Morris Wiggins

Morris Wiggins,80, of Pineland Avenue,Mount Olive, passed away Monday evening, July 23, 2012. Funeral services will be held Wednesday, July 25, at 7 p.m. at Tyndall Funeral Home, to be officiated by Dr. Greg Day, and followed by visitation. The interment service will be Thursday, July 26, at 11 a.m. at Wayne Memorial Park to include Masonic rites. Mr. Wiggins, son of the late Lawton W. and Floye Ezzell Wiggins, was retired from the U.S. Air Force in which he was a food service administrator. He was a member of Calypso Baptist Church, the Mount Olive Masonic Lodge 208 A.F. & A.M., and was the Wayne County Fire Commissioner for the Mount Olive Fire Department. He is survived by his wife of over 56 years, Elsie Long Wiggins of the home; two sons and daughters-in-law,Greg and Rhonda Flowers Wiggins, and Wayne and Marie Anderson Wiggins, all of Mount Olive; a daughter and son-in-law, Sherrie W. and Steven Whitman of Mount Olive; grandchildren, Ashley and Danny Brock, Matthew and Sarah Wiggins, Olivia Whitman, Savannah Wiggins, Joshua Wiggins; step-grandchildren, Lisa and David Lentz, and Mel and Kim Anderson; great-grandson, Ethan Brock; step-great-grandchildren, Dawn Anderson and Baily Lentz; sisters-in-law, Helen Wiggins of Mount Olive, Mary Jo Wiggins of Grantham, Elaine Long of Girard, Ga, and Virginia Carr and husband, Harry of Beaufort, SC; several nieces and nephews. Along with his parents, Mr. Wiggins was preceded in death by a sister, Christine Wiggins; and brothers, L. W. Wiggins, Jr., J. Stephen Wiggins, and Ralph Wiggins. Flowers are welcome, or memorial gifts are requested to be made to Calypso Baptist Church, PO Box 248 Calypso, NC 28325, or to Mount Olive Fire Dept., PO Box 939, Mount Olive, NC 28365.