Ms. Clessie Dean Rigsby Zoll, 87, of McMinnville died Wednesday, March 17, at Woodbury Health & Rehabilitation in Woodbury. 

She was born April 6, 1933, in Huntsville, Ala., was a homemaker, and member of Kingdom Hall Jehovah’s Witness. Clessie was preceded in death by parents James Dibrell and Lala May Turner Rigsby, sons James N. Jones and Alfred H. Zoll Jr., sisters Bertie Frances Wheeler, Hassie Dell Hullet, Clata Ray Gwinn, and Lorene Chalmers, and brothers Everett Ray Rigsby, Jewel Brown Rigsby, and Orville Erskin Rigsby.

Survivors include grandchildren John and wife Linda Jones, Jessica and husband Richard Woods, great-grandchild Nate Woods, and daughter-in-law June E. Jones. Nieces, nephews, family members, and friends also survive.

Graveside services and interment will be at 12 p.m. noon, Friday, March 19, at Jefferson Cemetery in DeKalb County. Family members will officiate. There will be no visitation at the funeral home. Family and friends will meet at the cemetery. Please remember to social distance and wear a face mask. Online condolences may be made at www.mcminnvillefuneralhome.com.

McMinnville Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Southern Standard

(McMinnville, Tenn.) March 19, 2021