The memorial service for Lee Roy Diggs, 81, of Cleo Springs, will be 10 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 17, 2009, at Glorious Church, east of Cleo Springs. The Rev. Scott Heusel will officiate. Burial of the ashes will be in Cleo Springs Cemetery with military honors. Arrangements are by Fairview Funeral Home Inc. There will be no public viewing. The register book may be signed at the funeral home .
He was born April 27, 1928, in Clovis, N.M., to Laken Raymond and Gladys Augusta Miller Diggs and died Thursday, Dec. 10, 2009, at Integris Bass Baptist Health Center.
He spent 26 years in military service, with six years in the Army as a tank driver and 20 years in the Air Force as a flight engineer on helicopters. He served in Germany, Okinawa, Dutch New Guinea and two tours in Vietnam and Elite Group at Boiling Air Force Base, Washington, D.C. and in the Vice-President Helicopter Group at Andrews Air Force Base, Md.
He married Lona Dolores Kopf Dec. 21, 1953, in Raton, N.M. Following his retirement in 1974, he owned greenhouses in Florida, worked as an oil field welder in Wyoming and served as police chief of Cleo Springs. He also served 20 yeas as sheriff's deputy in Major County, dispatcher and reserve. He owned the Old-n- New Shop in Cleo Springs and was a volunteer at Cleo Springs Senior Center.
Surviving are his wife, Dolores, of the home , and one brother, Benny Ray Diggs of Clarinton, Texas.
He was preceded in death by one sister.
Memorials may be made through the funeral home to medical research for Parkinson disease, Quilts of Valor or Cleo Senior Citizens Center.
Condolences may be made at www.fairviewfuneralhome inc.com.
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