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Submitted: 10/22/21 • Approved: 11/5/21 • Last Updated: 11/8/21 • R1397462-G1397460-S3
Leroy
July 30, 1940 - August 10, 2002
Catherine
February 17, 1940 - November 28, 2016
*Obituary
Leroy (Skip) Wiggins, 62, of Knoxville died Friday, Aug. 16, 2002, at Johnson Regional Medical Center.
He was an employee of King and Company, Navy veteran having served on the USS Volador SS 490 during the Indo-China conflict in which he was an engineman and underwater demolition technician, member of Knoxville Masonic Lodge No. 370, Baptist, native of Chicago, Ill., and son of the late Leonard Leroy and Ruth Christan Wiggins.
Survivors include his widow, Catherine Dahlem Wiggins; three sons and one daughter-in-law, Mickey Wiggins, Kerry and Brandy Wiggins and Jeremy Wiggins, all of Knoxville; six grandsons, Michael A. Wiggins, Robert A. Wiggins, Coty L. Wiggins, Devin S. Wiggins, A. J. Wiggins, and Shawn-Michael Stapleton, all of Knoxville; one granddaughter, Jessica Ann Wiggins Summers of St. Petersburg, Fla.; and one great-grandchild, Lydia Summers of St. Petersburg, Fla.
Funeral was at 10 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 20, at Roller-Cox Chapel with Rev. Jim Milloway officiating. Burial and Masonic graveside services were at Knoxville Cemetery.
Active pallbearers were William Nichols, Matthew Nichols, Jerry Boen, Johnny Hayes, Brian Nichols, Michael Collins, Teddy Morrow, and John Tyson.
Honorary pallbearers were Doc Ramsey, Dennis Sutterfield, Fred Rainey, Carl Collins, and Fred Tumbleson
*Obituary
Catherine Ann Wiggins, 76 of Knoxville, passed away Monday, September 28, 2016 in Russellville.
Mrs. Wiggins was born February 17, 1940 in Clarksville to Mr. Rupert and Annie (Rofkahr) Dahlem.
Catherine enjoyed gardening, going to yard sales, and doing almost any yard work.
She is preceded in death by her parents, and husband, ''Skip'' Leroy Robert William Wiggins.
Mrs. Wiggins is survived by two sons, Mickey Wiggins, and Kerry (Brandy) Wiggins all of Knoxville; eight grandchildren, Jeremy Wiggins, Jessica Summers, Michael Wiggins, Robert Wiggins, Coty Wiggins, Devin (Lexi) Wiggins, Shawn Michael Wiggins, and Andrew Joseph Wiggins; three great-grandchildren, Hagen Wiggins, Lydia Summers, and Gavin Summers; one sister, Bertha ''Bert'' Wages of Clarksville; one brother, Mike Dahlem of Altus, along with numerous nieces and nephews.
Visitation will be 6:00 – 8:00 P.M. Thursday, December 1, 2016 at the Roller-Cox Funeral Home Chapel. Funeral service will be graveside 2:00 P.M. Friday, December 2, 2016 at the Knoxville Cemetery, with Fr. William Wewers, O.S.B. officiating.
All of Catherine's family will serve as honorary pallbearers.
Contributed on 10/22/21 by Barwickbillsully060
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