriggs's death occurred 
three years ago. 
There are a number of grandchildren and great-grandchildren. 
Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon, with interment in Concord 
cemetery. 

Submitted by: Elsa Tackett 
elsa@ekns.net 




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