Individual Details

Owen Foster Sigmon

(February 27, 1906 - July 4, 1972)

"Owen Foster Sigmon was a coalminer. He first worked for Raymond City Coal Company from approximately 1933 to 1939 and for Semet-Solvay Coal Company from 1939 until he retired in 1968. At the time of his death he and Bessie lived in Glasgow, West Virginia. He died of a heart attack with black lung disease as a contributory factor. Bessie now resides in Malden, West Virginia." (ACROSS THE BLUE RIDGE, by Billie Redding Lewis, 1984, page 61.)

Events

BirthFebruary 27, 1906Ferrum, Franklin County, Virginia
MarriageNovember 1, 1920Poca, West Virginia - Bessie May Hammond
DeathJuly 4, 1972Montgomery, West Virginia
BurialJones Cemetery, near Charleston, Kanawha County, West Virginia

Families

SpouseBessie May Hammond (1912 - )
ChildHarold Foster Sigmon (1930 - )
ChildDarrell Franklin Sigmon (1935 - )
ChildDelma May Sigmon (1937 - 1980)
ChildGerald Edward Sigmon (1943 - )
ChildBrenda Sigmon (1947 - 1973)
FatherHenry Lee Sigmon (1876 - 1945)
MotherVirginia Lee "Virgie" Jones (1885 - 1964)
SiblingFrank Andrew Sigmon (1902 - 1928)
SiblingClaude William Sigman (1904 - 1974)
SiblingHannah Bet Sigmon (1908 - )
SiblingClara Gay Sigmon (1910 - 1988)
SiblingWalter Sigmon (1913 - 1939)
SiblingCosbie Lee Sigmon (1914 - 1945)
SiblingLouise Kate Sigmon (1916 - )
SiblingEsther Maude Sigmon (1918 - )
SiblingGeneva Floyd Sigmon (1924 - 1943)
SiblingDallas Houston Sigmon (1928 - )