Rev. Jerry Wiggins

Reverend Jerry Wayne Wiggins, age 82, of Union City passed away Thursday, Aug. 3, 2023, at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Union City.
A celebration of life service will be announced at a later date.
White-Ranson Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Rev. Wiggins was born in Houston on July 30, 1941, to the late A.W. Wiggins and the late Doris Turpin Wiggins. He married Mrs. Betty Fields Wiggins on Sept. 4, 1959. She survives.
He began his career in ministry in Houston and for 60 years he shared God’s love to many people. Upon him and his wife moving to Union City, he began to help churches in need by being an interim pastor for any church needing him.
In addition to his wife, Rev. Wiggins is survived by two daughters, Beth Jimerson of Union City and Jeri Lynn Gatewood of Martin; one son, David Paul Wiggins and his wife, Marissa, of Florida; six grandchildren, William Craddock III, Christopher Gatewood, Brandy Barker, Kimberly Watts, Kristen Curtis and David Wiggins Jr.; 12 great-grandchildren; two great-great-grandchil-dren; and three sisters, Martha Atkinson, Shirley Beard and Vicky Mikeski, all of Houston.
Along with his parents, he was preceded in death by two grandchildren, Tam-my Gatewood and Elisha Craddock; two brothers, Tommy Wiggins and Donald Chamber; and one sister, Sue Locke.
Condolences may be sent to the family at the funeral home website: www.white-ranson.com.
Published in The Messenger on 8.9.23