Selma, Nov. 30—On Friday, November 27, about 3:15 o’clock, the Death Angel visited the home of Mr. Alex Wiggs Jr. and took from him his loving wife, Beady P. Wiggs. She was born November 10, 1882, and died November 27, 1925, making her stay on earth 43 years and 17 days. She was twice married, first to Henry W. Stuckey and to this union were born three children. Later she married Mr. Alex Wiggs Jr. and to his union was born one child.
The deceased was converted about 30 years ago and joined the missionary Baptist church, and her seat was never vacant when she was able to go. Surely, she has reaped the reward of a righteous woman and will be missed by everyone that knew her. Oh, how sad home is without dear mother. She was so good to us all and seemed to love us all so much. How hard it was to give her up, but she was too good to live in this old sinful world any longer, and God saw she had toiled and suffered long enough and called her home. We all knew she was good, and she is out of this sinful world and is peacefully resting. Our loss is her eternal gain.
She was taken to Parrish Memorial Cemetery on November 28, and Rev. Jim Worley preached her funeral about 4 o’clock. She was laid to rest amid a large concourse of sorrowing relatives and friends. The floral offerings were beautiful, showing the love and esteem in which she was held. Those left to mourn her loss are a husband the two children, Archie L. Stuckey and Andrew Wiggs. She also leaves five brothers: G.H. Parrish, Z.A. Parris, J.E. Parrish, M.P. Parrish and G.W. Parrish, and three sisters: Mrs. John Campbell, Mrs. J.V. Oliver and Mrs. S.P. Phillips. The best thoughts we have about her are her parting words. They were: “I am going home to rest.”
A precious one from us is gone,
A voice we loved is still;
A place is vacant in our home
That never can be filled.
We wish to thank each and every one who assisted in any way during her sickness and death.
Written by her niece, Mrs. Annie Parrish
From the front page of The Smithfield Herald, Tuesday morning, Dec. 8, 1925
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