LIGON, Jack

Date of birth: 24 Aug 1916, Wirt, Carter Co., OK
Date of death: 14 Oct 1977, Houston, Harris Co., TX

Columbus Republic, October 20, 1977

Area Relatives

Jack Ligon
Texas

Word has been received here of the death of Jack Ligon, 61, Houston, Texas. The brother-in-law of Mrs. Wayne Kellams of Edinburgh, he died unexpectedly Friday at Methodist Hospital at Houston, Texas, after becoming ill at home of an apparent heart attack. Mrs. Kellams was visiting there at the time.

Funeral service was conducted Monday at Forest Park Funeral Home at Houston, Texas, with burial at Calvary Cemetery there.

Self-employed, he married the former Gladys Lyons who survives.

Other survivors include a son, Fred Ligon of Madison, Ga., and a daughter, Rebecca Glowacki of Sugarland, Texas.

He was preceded in death by a son, Robert, who died last year.

Edinburgh Tri-County Enterprise, October 26, 1977

Brother-In-Law
Dies In Texas

  The brother-in-
law of Mrs. Wayne
Kellams of Edinbu-
rgh, Jack Ligon,
61, died Friday,
October 21, at
Methodist Hospi-
tal in Houston,
Texas. He had
become ill of an
apparent heart
attack at home
and taken to the
hospital with his
death unexpected.
  Mrs. Kellams was
visiting with the
family at the time
of his death and
Mr. Kellams flew
to Houston for the
services.
  Services were con-
ducted Monday at
Forst [sic] Park Funeral
Home at Houston
and burial was at
Calvary Cemetery
there.
  Self-employed,
Mr. Ligon married
the former Gladys
Lyons who survives.
  Other survivors
include a son,
Fred Ligon of Madi-
son, Ga., and a
daughter Rebecca
Glowacki of Sugar-
land, Texas.
  A son, Robert,
preceded in death
last year.

Submitted by Mark E. Wirey