JACK D. BRIGGS

JACK D. BRIGGS of Lexington, NC died March 25, 2024 at the age of 84. A licensed funeral director since 1965, he served the communities of Davidson, Montgomery, Randolph, and Richmond counties for nearly 65 years. Briggs began working for a funeral home and furniture store in Denton in 1959 under the tenure of the late C. C. Hooever. He had operated one of the largest family-owned funeral companies in North Carolina, including Briggs Funeral Home in Denton and Candor; Davidson Funeral Home in Lexington and Winston-Salem; Piedmont Funeral Home in Lexington; Carter Funeral Home in Rockingham and Ellerbee; Davidson Crematory, and Mountain View Memorial Gardens. Briggs received his Bachelor of Science Degree in Business from High Point College and was licensed by the North Carolina State Board of Embalmers and Funeral Directors in 1965. A past president of the North Carolina Funeral Directors Association, he served as the North Carolina Policy Board member of the National Funeral Directors Association and was a former member and past president of the North Carolina Board of Funeral Service.