Extracted from The News-Star (Monroe, LA)
Tuesday, November 5, 1957

MRS. MATILDA WIGGINS

WINNFIELD (Special) -- Mrs. Matilda Wiggins, 80, of Rt. 2, Winnfield, died at her home early yesterday following a brief illness.

A native and lifelong resident of Winn parish, she was a member of the Seventh Day Adventists Church.

Funeral services were held at 1 p.m. today at the Southern Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. C. R. McCartney officiating.

Burial followed in the Rakestraw Cemetery under the direction of Southern.

Survivors include three brothers, Ernest Strange, Shreveport, Will Strange, Tullos, and Chris Strange, Winnfield; one sister, Mrs. Lottie Cox, Crowville.