Mr. Chester David Diggs, III was born on October 29, 1954 to Chester David Diggs, Jr. and the late Lillian Portee Diggs in High Point, NC. Chester was affectionately called “Lump” by his family and friends. Lump answered the call of his Heavenly Father on April 25, 2019 following a brief illness. 

Lump was the first of five children born to Chester and Lillian.  He was a 1972 graduate of Andrews High School in High Point, NC.  After High School, Lump attended NC A&T University.

Lump was preceded in death by his mother, Lillian Portee Diggs, his brother, Clifford Wayne Diggs, his paternal grandparents, Chester Davis Diggs, Sr. and Tressie Funderburk Diggs, and maternal grandparents, Milton L. Portee and Lillie Smith Portee. 

He leaves to cherish his memory, his father, Chester David Diggs, Jr. of High Point, NC; two brothers, Carlton Tyrone Diggs of High Point, NC and Christopher Leon Diggs of Kernersville, NC; one sister, Andrienne’ Diggs Blue of Thomasville, NC; one uncle, Otis (Kay) Diggs of Washington, DC; three aunts, Daisy Withers of Silver Spring, MD, Katherine Haynes of High Point, NC, and Helen Prisby of Youngstown, OH; four nephews, Jacob Blue of Thomasville, NC, Daniel Diggs, Ryland Diggs, and Gabriel Diggs of Kernersville, NC; two nieces, Brittany Blue and Victoria Blue of Charlotte, NC; one great-nephew, Noah Blue of Charlotte, NC; and a host of other relatives and friends. 

Funeral service will be held Thursday, May 2, 2019 at 1:0 p.m. at Phillips Funeral Service Chapel. Interment will follow at Carolina Biblical Gardens. The family will receive friends at the chapel from 12:30 p.m. until 1:00 p.m.

Final arrangements are entrusted to Phillips Funeral Service, Inc.