James Diggs Obituary

DIGGS, JR., James Entered into eternal rest on the morning of July 3, 2006, James Jim Franklin Diggs, Jr., widower of Elizabeth Mae Lynch Diggs. Residence, Charleston, SC. The relatives and friends are invited to attend his funeral services in J. HENRY STUHR, INC., DOWNTOWN CHAPEL, Thursday, July 6, 2006 at eleven o'clock. Interment services will be conducted later in Grove Hill Memorial Park, Dallas, Texas. Friends may call at Stuhr's Downtown Chapel Wednesday between five and seven o'clock. Mr. Diggs was born November 23, 1919 in Denison, Texas, the son of James Franklin Diggs and Lela Ownby. He served in the U.S. Army Air Force during World War II. He moved from Dallas, TX to Charleston in 1959 and retired as Vice President of Public Savings Life Insurance Company. He was a member of Holy Trinity Episcopal Church, and The American Legion Post #147, a former member of Charleston Exchange Club, and a former member of Elks Lodge #242. He is survived by one son: Robert James Diggs, Sr. and his wife Sharon of Charleston, SC.; three daughters: Cathie Diggs of Ladson, SC, Loretta D. Davis and her husband Fred of James Island, SC and Patti Sullivan and her husband Vince of Charleston, SC; one sister: Evelyn Harvey of Houston, TX; ten grandchildren: Debbie Davis, Scooter Davis, J.R. Davis, Heather Boulay, Jimmy Diggs, Wyatt Diggs, Taylor Diggs, Jason Sullivan, Stevie Sullivan and Nick Sullivan; and two great grandchildren: Ashlyn Boulay and Christopher Boulay. Memorials may be made to the American Diabetes Association, Memorial & Honor Program, P.O Box 2680, North Canton, Ohio 44720 and or Hospice of Charleston, Attn: Hospice Center, 3896 Leeds Avenue, North Charleston, SC 29405. Visit our guestbook at www.charleston.net/deaths.