Mrs. Edna Blanche Keyser Tigrett, died Tuesday, June 28, 2022, at Brian Center-Alleghany, Low Moor. She was the wife of the late Robert Dickson “Bob” Tigrett.
Mrs. Tigrett was born July 23, 1924, in Alleghany County, the daughter of the late John Renick Keyser and Maddie Blanche Tyree Keyser. A lifetime resident of this community, she was a member of Granbery Memorial Methodist Church, and Jackson River Garden Club and in her younger years was active in various charitable organizations. Edna graduated from Falling Spring High School at the beginning of World War II, attended Phillips Business School, and went to work at what was then the West Virginia Pulp and Paper Company. At the end of the war, she met the young Lieutenant Robert Dickson Tigrett, and they were happily married until his death in 2020.
Mrs. Tigrett is survived by her daughter, Julie Williams (Benny); sons, Robert D. Tigrett III (Caroline) and James R. Tigrett; three grandchildren, Casey Williams (Christine), Kathryn Williams Smith (Charles) and Lauren Tigrett McConnell (Will); seven great-grandchildren, Ayla and Madison Williams, Brodey, Dare, and Finnley Smith and Colton, Gray and Olivia McConnell; a number of nieces and nephews; along with special friends, John and Candice Barnes.
In addition to her husband, Mrs. Tigrett was preceded in death by two brothers, John Keyser, Jr. and Charles H. Keyser and three sisters, Ada Keyser, Anna Lee Keyser and Mary K. Sakowicz.
A funeral service will be conducted at 11:00 A.M., Saturday, July 2, 2022, from the chapel of Loving Funeral Home with Rev. Eric Early officiating. Interment will follow in Alleghany Memorial Park.
The family will receive friends Saturday morning from 10:00 A.M. until the time of service.
The family suggests that memorial tributes take the form of contributions to Granbery Memorial United Methodist Church, 425 W. Main Street, Covington, VA, 24426
Arrangements are being handled by Loving Funeral Home; www.lovingfuneralhome1913.com
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