Lillian Idell Wiggins OBITUARY 4/30/09 Ringgold LA
Wiggins, Lillian Idell
Lillian Idell Wiggins
RINGGOLD, LA - Funeral services for Lillian Idell Wiggins, 96, of Ringgold, LA will be held at 2:00 p.m., Saturday, May 2, 2009 at Rockett Funeral Home Chapel in Ringgold, LA. Officiating will be Bro. Bernard "Boo" Waites and Bro. Earl Hartsell.
Burial will follow in Providence Cemetery in Ringgold, LA.
Mrs. Wiggins was born May 18, 1912 in Bienville Parish, LA and went to be with The Lord on April 30, 2009 at the Ringgold Nursing and Rehab Center. She was the oldest living member of the Ringgold church of Christ. Mrs. Wiggins loved to play dominoes and had a special friend at the nursing home, Mr. Howell Basinger.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Thomas J. and Lillian Evans Tullis; 3 husbands, Robert L. Blake, George Wiggins, and Roland Wiggins; a daughter, Judy Mae Woodard; son, Bobby E. Blake; and stepchildren, Myra Ann King and Mike Wiggins.
Left to cherish her memory are her sons and daughters-in-law, Harvey and Jean Blake of Shongaloo, LA, Larry and Delane Wiggins of Ringgold, LA, Harry and Sandy Wiggins of Ringgold, LA; step son and his wife, Richard and Sherrie Wiggins of Ringgold, LA; daughters, Tommie Garrett of Sibley and Connie Jenkins and her husband, Dean of Ringgold, LA; step daughter, Dorothy Wilson of Portland, OR; 22 grandchildren, 27 great grandchildren, 10 great great grandchildren; and a number of other relatives and friends.
Pallbearers will be Tony Blake, David Wiggins, Ethan Wiggins, Dusty Young, Michael Bates, Gary Wilson, Travis Blake and Daniel Eason. Honorary pallbearers will be Ross Wiggins, Paul Wiggins, and Dale Blake.
The family would like to express their appreciation to Dr. Scott Phillips, Dr. John Chandler, and the entire staff at Ringgold Nursing and Rehab Center for all their care. Rockett Funeral Home
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