Joseph Linwood Wiggins

JOSEPH LINWOOD WIGGINS, 74, DIED THURSDAY, AUGUST 13, 1992. HE WAS BORN DEC. 15, 1917, SON OF THE LATE WALTER DAVIS AND ANNIE MAY WINSTEAD WIGGINS. HE WAS DRAFTED INTO THE ARMY DURING WWII AS A PRIVATE. HE WAS SENT TO ENGLAND AND WAS SELECTED TO SERVE AS A MEMBER OF GENERAL EISENHOWER’S ADVANCED COMMAND POST, AND SERVED IN THE HEADQUARTERS COMPANY IN LONDON. HE CONTINUED TO SERVE IN ALGIER’S DURING THE NOV. 1942 NORTH AFRICAN LANDINGS AND LATER IN SICILY DURING THE 1943 SICILIAN CAMPAIGN. JOE TOOK PART IN THE ANZIO BEACH LANDINGS WITH THE 34TH “RED BULL” INFANTRY DIVISION AND SUFFERED A HEAD WOUND BY ENEMY FIRE ON APRIL 28, 1944. AFTER A LONG MEDICAL HOSPITALIZATION, HE WAS AWARDED THE PURPLE HEART AND OTHER COMBAT MEDALS. HE WAS ABLE TO LIVE IN HIS HOME UNTIL 1989 WHEN HE ENTERED GUARDIAN CARE NURSING HOME.
SURVIVING: SISTERS, LELA W. BUCHAN AND GLORIA W. HEMMERLE, BOTH OF ROCKY MOUNT, CATHERINE W. SADLOWSKI AND MARY W. STEVENS, BOTH OF BALTIMORE, MD., MABEL W. TOPPING OF CHARLOTTE; BROTHER, JOHN H. WIGGINS OF PHILADELPHIA, PA.
FUNERAL 3:30PM SATURDAY, JOHNSON FUNERAL HOME, SUNSET AVE., WITH THE REV. WILLIAM SNOTHERLY JR. OFFICIATING. BURIAL, ROCKY MOUNT MEMORIAL PARK.
THE FAMILY WILL RECEIVE FRIENDS FROM 7-9PM TODAY AT THE FUNERAL HOME.
IN LIEU OF FLOWERS, CONTRIBUTIONS MAY BE MADE TO ST. PAUL METHODIST CHURCH BUILDING FUND.