Obituaries

Dollie Ann Grigg Wiggins, age 79, of 1941 Waterfalls Drive in Lincolnton, died on Friday, December 12, 2014.

Her funeral service will be held at 3:00 p.m. on Monday, December 15, 2014, in the Warlick Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Dan Stephens and Rev. Brandon Stephens officiating. Burial will follow in Forest Lawn Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 1:00 until 2:45 p.m. prior to the service at the funeral home.

Mrs. Wiggins was born February 21, 1935, in Lincoln county, to the late Spurgeon Lee and Linda Costner Grigg. She was a Church of God pastor’s wife for 58 years. She worked as a switchboard operator for Ivey’s Department Store. She was a loving wife and mother, devoted servant of Christ. She was truly unselfish, caring, and tireless in her efforts to serve.

She is survived by her husband, Robert Lewis Wiggins, Sr. of the home; a son, Robert Louis “Bob” Wiggins, Jr. of Lincolnton; a daughter, Cynthia W. Stephens and husband of  Dan of Lowell; two sisters, Mallie Grigg Lawing of Lincolnton and Bessie Grigg Byrd of Pigeon Forge, TN; five grandchildren, Johnathan Edward Wiggins and wife Lynsey, David Andrew Wiggins, Travis Blake Stephens, Brandon Lewis Stephens and wife Christy, and Daniel Patrick Stephens; and six great-grandchildren, Haley Leann Wiggins, Anthony Ryan Wiggins, Deanna Nicole Wiggins, Phoebe Gretchen Stephens, Zachary Kaleb Stephens, and Lucy Marie Stephens.