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Williamsburg Funeral Home
Williamsburg Funeral Home
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10/22/1926 – 10/06/2018
Pawley’s Island
Funeral Services
Funeral services will be 7 PM Tuesday, October 9, 2018, in Graham Funeral Home Chapel, in Georgetown with a private burial Wednesday in Kingstree Memorial Gardens.
Visitation
The family will receive friends before the services from 5 to 6:30 PM at Graham Funeral Home.
Memorials
Memorials may be made to a charity of your choice.
Alphonso James “AJ” Rigby, Jr., 91, widower of Mary Ann Nicholson Rigby, died Saturday, October 6, 2018, at his residence in Pawley’s Island.
Mr. Rigby was born October 22, 1926, in Kingstree, a son of the late Alphonso James Rigby and Sara Nunnally Rigby. He attended Clemson College and was the retired owner of Rigby Electric Supply. Mr. Rigby was a pilot and avid golfer and past President of South Carolina Golf Association. He was a former Georgetown County Airport Commissioner, past master of Kingstree Masonic Lodge #46 and a member of Pawley’s Island Lodge #409.
Surviving Mr. Rigby are: two sons, Billy Rigby, of Pawley’s Island and Al (Marcie) Rigby, of Kingstree; two grandsons, Kyle (Shameka) Rigby, of Holden Beach, NC and Mason (Shannon) Rigby, of Sumter; five great grandchildren, and numerous nieces and nephews. In addition to his parents, Mr. AJ was preceded in death by wives Joyce Coleman Rigby and Mary Ann Nicholson Rigby; son, Alphonso James “Jimmy” Rigby, III; brothers, William J. Rigby, Jesse N. Rigby and George H. Rigby.
Funeral services will be 7 PM Tuesday, October 9, 2018, in Graham Funeral Home Chapel, in Georgetown with a private burial Wednesday in Kingstree Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends before the services from 5 to 6:30 PM at Graham Funeral Home. Memorials may be made to a charity of your choice.
So sorry for your loss Kyle and all your family is in my prayers
Our sincere condolences to Billy and the family.
My condolences on the passing of Mr. Rigby. I knew his sons from playing golf. Thoughts are with the family. Tommy Suber. Whitmire SC
My sincere condolences to the family. May the God of all comfort give you the comfort you need to endure this difficult time. (2 Corinthians 1:3,4)
My sympathies to all.
Those we love don’t go away, they walk beside us everyday! Mr. AJ brought a smile to every ones face at the Hanser House Restaurant every time he came though the door. He is surly going to be missed but he will be in our hearts forever!
I am so saddened by the news of the loss of your Daddy, Al and and your father in law, Marcie .
May he enter into the loving Arms of Our Holy Father and Creator and find eternal comfort in the knowledge and the certainty of all of his children and grandchildren and great grandchildren’s love and adoration. My most sincere Condolences and love,
William Ardell Gamble-DeClemente
New York, New York