WAYCROSS — Mr. Earnest Desso “Buddy” Rigdon, 78, of Waycross, died Thursday afternoon, November 13, 2025, at Memorial Satilla Health after a brief illness.
He was born in Ware County to the late Junior Rigdon and Millie Suggs Rigdon. Rigdon worked for the City of Waycross as a Supervisor in the Public Works Department. He attended Pine Valley Church and enjoyed fishing. More than anything he loved spending time with his family and sharing memories with them.
Along with his parents, he was also preceded in death by his wife, Lois Rigdon; his great granddaughter, Kaylee Michelle Williams; one brother, Bobby Rigdon; and two sisters, Francis Music and Amy Strickland.
Rigdon is survived by three children, Roy Rigdon and his wife, Sonya, of Waresboro, Vanessa Moore of Waycross, and Sonya Pack and her husband, Dale, of Waresboro; four grandchildren, Kristie Williams and her husband, Dustin, Rory Teitsch and her husband, Doug, Dustin Rigdon, and Dale Pack III; eight great grandchildren, Kelssie, Derrick, Tylen, Dustin, Jr., Kyser, Dustin, Emily, and Noah; one great-great grandchild, Baylor; two sisters, Ann Carter of Waycross, and Shirley Davis and her husband, Gene, of Hoboken; one brother, Jimmy Rigdon and his wife, Vicki, of Plant City, Fla.; and numerous nieces, nephews and other relatives.
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