John Joseph Riggs, 25, of Newport, died Wednesday, March 2, 2011.
No services are planned at this time.
He is survived by his son, Jonathon Malachi Kennon of Newport; parents, Denny and Darleen Riggs of Newport; sister, Amanda Riggs of Raleigh; paternal grandfather, Glenn Riggs of Swansboro; and maternal grandfather, Roger Joseph Arsenault of Black Stock, SC.
He was preceded in death by grandmothers, Rosemary Springle Scott and Pauline Lagasse Arsenault.