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'''Preston Deaton Rigsby''' , known as '''Deaton Rigsby''' (July 5, 1932 – May 6, 2019) was a [[business]] and [[politician]] in his adopted city of [[Lubbock]], [[Texas]]. He served on both the Lubbock City Council and the board of the Lubbock Independent School District, both non-partisan positions.<ref name=avj>{{cite web|url=https://www.lubbockonline.com/news/20190506/former-lubbock-councilman-school-trustee-rigsby-dies|title=Former Lubbock councilman and school trustee Rigsby dies|publisher=''The Lubbock Avalanche-Journal''|date=May 6, 2019|accessdate=May 9, 2010; under pay wall}}</ref>
'''Preston Deaton Rigsby''' , known as '''Deaton Rigsby''' (July 5, 1932 – May 6, 2019) was a [[business]] and [[politician]] in his adopted city of [[Lubbock]], [[Texas]]. He served on both the Lubbock City Council and the board of the Lubbock Independent School District, both non-partisan positions.<ref name=avj>{{cite web|url=https://www.lubbockonline.com/news/20190506/former-lubbock-councilman-school-trustee-rigsby-dies|title=Former Lubbock councilman and school trustee Rigsby dies|publisher=''The Lubbock Avalanche-Journal''|date=May 6, 2019|accessdate=May 9, 2010; under pay wall}}</ref>
Reared on a farm in his native Hamilton County, Texas, Rigsby was the only son of Preston Delbert Rigsby and the former Grace Deaton. His father deserted the family during the [[Great Depression]], and his mother worked in the clothing industry to support the family. In 1944, she wed Jack Cates and acquired a third daughter, the late Vivian Wynell Cates Brandt. Deaton Rigsby had two older sisters, Carolyn R. Thompson and Laura Jo Rigsby Hollis Key Henderson (1930-2016), known as Laura Key. Laura was stricken with polio at the age of twenty-five but worked in public education as an elementary math and science teacher, a guidance counselor,and a diagnostician in Gifted/Talented and Special Education.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.inremembrance.org/texas/bryan/laura-jo-rigsby-key/83910|title=Laura Jo Rigsby Key|publisher=Inremembrance.org|accessdate=May 10, 2019}}</ref>
Reared on a farm in his native Hamilton County, Texas, Rigsby was the only son of Preston Delbert Rigsby and the former Grace Deaton. His father deserted the family during the [[Great Depression]], and his mother worked in the clothing industry to support the family. In 1944, she wed Jack Cates and acquired a third daughter, the late Vivian Wynell Cates Brandt. Deaton Rigsby had two older sisters, Carolyn R. Thompson and Laura Jo Rigsby Hollis Key Henderson (1930-2016), born in Quanah in Hardeman County and known mainly as Laura Key. Her second husband, William C. Key died in 1990. Laura Key was stricken with polio at the age of twenty-five but worked in public education as an elementary math and science teacher, a guidance counselor, and a diagnostician in Gifted/Talented and Special Education.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.inremembrance.org/texas/bryan/laura-jo-rigsby-key/83910|title=Laura Jo Rigsby Key|publisher=Inremembrance.org|accessdate=May 10, 2019}}</ref>
Rigsby graduated from Evant High School in his native Hamilton County, Texas, and began his studies at [[Texas Tech University]] in Lubbock from which he earned his bachelor's degree in 1954 and thereafter a master's. Upon the completion of his studies Deaton enlisted in the [[United States Army]]. He then returned to Lubbock to work in the [[insurance]] business. In 1984, he joined Schneider, Burnet and Hickman as a stock broker.<ref name=obit>{{cite web|url=https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/lubbockonline/obituary.aspx?n=preston-deaton-rigsby&pid=192819863&fhid=19537|title=Preston Deaton Rigsby obituary|publisher=''The Lubbock Avalanche-Journal''|date=May 7, 2019|access date=May 9, 2019}}</ref>
Rigsby graduated from Evant High School in his native Hamilton County, Texas, and began his studies at [[Texas Tech University]] in Lubbock from which he earned his bachelor's degree in 1954 and thereafter a master's. Upon the completion of his studies Deaton enlisted in the [[United States Army]]. He then returned to Lubbock to work in the [[insurance]] business. In 1984, he joined Schneider, Burnet and Hickman as a stock broker.<ref name=obit>{{cite web|url=https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/lubbockonline/obituary.aspx?n=preston-deaton-rigsby&pid=192819863&fhid=19537|title=Preston Deaton Rigsby obituary|publisher=''The Lubbock Avalanche-Journal''|date=May 7, 2019|access date=May 9, 2019}}</ref>