Frank E. Bigham

	Frank E. Bigham, age 79, of Pinckneyville, passed away on Thursday, February 19, 2004 in the Pinckneyville Community Hospital at 2 a.m.
	Frank was born on April 24, 1924 in Pinckneyville, the son of Gilbert and Zoe (Trefftzs) Bigham.  He married Lillian Thomas on April 25, 1958 in Union City, Tennessee and she survives.  Frank worked for 29 years at the Pinckneyville Community Hospital as a Maintenance Technician.
	During his lifetime, Frank was a dairy farmer, exhibited Jersey cattle, was a member of the American Jersey Cattle Association, the Illinois Jersey Cattle Club, was the longest exhibitor of Jersey cattle in the state of Illinois and at the Du Quoin State Fair, was a member of the Pinckneyville F.F.A. Alumni Association, an honorary member of the Pinckneyville Firemen's Association and was a member of the Perry County Fair Board for more than 40 years.
	Survivors include his wife, Lillian of Pinckneyville; three children, Ilene Ruroede and her friend, Brian Mayer, of Pinckneyville; Frank A. Bigham and his fiancee, Tania Keller, of Pinckneyville and Tibretta Reiman and her husband, Randall, of Pinckneyville; a brother, Harold 'Cotton' Bigham and his wife, Margo, of Gulf Breeze, Florida; a sister, Mary Hinman of Yorkville, Ill.; a sister-in-law, Agnes Bigham of Phoenix, Arizona; an expected grandson, James Earl Reiman and numerous nieces and nephews.
	He was preceded in death by his parents; three brothers, Dale, James and Harry and one sister, Ethel Kurrelmeyer.
	Funeral services were held on Tuesday, February 24 at 11 a.m. in the First Baptist Church, Pinckneyville, with Kevin Place officiating.  Interment was in the Galum Presbyterian Cemetery, rural Pinckneyville.
	Friends called at the Pyatt-Harrawood Funeral Home, Pinckneyville, on Monday from 4 until 9 p.m. and on Tuesday from 8 until 9:30 a.m. then at the church from 10 a.m. until services.
	Memorials may be made to the Pinckneyville Community Hospital Frank Bigham Beautification Fund or Pinckneyville Firemen's Association.
