Phoebe Emaline Overby Wiggs (26 August 1864 - 14 March 1953)
Phoebe is the daughter of Robert Overby and Nancy Brown Overby. The photo
above was taken when she was 18 years old. Her death is recorded in
Jefferson County, Kentucky death volume 001 of 1953, certificate number
05336. The article below is copied from
her obituary
Married February 28, 1884
Grandmother Wiggs lived until her late 80s. She had invested her money in the stock market and, of course, lost everything when the market crashed in 1929. She spent the rest of her life spending time in the homes of her children. She was very artistic and, although she never took any lessons, did many oil paintings. I also remember that she always referred to her husband as Mr. Wiggs, at least she did so when talking to me as a child. (by Carl Wiggs)
H. P. Wiggs
Phoebe Wiggs
The Wiggs' home from 1906 until about 1910 located 3 miles from the courthouse in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, off the old Nashville Pike. This is where Bert R. Wiggs, Sr., lived when he was 18 years old and when he met his future wife, Bessie Lee Brinkley.
A later photo of H. P. Wiggs
Mrs. Phoebe Overby Wiggs
MURFREESBORO -- Prayer
services for Mrs. Phoebe Overby
Wiggs, 89, will be at 1:30 p.m. to-
day in Evergreen cemetery.
Mrs. Wiggs died in a nursing
home in Louisville, Ky., Saturday
afternoon. She was the widow of
Henry P. Wiggs, and a former
resident of Rutherford county.
She was born in Franklin coun-
ty. Her parents were Robert and
Nancy Brown Overby. She was a
member of the Baptist church.
She is survived by a daughter,
Mrs. Zula Stockard of Washing-
ton, D. C.; four sons, Bert R.
Wiggs of Chattanooga, Norman S.
Wiggs of Sarasota, Fla., Hubert T.
Wiggs of New Albany, Ind., and
Brown E. Wiggs of Louisville.
The body will arrive here from
Louisville at 11:30 a.m. and will
be at the Jennings Ayers funeral
home until the funeral.
Postmark appears to be Aug 27, 1883
