Person Sheet
Misc. Notes
1. “Max was from Lafayette, IN. In 1966 Max developed the first Cemetery-Funeral Home combination east of Dallas, TX in Tuscaloosa, AL, when he built Memory Chapel Funeral Home on the Memory Hill Gardens property. He had a great vision of the future of the combination cem./funeral home operations in the cemetery industry. Max Biggs adopted Debbie [Evelyn’s sister] after he & Evelyn married, and she became Debbie Biggs.” [303]
Spouses
Birth1 Mar 1923 [303]
Death1 Sep 1992 [303] Age: 69
BurialTuscaloosa,, Alabama [303]
Burial MemoMemory Hill Gardens
Cause of deathCancer
FatherWilliam Chilton PIKE (1904-1983)
MotherFlorence M. SANDERS (1905-1999)
Misc. Notes
1. “After C.L.'s death, Evelyn ran the two cemeteries for three yrs. until she married Max Biggs, who was a cemeterian, and he took over the operation of the cemeteries. Max was from Lafayette, IN. In 1966 Max developed the first Cemetery-Funeral Home combination east of Dallas, TX in Tuscaloosa, AL, when he built Memory Chapel Funeral Home on the Memory Hill Gardens property. He had a great vision of the future of the combination cem./funeral home operations in the cemetery industry. They retired to Palm Beach Gardens, FL in 1983.” [303]