Spriggs.George.Oliver.1968.Lewis-Greenup.OBIT From: KyArchives [Archives@genrecords.org] To: Ky-Footsteps Subject: Spriggs.George.Oliver.1968.Lewis-Greenup.OBIT George Oliver Spriggs June 16, 1968 Lewis-Greenup County KyArchives Obituaries Lewis Co. Herald 1968 Postmaster, Dies Of Heart Attack George Oliver Spriggs, 48, postmaater at the Garrison Post Office for the past l7 years, died unexpectedly at 3:30 p.m. Sunday at the Garri­son home of his father, Cecil Spriggs. His own home also at Garrison. Mr. Spriggs had been ill of a heart condition for the past 3 years, but was not thought to be critically ill. He had been visiting at his father's home and collapsed as he started to enter his automobile. Death was caused by a heart attack. A native of Manchester, Ohio, he was born January 23, 1920, a son of Cecil and Elsie Irwin Spriggs. He was an army veteran of World War II, a member of St. Mary's Lodge, F&AM, Concord, and a member of the Emmanuel Baptist Church of Garrison. The deceased was well liked and favorably knowa in the Garrison community and surrounded area. He had a wide circle of friends and his unexpected death has been a cause for much sorrow among them. Besides his parents, he is survived by his wife, Mrs. Laura Hartley Spriggs, and two step-children, Jeffrey, 10, and Betty Mae, 7; two brothers James P. Spriggs of Garrison and Donald L. Spriggs of Bucyrus, Ohio; nine sisters, Mrs. Edna Forman of Quincy, Mrs. Mildred Clark of Bucyrus, Ohio, Mrs. Ethel Ruschman of Silver Grove, Ky., Mrs. Thelma De Walt, of Cincinnati, Mrs. Allena Williams of Upper Sandusky, Ohio, Mrs. Wilma Hodge of Lansing, Mich., Mrs. Jane Walters of Garrison and Helen lambert of Carothers, Ohio. Two brothers, Charles and Ralph , preceded him. Services were held Wednesday at 2 p. m. at the Emmanuel Baptist Church, Garrison, with Elder Raymond Willis , pastor, officiating. Burial was in Concord Cemetery, under the direction of Dickerson Funeral Home Submitted by: Elsa Tackett elsa@ekns.net This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/kyfiles/