Lester Wiggins, 75, operated TV store in Ridgefield
Lester Allen Wiggins of Faith, N.C., who operated a television store in Ridgefield for many years, died Saturday, Sept. 2, at his home. He was 75 years old and the husband of Arline Taylor Wiggins.
A native of Forsyth County, N.C., Mr. Wiggins was born on March 19, 1925, a son of the late Burnie H. and Ollie Elizabeth Spaugh Wiggins. He attended Forsyth County schools.
Mr. Wiggins moved his family to and built a home on Olmstead Road in Redding in the late 1950s, and his children attended Redding public schools. He was part owner and manager of Ridgefield Television from the mid-1960s until 1984.
Since then he had lived in Faith where he was a member of Faith Lutheran Church and Faith American Legion Post 327, for which he had helped organize the Legion graveside service team. He was also a member of the Overseas Masonic Lodge 40 and had received his 50-year pin. He had retired as a bus driver for the Salisbury transit department.
Survivors include his wife, whom he married Oct. 18, 1947; a son, Richard Allen Wiggins of Jacksonville, Fla.; daughter Susan W. Masten of Granite Quarry, N.C.; a brother William Richard Wiggins of Sanford, Fla.; a sister, Bernice Alene Gryner of Winston-Salem, N.C.; half brother Rabron Wiggins of Indianapolis, Ind.; stepmother Annie Kunje of Winston-Salem; and two grandchildren. A son, James Allen Wiggins, died Oct. 19, 1987.
Services took place Wednesday, Sept. 6, at Faith Lutheran Church. Burial was at the church cemetery, with military rites by Faith American Legion Post.
Contributions in his memory may be made to Faith Lutheran Church, Memorial Fund, P.O. Box 669, Faith, NC 28041.