Obituary of Nancy Elizabeth Rigsby

Gruetli-Laager – Mrs. Nancy Cleek Rigsby, 92, passed away Wednesday May 11, 2016 at Cookeville Regional Medical Center. She was born in Palmer, Tennessee on November 27, 1923 to Henry A. Roberts and Oda Rebecca James Roberts who preceded her in death along with her husband and father of her children, Woodrow Cleek; daughter, Woody Wynell Walls; son, Joseph Eugene Cleek; brothers, James and Dillard Roberts; sisters, Agnes Coffelt, Kathleen Jones, Mara Lee Caldwell and Joyce Hargis; husband, John Lesser. She was a member of the Palmer First United Methodist Church, the Order of the Eastern Star, Tennessee Teachers Association and the Florida Teachers Association. She retired from the Polk County, Haines City Florida School System. She is survived by her, husband, Earl Haskel Rigsby; grandchildren, Celisa (Ronald) Walls Cook, Michael (Stephanie) Walls and Jeffrey (Christina) Walls all of Florida; sister, Mary Lou Creighton of Chattanooga; 6 great grandchildren; a host of loving nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be 11:00 AM Saturday in the funeral home chapel with Ministers John Ross Jones and John Kennedy officiating with burial to follow in the Fall Creek Cemetery. Visitation: 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM Friday at Layne Funeral Home, Palmer, Tennessee. www.laynefuneralhome.com