MATTIE WIGGINS

CAIRO, Ill. -- Mattie Wiggins, 75, of Cairo, died Saturday, Jan. 6, 1996, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Mo.

She was born Aug. 8, 1920, in Eudora, Ark., daughter of Henry and Lula West Burgess. She married Samuel Wiggins, who preceded her in death.

Wiggins was reared in Clinton and Fulton, Ky., moving to Cairo in 1943. She had been a teachers assistant, and was active in working with youths. She was a member of Court Calanthians, Elks, and First Central Missionary Baptist Church.

Survivors include five sons, Joe Griggs of Chula Vista, Calif., Larry, Clarence, Floyd and Alvin Wiggins of Cairo; four daughters, Mary Wiggins and L. Faye Smith of Atlanta, Ga., Gloria Wiggins of Cairo, Carolyn Jones of Rockledge, Fla.; two sisters, Ollie Lee of Cairo, Hattie Hunter of Clinton; 23 grandchildren, and 13 great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by four brothers and two sisters.

Friends may call at Algee Memorial Chapel in Cairo from 6-8 p.m. Friday.

Funeral service will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at First Central Missionary Church. The Rev. James Draw will officiate, with burial in Greenlawn Memorial Gardens at Villa Ridge.