Individual Details
Glenn Orville Briggs
(7 Jun 1913 - 30 Jul 1974)
Joplin Globe, Joplin, Missouri, Thursday, August 1, 1974, Page 21, Col. 7: Carl Junction, Mo.---Services for Glenn O. Briggs, 61, Carl Junction, who died at 8:45 p.m. Tuesday at St. John's Hospital in Springfield where he had been a patient since Sunday, will be at 3 p.m. Friday in the Brenner Funeral Home chapel in Pittsburg, Kan. The Rev. David Wigger of Carl Junction will officiate. Burial will be in Mount Olive Cemetery in Pittsburg. The family will receive friends from 7 until 8 p.m. today in the funeral home chapel.
Mr. Briggs was born on June 7, 1913, in Pittsburg and was a graduate of Courtney Business College in Pittsburg. He was with the Federal Bureau of Prisons in El Reno, Okla., for 25 years, retiring a few years ago. He was a member of the First Baptist Church in Carl Junction, the Joplin Elks Club and the United Commercial Travelers in Pittsburg. He was married to Miss Mildred Byers on Feb. 23, 1934, in Nevada, Mo. She survives. Other survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Virginia L. Greenwood, London, England; a brother, Dr. Elsworth Briggs, Eureka, Calif., and two grandchildren.
Mr. Briggs was born on June 7, 1913, in Pittsburg and was a graduate of Courtney Business College in Pittsburg. He was with the Federal Bureau of Prisons in El Reno, Okla., for 25 years, retiring a few years ago. He was a member of the First Baptist Church in Carl Junction, the Joplin Elks Club and the United Commercial Travelers in Pittsburg. He was married to Miss Mildred Byers on Feb. 23, 1934, in Nevada, Mo. She survives. Other survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Virginia L. Greenwood, London, England; a brother, Dr. Elsworth Briggs, Eureka, Calif., and two grandchildren.
Events
| Birth | 7 Jun 1913 | Pittsburg, Crawford Co., Kansas |  | ||
| Marriage | 23 Feb 1934 | Mildred Agnes Byers | | ||
| Death | 30 Jul 1974 | Springfield, Greene Co., Missouri | | ||
| Burial | Mount Olive Cemetery, Pittsburg, Crawford Co., Kansas | |
Families
| Spouse | Mildred Agnes Byers (1914 - 1984) |
| Child | Virginia Lee Briggs (1937 - 2001) |
| Father | Philip Orville Briggs Jr. (1879 - 1955) |
| Mother | Elizabeth Ann Reese (1881 - 1967) |
| Sibling | Hershel Rinaldo Briggs (1908 - 1956) |
| Sibling | Ellsworth Reese Briggs (1909 - 1986) |
| Sibling | Robert Lewis Briggs (1923 - 1972) |
Endnotes
1. 1920 Census Crawford Co., Kansas.
2. Marjorie Ham Briggs, Ten Generation List.
3. Marjorie Ham Briggs, Ten Generation List.
4. Social Security Death Index.
5. Note of Marjorie Ham Briggs.
6. Crawford Co. Kansas Tombstone Transcriptions 1860-1975.