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Roy Thomas Diggins

Roy Thomas Diggins

Funeral service for the late Roy Thomas Diggins,
76 of Sand Point, was held this past Sunday,
Nov. 30 in St Lawrence Church, Mulgrave,
with Rev. Bernard MacAdam officiating.
Interment was in the Middle Melford Cemetery.
Mr Diggins died Nov 27 in the Victoria General Hospital, Halifax.
Pallbearers were Tom Diggins, Lewis Chisholm, Everett Halfpenny,
Ronald Behie, Seward Hendsee, and Dougie Halfpenny.
Born in St Francis Harbour, he was the son of the late
James and Beatrice (Carter) Diggins.
He was a farmer and fisherman and a retired member
of the Corps of commissionaires. He was a veteran of
the second world war and a 40 year member
of Combrai Branch No 37, Royal Canadian Legion, Mulgrave.
He is survived by a daughter Mary Thelma (Mrs Seward Farrell) Antigonish,
a son, David, Middleton, three sisters,
Mrs Mary Chisholm,St Francis Harbour; Mrs Betty Marton and Stella (Mrs David Martin)
both of Halifax; five brothers, Arthur, Mulgrave; Jerome, Vancouver;
Bernard, Hamilton; Ralph and Eugene, both of Montreal;
five grandchildren. He was predeceased by his wife
the former Almira Miller and a sister Viola.