Charlene Diggs
Posted: October 3, 2018
STARKVILLE — Charlene Scott Diggs, 84, died Oct. 2, 2018, at Generations Assisted Living Facility in Saltillo. Services will be at 3 p.m. Friday at Welch Funeral Home. Graveside services will follow at Memorial Gardens. Visitation will be one hour prior to services at the funeral home. Welch Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Mrs. Diggs was born in Urbana, Illinois, to the late Opal Scott and Clyde Scott. She was a graduate of Rosewood in Chicago, Illinois. She was formerly employed with Carle Hospital and Mississippi State University Longest Student Health Center. She was a member of First United Methodist Church. In addition to her parents, she was preceded by her husband, Billy Gene Diggs; and several brothers and sisters. She is survived by her daughters, Mary Lou Beckman of Tupelo and Connie Spence of Gulfport; one brother; one sister; and four grandchildren. Memorials may be made to St. Jude Children’s Hospital, P.O. Box 50, Memphis, TN 38101, the Palmer Home for Children, 899 E. Broad St., Columbus, MS 39703 or Sanctuary Home Hospice, 5159 W. Main St., Tupelo, MS 38801.