Annie Mayne Wiggins

1924 - 2014

Annie Mayne Wiggins obituary, 1924-2014, Gastonia, NC

BORN

1924

DIED

2014

FUNERAL HOME

Carothers Funeral Home at Gaston Memorial Park

2205 Williamsburg Drive

Gastonia, North Carolina

Annie Wiggins Obituary

Published by Legacy Remembers on Jul. 2, 2014.

Annie Mayne Wiggins, 89, of Gastonia, passed away Tuesday, July 1, 2014 at Caromont Regional Medical Center. She was born in East Fork, NC and was the daughter of the late Memphis and Eliza McMahan Buchanan.

Annie spent most of her life living in McAdenville and retired from Pharr Yarns after working there for 40 years. She was a member of Myrtle United Methodist Church.

Those left to cherish her memory is her son, Michael Mayne and wife, Nancy; granddaughter Lu-Ann Anthony and husband Scotty; brothers, Carl and Kenneth Buchanan, sister Bessie Stroud; great grandchildren, Scotty Anthony Jr. and wife Jamie, James Wesley Anthony and Tamara Ann Mayne.

In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her first husband, James Wesley Mayne, Jr., and second husband, Dwight Vincent Wiggins; step-mother, Mary Higdon, grandson, James Keith Mayne, six brothers and one sister.

Visitation will be held Saturday, July 5th from 11:00 am until 11:45 am and a service to celebrate her life will follow at 12:00 pm in the Colonial Chapel of Carothers Funeral Home with Reverend Kim Higgins officiating. Interment will follow the service in Edgewood Cemetery, Lowell, NC.

On-line condolences may be placed at www.carothersfuneralhomegastonia.com.

Arrangements are in the care of Carothers Funeral Home , Gastonia, NC

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July 4, 2014

James & Teresa Buchanan

Aunt Anna Lou was a very special lady to all of us. We will always remember her. James and Teresa Buchanan

July 3, 2014

Ann Lou was a very special aunt to me. She was always so good to my mother. She will be blessed. Michael, I will be praying for you and your family.
Love, Sissy

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2205 Williamsburg Drive, Gastonia, NC 28054

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