Roanoke Times, The (VA)
November 4, 2001

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HIX, Clyde Ellen Rigney Williams, 87, of The 
Pulaski Retirement Community, Pulaski, died early 
Friday morning, November 2, 2001, in the Pulaski 
Community Hospital. She was born in Delton, Va. 
(Pulaski County), on November 16, 1913. She was 
retired from Playtex Corporation, which was formerly 
Virginia Maid Hosiery Hills, with 35 plus years of 
service. She worked as a sitter for ten years after 
retirement and did volunteer work at Pulaski Community 
Hospital. Mrs. Hix was a member of the First Baptist 
Church in Pulaski. Until recently, she had made her 
home with her daughter, Jean, in Vinton, where she was 
a member of the Phebean Sunday School Class at Vinton 
Baptist Church. Mrs. Hix was preceded in death by her 
parents, George E. Rigney and Elizabeth Coalson Rigney 
Hancock, and by her husbands, John Leslie "Shorty" 
Williams and George Thomas Hix. She was also preceded 
in death by a sister, Mrs. Alma Rigney Taylor, a brother, 
Clarence Rigney, and three step-brothers, Buford Hancock, 
Alton Hancock and Ishmael Hancock. Surviving are three 
children and spouses, Jean W. Thurman and husband, Walter 
"Buddy" Thurman, Vinton, Roger Alton Williams and wife, 
Melissa Williams, Dublin; step-son and wife, Duane and 
Betty Hix, Draper; five grandchildren, Kevin Bradley 
Williams and fianc, Anne Yastremski, John Walter Thurman, 
Joan Katherine Thurman, Christy Southern Underwood and 
husband, Johnny, and Eric Southern; four sisters-in-law, 
Mrs. Clarence (Alma) Rigney, Mrs. Buford (Maggie) 
Hancock, Mrs. Ishmael (Mary) Hancock, and Mrs. Alton 
(Mamie) Hancock; one step-sister, Beulah Hancock; and 
nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be held 
Monday at 10 a.m. from Stevens Funeral Chapel with the 
Rev. Don Peagram officiating. Burial will follow in 
Draper Cemetery. Visiting will be Sunday evening at 
Stevens Funeral Home where the family will receive 
friends from 4 until 6 p.m. Memorials may be made 
to the First Baptist Church, P.O. Box 1652, Pulaski, 
Va. 24301. The family will be meeting at the 
residence of the son and daughter-in-law, Roger a
nd Melissa Williams, 6067 Vest Drive, Dublin, Va. 
Arrangements by Stevens Funeral Home, Inc., Pulaski, Va.