Rachel Reece Riggs

Rachel Reece Rigs, daughter of the late Sherman Reece and Lucy Compton Reece, was born August 18, 1939. She died at 11:30 P.M., Saturday, January 30, 2021 in Campbellsville. Age: 81 She professed faith in Christ and was a member of Pleasant Hill Baptist Church. She united in marriage to Elroy Riggs on July 5. 1958. He preceded her in death on October 4, 2020. Rachel was a retired schoolteacher, having taught in Marion and Taylor County School systems. Her favorite pastime was cross- stitching. She looked forward to participating in the TCHS Craft Fair each year and had many return customers who purchased her impeccable cross-stitch. Rachel is survived by one daughter and one son: Vickie McKinley and husband, Mark of Campbellsville and Alan Riggs and his wife, Alicia of Greensburg; five grandchildren; Maggie Adams and husband, Kevin of Louisville; Kelsey Riggs of St. Petersburg, Florida, Ellie Paine and husband, Davis of Maryville, Tennessee, Rachel Hughes and husband, Sean of Memphis, Tennessee and Peter Riggs of Greensburg; two great-grandchildren: Claire Coleman and Julian Coleman of ST. Petersburg, Florida; one sister, Helen Kessler Browning of Campbellsville; several nieces and nephews and many other relatives and friends. She was preceded in death by a sister, Earline Gabehart of Campbellsville. _____________ PRIVATE FUNERAL SERVICE: Saturday, February 6, 2021 by Pastor Kent Ashley BURIAL: Brookside Cemetery PARROTT & RAMSEY FUNERAL HOME IN CHARGE OF ARRANGEMENTS