John David Staggs, 75, of Oakman, passed away on Sunday, July 31, 2011, at Veterans Administration Hospital in Birmingham. Visitation will be at 6 p.m. today, Aug. 4, 2011, at Collins-Burke Funeral Home Parlor. Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. on Friday, Aug. 5, 2011, at Collins-Burke Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will follow at Pleasant Grove Cemetery in Townley. Bro. Billy Phillips will officiate.

He was preceded in death by his mother, Gertrude Staggs; father, Edgar Staggs; and daughter, Elizabeth Carol Brandon.

He is survived by his wife, Glenn Kathyrn Staggs of Oakman; daughters, Mary Kathryn Caudle of Jasper and Karen Armenda DeYoung of England; sons, John David Staggs II of Oakman, William Belvin Staggs of Oakman and Robert Glenn Staggs of Oakman; sister, Barbara Lynn of Alexander City; brothers, Joe Staggs of Oakman and Cordell Staggs of Oakman; and nine grandchildren.

Collins-Burke Funeral Home, Jasper; 205-384-5571