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Mary Alice Biggs, 93 of Murphysboro died at
4:14 pm Thursday, April 17, 2008 in Murphysboro. Mary Alice was born in
Murphysboro November 18, 1914 a daughter to the late Columbus and Mary
(Comte) Pieron. She married Walter Eugene Biggs March 22, 1931 in
Carterville, IL. Walter preceded her in death December 8, 1981. Funeral
services will be at 11 am Monday, April 21, 2008 at Crawshaw Funeral Home
in Murphysboro; Rev. Shaker Samuel of the First Baptist Church will
officiate. Burial will follow at Pleasant Grove Memorial Park near
Murphysboro. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 pm on Sunday at the funeral
home. Memorials are encouraged and may be made to the First Baptist Church
or Hospice of Southern Illinois and will be accepted at the funeral home.
Mary Alice was a member of the First Baptist Church in Murphysboro, the
American Legion Paul Stout Post 127 Auxiliary, the Somerset Unit of the
Jackson County Home Extension, and was a member of the Murphysboro Senior
Citizens. She was a homemaker and had been a sales clerk at the former
Grand Pa Johns store in Murphysboro. Survivors include one daughter;
Barbara K. Morber of Murphysboro, three sons and two daughters in law; L.R.
and Ann Biggs of Herrin, Robert Allen and Terry Biggs, and Gordon Wayne
Biggs all of Murphysboro, eight grandchildren, nine great grandchildren
and ten great great grandchildren, one sister in law; Beulah Pieron of
Murphysboro, three nephews; J.J. Pieron, Jack Wesley Pieron both of
Murphysboro and William Kelly of Jackson, Miss., and one niece; Rose
Kathryn Stevens of Murphysboro. She was preceded in death by one daughter,
one son, three sisters, and three brothers, one grand- daughter and two
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