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==Background==
==Background==
Reared on a farm in his native Hamilton County, Texas, Rigsby was the only son of Preston Delbert Rigsby and the former Grace Gertrude Deaton (1906-2001). 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 (1906-1950) and the former Grace Gertrude Deaton (1906-2001). His father deserted the family during the [[Great Depression]], and his mother worked in the clothing industry. 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 Rigsby enlisted in the [[United States Army]].<ref name=obit/>
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/>
==Career==
==Career==