William Norris Tigert

William Norris Tigert, of Pittsburg, died Thursday, April 25, 2019 at Whispering Pines Nursing Home in Winnsboro at the age of

82. Tigert was born July 12, 1936 in Daingerfield, the 10th of 11 children born to Earl and Cleo Turner Tigert. He attended school in Daingerfield where he was an all-district and honorable mention all-district half back in football playing both defense and offense. He played all four years on the varsity team. He excelled also in boxing and track.

He followed in his brothers’ footsteps by joining the U.S. Army where he became a military police officer and received a medal of good conduct. After an honorable discharge, he went to work at Lone Star Steel in security and retired after 42 years.

Tigert was a member of First Baptist Church Mount Pleasant. He is survived by his wife, Mary Jane Tigert; four daughters, Barbara Whiteley and husband Greg, Carmen Doskocil and husband Greg, Dana Tigert, Julia Holt and husband Robert; two granddaughters, four grandsons, three great-granddaughters, one great-grandson, numerous nieces and nephews and many great friends.

He is preceded in death by his parents, Earl and Cleo Turner Tigert and siblings, Dovie Knight, Buddy Tigert, Fred Tigert, Thelma Thigpen, Marvin Tigert, Dale Tigert, Jack Tigert, Bobby Tigert, Allie Tosh and Sue Gossett.

The funeral service was held Monday, April 29 at 10 a.m. at First Baptist Church in Mount Pleasant with Dr. Clint Davis officiating. Burial was at Ebenezer Cemetery in Camp County. His sons-in-law and grandsons served as pallbearers, and Lone Star Steel Plant Protection served as honorary pallbearers. Visitation was held Sunday, April 28 from 4-6 p.m. at the Erman Smith Funeral Home Chapel in Pittsburg.