Nettie Briggs

Asheville-Nettie Payne Briggs, age 80, died Thursday, September 9, 2004 at Samaritan Place Assisted Living. She was a native of Marion, Virginia but had lived most of her life in Haywood County. She was the daughter of the late Loyd Franklin and Malinda Burgner Payne and was the wife of the late Harold Jack Briggs who died September 23, 1991. She retired from American Enka as a secretary and graduated from Canton High School in 1940 with honors. She is survived by a niece Judith Shockey and her husband Kent of Savannah, GA and caregiver Ken Anders. A graveside service will be held at 2:00 p.m. Saturday, September 11, 2004 at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Enka. Reverend Neal Adams will officiate. The family requests that in lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Mountain Area Hospice, P.O. Box 25338, Asheville, NC 28813. Wells Funeral Homes & Cremation Services of Canton is in charge of arrangements.

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