Briggs, Anthony 1965-1990

Anthony Briggs
February 17, 1965-October 6, 1990

The Niles Daily Star (Niles, Berrien Co., MI), Monday, October 8, 1990, page 2, col. 1-2

Services for Anthony “Tony” Briggs, 25, 430 S. 27th in South Bend, Ind., at 1 p.m. Wednesday at Mount Calvary Baptist Church in Niles by the Rev. W.L. Daniel of Mount Calvary Baptist Church.

Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery in Niles.

Briggs died at 4:04 a.m. Saturday at Memorial Hospital in South Bend. His death appears to have been a homicide.

He was a cook at Meridian Nursing Center in South Bend.

Briggs was a member of Mount Calvary Baptist Church and a 1984 graduate of Niles Senior High School. He was attending Indiana Vocational Technical College in South Bend.

He was born Feb. 17, 1965, in Niles and lived in South Bend since 1986 moving from Niles.

Survivors include son, Anthony Briggs Jr.; mother, Emily J. Briggs of Niles; grandmother, Willie Mae Forrest of Niles; grandfather, Willie Forrest of South Bend; brothers, Eddie Briggs of Pendleton, Ind., William Briggs of South Bend, Darrell Briggs of South Bend; sisters, Pamela Briggs of South Bend and Tammy Donley of Niles.

The wake service will be Tuesday from 7 to 8 p.m. at Halbritter Funeral Home in Niles.