Boggess, Melvin ""Bud"
Passed: 1996-04-15
Age: 57
Source: Charleston Daily Mail
Death Notice:
Obituary Date: 1996-04-17
Information: KENNA - Melvin ""Bud"" Boggess, 57, of Kenna, died April 15, 1996, in St. Francis Hospital, Charleston, after a short illness. He was a heavy equipment operator, a member of Allens Fork Church and Local 132 Operating Engineers union. Surviving: wife, Dreama Boggess; sons, Doyle of Charleston, Keith and Benji, both at home; daughters, Rachel Foster of Ripley, Debra Keeling of Goldtown; brother, Terry and Shelbie, both of Goldtown; sisters, Wavelene Riggs of Virginia Beach, Va., Helen Casto of Kenna, Nora Parsons of Ripley, Abbie Ray of Sissonville; three grandchildren; four step-grandchildren. Service will be 1 p.m. Wednesday at Parsons Funeral Home, Ripley. Burial will be in Harrison Cemetery, Goldtown. Friends may call from 6 to 9 p.m. today at the funeral home. From Jackson Star News April 17, 1996 Additional Information- He was born in Goldtown, a son of Boone Boggess of Goldtown and the late Ona Phillips Boggess. He was preceded in death by two brothers.