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'''Preston Deaton Rigsby''' , known as '''Deaton Rigsby''' (July 5, 1932 &ndash; 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 &ndash; 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 s

 

==Background==

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>

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 Rigsby enlisted in the [[United States Army]].<ref name=obit/>

 

After military service, Rigsby 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>

   

   

In 1951, Rigsby married the former Betty Laruth Faubion; (born 1934). The couple had two daughters, Shelley Renee and Sharla D'Ann. They were divorced in March 1975. Laruth, as she is known, then married Bill G. Tanner in Lynn County, south of Lubbock, four months after the divorce was final.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?|title=Betty L. Faubion|publisher=Ancestry.com|accessdate=May 9, 2019; under pay wall}}</ref> In 1974, Deaton had met Jan Louise Reeves (born November 3, 1943), who became his second wife; they were married for forty-four years until his death. From the second marriage came four other children, Renee Emmett, Julie Bille, Brandcon McGill, and Patrick Rigsby.<ref name=obit/>

In 1951, Rigsby married the former Betty Laruth Faubion; (born 1934). The couple had two daughters, Shelley Renee and Sharla D'Ann. They were divorced in March 1975. Laruth, as she is known, then married Bill G. Tanner in Lynn County, south of Lubbock, four months after the divorce was final.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?|title=Betty L. Faubion|publisher=Ancestry.com|accessdate=May 9, 2019; under pay wall}}</ref> In 1974, Deaton had met Jan Louise Reeves (born November 3, 1943), who became his second wife; they were married for forty-four years until his death. From the second marriage came four other children, Renee Emmett, Julie Bille, Brandcon McGill, and Patrick Rigsby.<ref name=obit/>