2010-08-05 / Obituaries
Graveside services for Thomas Boyd Wiggins, 81, Sergeant Major United States Marine Corps (USMC) retired, were held Thursday, August 5, 2010, at the Beaufort National Cemetery, with full military honors. He died Friday, July 30, in Wills Memorial Hospital, Washington.
Mr. Wiggins was born in Thomson and was the son of the late Hubert E. and Marie Boyd Wiggins. He enlisted in the Marine Corps at the age of 17. His service spanned the occupation forces after World War II, the Korean Conflict, and two tours in Vietnam where he was awarded the Bronze Star with Valor. As a drill instructor at Parris Island, training young men to be Marines gave him great satisfaction. He was active in the Scouting Association from Cub Scouts to Explorers. He was an accomplished wood craftsman, farmer, cattle rancher, and an avid reader, and enjoyed fishing and hunting. His wife was the late Betty Jean Henderson Wiggins.
Survivors include three children, his daughter, Barbara W. Meyer of Crowley, Louisiana, and sons, James R. Wiggins, Beaufort, S.C., and Thomas Boyd Wiggins Jr., Great Barrington, Massachusetts; a brother, Dixie Dean Wiggins, Bryson City, N.C.; five grandchildren; and one great-grandchild.
Hopkins Funeral Home of Washington was in charge of arrangement.
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