Bert R. Wiggs and Bessie Brinkley Wiggs
   

Photo of B. R. Wiggs,Sr.,taken in Little Rock Arkansas in 1914, when he was about 25 years of age and a few months prior to his marriage.

 Photo of Bessie Lee Brinkley appears to have been taken around the same time.

This is a copy of the photo that was in the office of the Brainerd Church of Christ in Chattanooga, TN.  Bert was one of the original elders at this church.   Marion, Bert, Sr., Bessie, Bessylee, Carl and Bert taken at the Butler farm in Sandy Springs, GA

Bessie on her 80th birthday with Catherine, Bert, and Carol Wiggs Bessie Lee Brinkley Wiggs on August  17, 1963
   
Bert R. Wiggs was born in Winchester, Tennessee on October 4, 1888.  Bessie Lee Brinkley was born in Nashville, Tennessee on November 6, 1890.
Bert's parents were Henry Patten Wiggs and Phoebe Emaline Overby.  He had 7 brothers and 4 sisters (Robert Martin, Lela May, Zula Ethel, Emma Edna, Norman Sharon, Thomas Hubert, John Henry, Edward Brown, Eugene Overby, Erle Henderson, Eunice Irene)    Click here to see photo
Bessie Lee's parents were James Henry Brinkley and Lena Triber.  She had 1 brother and 3 sisters (Ethel May, Minnie C., George Lewis, Sara Pauline)  Two infant boys died between Lewis and Sara. Bessie was born in Nashville, TN on November 16, 1890.
Bert and Bessie were married on June 17, 1914 in Murfreesboro, Tennessee.  They lived for a short time in Little Rock, Arkansas, where Bert worked for the newspaper.  They then moved to Chattanooga, Tennessee, where he was employed by Clemons Brothers, a local furniture store.  Some time in the 1940s Bert opened his own furniture store.  Bert and Bessie retired to Daytona Beach, Florida until Bert's death in January 26, 1960.  He died of a heart attack (coronary atherosclerosis) while playing in a shuffleboard tournament.  Bessie then moved to Atlanta, Georgia, where she lived with her daughter, Marion, until her death.
The above photo was taken in February, 1959, during their last year in Daytona Beach, Florida. 
   

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