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Pearl Jordan Riggins

Female 1924 - 2009  (84 years)


Personal Information

  • Name Pearl Jordan Riggins 
    Born 30 Aug 1924  Pierce County, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Died Mar 2009 
    Buried Blackshear City Cemetery, Blackshear, Pierce County, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 

    • Florida Times Union, March 8, 2009
      Pearl Jordan Riggins Bass

      Mrs. Pearl Jordan Riggins Bass, 84, of Jacksonville, passed away Friday, March 6, 2009, at Baptist Medical Center in Jacksonville, Florida. Born in Pierce County, Georgia on August 30, 1924, she had lived in Brunswick for many years before moving to Jacksonville in 1984. She had worked as a bookkeeper for Hendrix Shoes in Brunswick and had also been a homemaker.

      Mrs. Bass was a member of Faith United Methodist Church in Jacksonville and was an avid card player with her friends. She was a daughter of the late Henry J. & Susie Henderson Jordan and was also preceded in death by her first husband, R.C. Riggins, and her second husband, Julian L. Bass. Mrs. Bass was also preceded in death by a brother, Jack Jordan. Survivors include a son and daughter-in-law, Reggie and Karen Riggins of Savannah; two sisters and brothers-in-law, Nevada and Stanley Golaszewski of Folkston and Jewell and Jimmie Wells of Jacksonville; two brothers and a sister-in-law, J. B. Jordan and Walstein and Vivian Jordan all of Blackshear; 3 grandchildren, Rachel Briana Riggins, J. T. Sams and Bill Bivins; 5 great grandchildren, Caylie Riggins, Rylee Hoeller, Cameron Brown, Parker Bivins and Madison Bivins and several nieces, nephews and other relatives.

      Funeral services for Mrs. Bass will be held Monday afternoon, March 9, 2009, at 2:00 o'clock from the Pearson-Dial Chapel. Interment will be in the Blackshear Cemetery. Visitation for Mrs. Bass will be Sunday evening from 6 until 8 at the funeral home. Memorials may be made to the American Heart Association, 1101 Northchase Parkway Suite 1 Marietta, GA 30067. Pearson-Dial Funeral Home of Blackshear is in charge of the arrangements.
    Person ID I1094  Bass15 Andrew Bass of NC & Georgia
    Last Modified 23 Oct 2021 

    Family Julian Lamar Bass,   b. 19 Nov 1906,   d. 25 Apr 1996  (Age 89 years) 
    Last Modified 23 Oct 2021 
    Family ID F348  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart