Ouachita County Louisiana Archives Obituaries.....BIGGS, MRS. WALLY H.  March 14, 2014
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News Star World - March 16, 2014
MRS. WALLY H. BIGGS

Funeral Services for Mrs. Wally H. Biggs, 94, of West Monroe, LA will be at 
2:30 PM, Sunday, March 16, 2014 in Kilpatrick's Serenity Gardens Open-Air 
Mausoleum with Rev. Greg Clark and Rev. Barry Blanton officiating. Interment 
will follow in Kilpatrick's Serenity Gardens under the direction of Kilpatrick 
Funeral Home of West Monroe.

Mrs. Biggs was born on December 6, 1919 in Baskin, LA and passed away on March 
14, 2014 in West Monroe, LA. She earned her Master's Degree from LA Tech and 
was a teacher in the Ouachita Parish School System for more than 30 years. She 
was a member of Edgewood Baptist Church and the Louisiana Retired Teachers 
Association.

Each member of our family as well as former students at West Monroe Jr. High 
and friends have many special memories of their time spent with her. She was a 
wonderful story teller and shared many memories with us of her years growing 
up and things she had witnessed and experienced. Many times, when she was out 
and about, she would tell us how much she had enjoyed seeing and talking with 
one of her former students.

Throughout her life she enjoyed travelling with tour groups and saw much of 
the U. S. with her older sister, Berta, or her close friend, Elnora. After her 
retirement she and our dad enjoyed weekends camping and fishing on Lake 
D'Arbonne with their circle of friends. Other interests included cooking, 
sewing and especially gardening. She enjoyed reading, especially Christian 
fiction, and read her Bible daily without fail. She loved the Lord and was 
active in her church singing in the Sr. Adults Choir until her health failed. 
To our family she was the ultimate homemaker, loving mother, mother-in-law, 
grandmother and great-grandmother.

She is survived by her daughters, Barbara Biggs Dumas and husband, Bobby of 
West Monroe, LA , and Ann Biggs Sims of Greenville, SC; granddaughters, Paige 
Smith Moore and husband, Danny of Monroe, LA, Alaina Smith Johnson and 
husband, Craig of Maumelle, AR, Christy Smith Roach and husband, Tim of West 
Monroe, LA, Leigh Ann Sims of Greenville, SC, and Shannon Dumas of White River 
Junction, VT; grandson, Derek Dumas and wife, Kristi of Start, LA; great-
grandchildren, Mattison, Hannah, Blake, Brooke, Erin, Kayin and Cooper; and 
numerous nephews and nieces.

She was preceded in death by her loving husband of 60 years, Sherman D. Biggs 
and parents, John L. and Eva May Howington. She was the youngest and last 
surviving of 7 children.

The family sends a special thank you to the staff at the Arbor/Terrace, La. 
Hospice and especially Lesley Bishop for their loving and compassionate care 
to our Mom. And a loving "thank you" to Ms. Maxine, her long-time friend, for 
making Mom's stay at The Arbor so much better because you were there.

Memorials may be made to Alzheimer Foundation, 322 Eighth Ave., 7th Floor, New 
York, NY 10001. 


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