Tracy Lee Wigent

WIGENT, Tracy Lee, age 53, of Richmond, Va., died unexpectedly on Sunday, February 22, 2009. While in college,Tracy was very active in the arts around the area. As a child, he was active in the church youth group and church choir, played in the band and pep band and was a class officer. He was a member of the Fred Waring Choir, had many parts in productions at the Croswell Opera House in Adrian and the Grist Mill in Homer, as well as designed sets and costumes extensively. He went on to receive his Masters of Fine Arts at Ohio State University costuming productions at the university, as well as the Ohio State Opera. He was an instructor at Ohio State University, Wake Forest University, William & Mary University and Hillsdale College. He has been in the Virginia Shakespeare Festival as both an actor and a designer, North Carolina Shakespeare Festival, where he became a member of Actor's Equity Union. Survivors include his parents, two brothers; and his life partner, Jim Bowden, of Richmond. Funeral services will be held Friday, 2 p.m., at the George White Funeral Home, Reading, with Reverend DeAnn Dobbs officiating. Interment will follow in Maplewood Cemetery, Reading. Visitation is scheduled Thursday from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. at the funeral home. Please consider memorials to the "Tracy Wigent Excellence in the Arts Award" c/o Reading High School.
This obituary was originally published in the Richmond Times-Dispatch.