Edgecombe County, NC - Nell W. Davis to Mary & Gladys Wiggins, 1963

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January 11, 1963

Dearest Grandmother and Gladys,

I am having such difficulty beginning my letter for I keep thinking of 
the date – of how great and sad it is for all of us and yet how small 
in the rooster of eternal time.  I can’t say how much I loved 
Granddaddy or how heartbroken I am since the call which came early this 
morning, but I do know with certainty that this one small day must be 
special in the eyes of God, for a great soul has returned to Him.  We 
must see beyond our own great loss that this is for Granddaddy a happy 
and wonderful event for he is at last free from the body which we loved 
but which had become weak and burdensome to him.  This is a joyous time 
in God’s company because Granddaddy was no ordinary person.  I think 
that he successfully combined tremendous strength of character with 
mildness and wisdom and great understanding to live a magnificent life 
which was a joy and a light to all who knew him.  I am humbly proud to 
be his grandchild and I wish that I could have in my makeup only a 
particle of his excellence.

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Written by Nell Wiggins Davis, granddaughter of Frederick Lawrence 
Wiggins of Edgecombe County, North Carolina, who died January 9, 1963, 
in his home, located about two miles from Wiggins Crossroads, between 
Tarboro and Pinetops.  "Grandmother and Gladys" refer to Mary Louise 
Rives Wiggins, wife of F.L., and her daughter, Gladys Rives Wiggins 
Gorham.

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This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by
Mary Earle Nettles Stallings - mstallin@cox.net (May 11, 2006)
(Granddaughter of Fred L. and Mary L. Wiggins)
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