Edna Grace Cross Wiggins

June 28, 2010

Edna Grace Cross Wiggins, 86, formerly of Pensacola and Madison County, Florida, passed away peacefully at her home in Lee, Florida.

She was born in Crenshaw County, AL in the community of Pigeon Creek. She and her husband of 64 years, Lambert Dewitt, moved to Lee in 2005 after living 48 years on Camden Road, Pensacola, FL. She entered the U.S. Army on April 4, 1944 serving her country for a brief time during WWII.

She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. She was a homemaker and loved cooking, working in her flower beds and baking the families’ favorite “Pound Cake!” She enjoyed spending time with her grandchildren, Jay, Nicole, Mandy, David, Katie, Richie, Lenny, Allen, Butch and Jackie and her eighteen great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Charles Richard Cross and Nina Olive Stallings; her siblings, Houston Cross, Carol Cross, Earl Cross, Joe Cross, Sel Cross, Lois Bennett, Velma Dillard and Mary McCormick.

She is survived by her husband, Lambert Dewitt Wiggins; sons, David (JoeAnn) Wiggins of Madison, FL and Roy (Rebecca) Wiggins of Cantonment and a daughter, Rhonda (Frank) Galbraith of Lee, FL.

Funeral Services will be held at 12:00 Noon, Wednesday, June 30, 2010 at Faith Chapel Funeral Home South with Reverend David Wiggins officiating. Interment will be at Pleasant Home Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends one hour prior to service time at the funeral home.

Pallbearers will be Douglas Dillard, Jimmy Dillard, Lenny Galbraith, All Galbraith, Butch Galbraith, Richie Wiggins, Jay Daniels and David Schrader.

FAITH CHAPEL FUNERAL HOME SOUTH, 100 Beverly Pkwy, is in charge of arrangements.

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Written by William Reynolds · Filed Under Obituaries