Larry Frank Rigsby

Larry Frank Rigsby age 77 passed away July 18, 2022, at his home in Madill, Okla. from a long illness. Larry

was born in Van Alstyne, Texas on March 20, 1945, to the late Henry Selton Rigsby and Ruth Kenner Rigsby in a farmhouse South of city on Old Hwy 5.

Larry brags he was born in Collin County but was dressed and met his dad and three brothers in the next room in Grayson County. Larry was the young- est of 4 boys starting school in 1951 in Van Alstyne, Texas graduating in 1963, a faithful Van Alstyne Panther to the end. Old # 14 was a rough, tough, blood

getting middle linebacker Panther Blue football player. When he opened up a hole in the line, the Panthers scored a touchdown. He attended Paris Junior College and Dal-

las Baptist College.

Larry moved to Dallas working for Lone Star Gas

and Yellow Freight lines before entering his career job as a gun salesman working for some of the largest gun shops in Dallas; the famous Buckhorn Trading Post in Downtown Dallas, The Gun and Tackle on Forest Lane

and Rays Hardware and Sporting Goods on Singleton

Ave. Celebrities and athletes traded with him, his jokes, laughter and general knowledge of guns, and ammunition was widely known. Dirty Harry’s famous 44 pistol came from Buckhorn trading Post and after movies filmed, they were returned to Dallas to be placed with other famous westerm or movie related guns at the Wax Museum in Grand Prairie, Texas. Larry had a bit part in two differ- ent episodes of Walker Texas Ranger while working at

The Gun and Tackle Store in Dallas, Texas.

Larry was an avid hunter and fisherman. He guided hunts for celebrities every April bringing in trophy turkey for his celebrity hunters and every November bringing in some of the largest deer in Texas. He personally hunted turkey and deer all over Texas, Canada, Alaska and Idaho as well as elk in New Mexico, bear in Alaska and Canada, moose in Idaho and Canada and a trophy Nilgui from the

United States. He helped teach Gun Safety Classes and Gun Permit Classes. Larry was a member of the Dallas Safari Club, Woods and Water Club and NRA. Larry also scored for Boone and Crocket for the State of Texas main-

a certification as a licensed firearms appraiser for State of Texas.

Larry met and married the girl of his dreams Maurine Elaine Hale in Dallas, Texas in 1968. They have one son, Charles Robert “Chuck” Mitchell. Larry brags, Maurine was Larry’s First and Second wife as they remarried on their anniversary November 23, 2006. They were married for some 50+ years.

Larry and his family moved to Marshall County in 2006. He worked a short time (seveb years) for Lowe’s in Ardmore before continuing his career as a gun salesman selling guns, ammunition, and hunting products for Atwoods when the store opened in Madill, finally retiring for health reasons in 2016.

Larry was baptized into the Baptist Faith in 1954 and remained faithful the remainder of his life.

Larry is proceeded in death by his parents, Henry and Ruth Rigsby, father and mother-in-law Kenneth Hale and Louise Hale James; brother, Henry Carroll Rigsby; three sisters-in-law Wanda Rigsby, Kathrine Rigsby and Sally Rigsby; one nephew Ricky Rigsby; one niece Louise Rigsby Bertran; and three great nephews Mark Rigsby, Timothy Rigsby and Jeffrey Rigsby.

Larry is survived by his wife, Maurine Rigsby and son Chuck Mitchell of Madill; two brothers Leon Rigsby of Houston, Texas, Ralph Rigsby and wife Eileen of Wolfe Point, Mont;, sister-in-law Marilyn Stowers and husband Gary of Madill, Okla.; brothers-in-law Bud Hale and wife Terri of Madill, Okla., Gerald Hale and wife, Janie of Tulsa, Okla., Monte Hale and wife Jan of Bartlesville, Okla., Leslie Hale and wife Nancy of Long Grove, Okla.; and lots and lots and lots of nieces and nephews scattered all over Oklahoma, Arkansas, Texas, Kansas, Wyoming, Montana, Idaho, Nebraska, and New York.

Funeral service will be 10:00 a.m., Saturday, August 13, 2022, at Watts Memorial Chapel in Madill, Okla. Todd Mcray and Dalan Larson will officiate the service. Services will be under the direction of Watts Funeral Home in Madill, Okla. Condolences may be sent to wattsfuneralhome. com. Honorary Pall bearers are Jim Reeks, Miguel Parra, Steve Caballero, Tim Jenes, Don Griffin, Doug Jones, Jerry Billips and Reid Durbin.

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