Mr. John Wiggins, aged 64, well-known and highly respected citizen of Goldsboro, dropped dead in the yard of his home on North William Street about 4:30 o’clock yesterday afternoon, as he was aiding in sawing wood. Funeral services conducted by Rev. Tennyson Lewis, pastor of Friends Church, of this city, will be held at Providence Church at 2 o’clock this afternoon, and interment will be made in the church burial grounds.
Mr. Wiggins has been employed by the Southern Railway for the past six years or more. He was a man of the most kindly and genial disposition and made many friends wherever he went. He was a native of this county, having been born and reared in Brogden Township. He is survived by his widow, three sons, Messrs. John, Jodie and Walter Wiggins, and two daughters, Mrs. Willie Hood and Mrs. Effie Crawford.
From page 5 of The Goldsboro News, Sunday, Jan. 10, 1926
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