Wanda Wiggins Obituary
She was born on August 8, 1929, in Yorkville, TN, to her late parents, Terry Freeman Walker and Mary Irene Yates Walker. Wanda was a retired employee of H.I.S. Corporation and a devoted member of Phillippy Baptist Church. She had a passion for gardening, flowers, sewing, and maintaining a clean house and neat yard. Wanda also enjoyed writing in her journal, capturing the moments of her life.
Services will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday, November 18, 2025 in the Ridgely Chapel of Dyersburg Funeral Home with Rev. Jason Jackson officiating. Burial will follow in New Haven Cemetery.
The Wiggins Family will receive visitors from 5-8 p.m. Monday, November 17, 2025 and from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Tuesday, before the service all at Dyersburg Funeral Home Ridgely Chapel.
Survivors include her two daughters, Peggy Lovell (David) and Carolyn Hayes, all of Tiptonville, TN; two sons, Larry Wiggins of Bogota, TN and Edmond Wiggins, Jr. (Donna) of Ridgely, TN; two daughters-in-law, Judy Wiggins and Wilma Wiggins, both of Medina, TN; a step-brother, Jimmy Estes of Arizona; ten grandchildren; fifteen great-grandchildren; and five great-great-grandchildren.
In addition to her parents, Ms. Wanda was preceded in death by her husband, Edmond "Pete" Wiggins; three sons, Bobby Wiggins, Roger Wiggins and Robert Steve Wiggins; and several brothers and sisters.
Serving as pallbearers will be Bobby Wiggins, Jr., Roger D. Wiggins, Jr., Bradley Lovell, Lance Lovell, Nicky Hayes, Jr. and David Lovell.
Dyersburg Funeral Home is honored to serve the family of Ms. Wanda Wiggins. Online condolences can be made to the family at dyersburgfuneralhome.net
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