James Elwood "Buddy" Pigg

James Elwood "Buddy" Pigg, 84, former part owner of Pigg & Parsons, and resident of Shelbyville, died Thursday, March 9, 2017 at Glen Oaks Health and Rehabilitation Center. Funeral services will be conducted Wednesday at 2:00 P.M. at Oakes & Nichols Funeral Home with Father Watson Lamb officiating. Burial will follow in Rose Hill Cemetery with military honors provided by the Herbert Griffin American Legion Post #19. The family will visit with friends Wednesday from 1:00 – 2 :00 P.M. at the funeral home. Condolences may be extended online at www.oakesandnichols.com. Born June 17, 1932 in Maury County, he was the son of the late William Henderson Pigg, Sr. and Louise Walker Pigg. He was 1950 graduate of Columbia Central High School and attended Vanderbilt University. He served in the United States Army during the Korean War, where he was stationed in France. Mr. Pigg was very proud of the historic preservations of houses that he restored in the south, locally the Lipscomb Place in Cross Bridges. An avid outdoorsman he loved the country, and at one time raised bird dogs, registered angus, and Tennessee Walking Horses. Survivors include his wife, whom he married in 1953, Nancy Claudine Harris Pigg of Shelbyville; sons, Mark (Lisa) Pigg of Birmingham, Alabama; Jim (Linda) Pigg of Lawrenceburg; Rob (Karen) Pigg of St. Petersburg, Florida; daughter, Lisa Klein of Shelbyville; grandchildren, Katie (Father Watson) Lamb; Maggie Pigg; Seth Klein; great grandchildren, Maril Lamb; Mark Abial Lamb; Ferran Lamb; Bea Lamb; and sister-in-law, Beverly Johnson Pigg of Columbia. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by his brother, W. H. "Dub" Pigg, Jr.; and sister, Dorothy Pigg Tucker. Active pallbearers will be Jack White, John White, Brett Hermann, Don Fly, Clark Tucker, and Bud Wilson. Honorary pallbearers will be Charles Pigg and Randolph Pigg.