Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Wiggins, John B. Sr., 1956 

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JOHN BOWERS WIGGINS

   Funeral services for John Bowers Wiggins, Sr., 49, well-known and prominent 
farmer of the Franklin community, were held Wednesday afternoon at 4 o’clock 
at the residence on the Smith’s Ferry Road with Rev. Kenneth E. Burke of 
Richmond, former pastor of Sycamore Baptist Church, and Rev. Ira D. Hudgins, 
pastor of the Franklin Baptist Church, officiating.

   Mr. Wiggins died at Raiford Memorial Hospital early Monday morning June 11, 
after suffering a heart attack on Sunday.

   He was a native of Southampton County and was the husband of the former 
Miss Josephine Nye of Bristol, and the son of Mrs. Grace Darden Wiggins of 
Franklin and the late Irvin Quinton Wiggins. He was a member of Sycamore 
Baptist Church.

   Besides his wife and mother he is survived by two sons, John Bowers 
Wiggins, Jr., and Joe Nye Wiggins, both of Franklin.

   Burial was in the family cemetery at the home place.  Active pallbearers 
were Hunter Darden, Jr., Dr. Sidney Kitterman, Preston Cotton, Russell Cotton, 
Elmo Pittman, Jesse McClenny, Parker Darden, and J. Vaughan Beale.  Honorary 
pallbearers were members of the Men’s Bible Class of Sycamore Baptist Church, 
E.A. Davis, J. Letcher Eley and R.B. Allport, Sr.


John Bowers "Jack" WIGGINS, Sr., Franklin-area farmer, 
Southampton Co. native, d. 11 Jun 1956, Franklin, age 49, 
interred in WIGGINS family cemetery*, 13 Jun 1956, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), June 14, 1956 

*Located on Hwy. 258, ¼-mile S of Hwy. 189; his parents are also buried there. 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 2 (II-31): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/miscvol2.txt 

Additional information: 

His father's (donated 1945) obit is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/w252i1ob.txt 

His mother's obit ("Tidewater News," May 29, 1961, p. 6) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/w252g1ob.txt 


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