Thomas Edward
Ligon
Moulton
Funeral for Thomas Edward Ligon, 96, of Moulton will be Thursday, November 11, 2010, at 2 p.m. at Lawrence Funeral Home with Wayne Turner and Rayburn Reed officiating. Burial will be in Moulton Memory Gardens. Visitation will be tonight from 6 to 8 at the funeral home.
Mr. Ligon, who died Tuesday, November 9, 2010, at Helen Keller Hospital, was born May 30, 1914, in Moulton to John Marshall Ligon and Lucy Lipscomb Ligon. He served in the U.S. Army in World War II and the Korean War and retired from the military. He was chief jailer for the Lawrence County Sheriff's Department. Mr. Ligon was a member of the VFW and American Legion Post 25 and a member of Moulton Baptist Church. He loved his family. He loved to cook, hunt and work in his garden. He was preceded in death by his wife, Margie Hill Ligon; three brothers, William "Bill" Ligon, John Ligon and Dan "Snooks" Ligon; and four sisters, Minnie Reed, Sallie Sherrill, Julia Sherrill and Lucille Legg.
Survivors include his daughter, Theresea Magaro of Sandy Springs, Ga.; brother, James Ligon of Kentucky, and two grandsons, Joseph Magaro and Joshua Magaro of Sandy Springs, Ga.
Pallbearers will be Joseph Magaro, Joshua Magaro, Keith Ligon, Denny Blankenship, Jimmy Ligon, Ben Sams and Brett Sams.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to The American Legion Post 25 or The Moulton Senior Citizens Center.
This obituary was originally published in the Decatur Daily.
