Pauline Davis Smathers Rigsby

Mrs. Pauline Davis Smathers Rigsby, 87, of Kannapolis passed away Saturday, October 2, 2021, at Five Oaks Manor in Concord.

A graveside service is scheduled for 11:00 am Wednesday, October 6, 2021, at Carolina Memorial Park. Pastor Mike Roper will officiate.

The family will receive friends from 9:30 am to 10:30 am Wednesday at Lady's Funeral Home.

Mrs. Rigsby was born May 21, 1934 in Haywood County. She was a daughter of the late William Orion Davis and Bertha Leona Moore Davis. She liked gardening and making artificial flower arrangements.

In addition to her parents, she is preceded in death by two husbands, Ernest Robert Smathers, Sr. on January 12, 1997 and Jewell Brown Rigsby on July 7, 2005; and several brothers and sisters.

Mrs. Rigsby is survived by her son, Ernest Robert Smathers, Jr. of Concord; three sisters, Leona Byrd of Brevard, Ruth Stevenson and Mary Evelyn Coggidle, both of Waynesville, four grandsons, John Lee Smathers, Matthew Brian Smathers, Joy Talent and Kenny Diamond.