Robert Wiggins

Published 6:23 pm Wednesday, December 29, 2010

December 28, 2010

Mr. Robert Wiggins, 8524 Gates Road, Suffolk, departed this earthly life on Dec. 28, 2010, in Southampton Memorial Hospital. He was predeceased by his parents, Benjamin and French Hunter Wiggins; a son, Jesse Lee Wiggins; his wife, Lucille Porter Wiggins; his brothers, Roosevelt Wiggins and Ben Davis Wiggins. He was a self-employed farmer.

He was a member of the Mt. Sinai Baptist Church. His survivors include: his two daughters, Lillian Gaston (James), of Suffolk, and Evelyn Roane (Ernest) of Silver Spring, Md.; two sons, Linwood Wiggins, of Suffolk, and Phillip Wiggins, of Portsmouth; five grandchildren, four great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild.

A funeral of triumph will be held on Friday, Dec. 31, 2010, at 1 p.m. at the Mt. Sinai Baptist Church, with the Rev. Goode officiating. Burial will be in the Mt. Sinai Church Cemetery. Visitation will be on Thursday from noon until 7 p.m. Harris Funeral Home has been entrusted with the home going service. You may send condolences to the family at www.vharrisfuneralhome.com.