Carolyn Kay Wiggins

Carolyn Kay Wiggins, 70, of Jonesboro, went to be with her Lord and Savior on December 31, 2022. She was born in Winston-Salem, North Carolina on December 14, 1952, to George Boland and Alvis Kingery. She grew up in Winston-Salem and graduated from Parkland High School. She received certification as Respiratory Therapist at Parkland Hospital in Dallas, Texas. She worked as a respiratory therapist at NC Baptist Hospital in Winston-Salem when she met and married Dr. Lynn Wiggins. They moved to Jonesboro in 1984. She was a homemaker, raising two children. She was a member of Central Baptist Church. She loved Jesus and her family.

Survivors include her husband, Dr. Lynn Wiggins, of the home; sister, Vicky Martin (Dr Russell) of Ashville, North Carolina; daughter, Meredith Argo (Adam) of Longmont, Colorado: grandchildren, Hattie Argo, Moses Argo, and Jubilee Argo; son, Adam Wiggins (Jessi) of Arvada, Colorado with grandchildren, Judah Wiggins and Graham Wiggins.

A Celebration of Life Memorial Service will be 10:00 Saturday, January 14, 2023, at Emerson Memorial Chapel with Adam Wiggins officiating and Emerson Funeral Home in charge of arrangements. Burial will follow at Jonesboro Memorial Park Cemetery with family serving as pallbearers. Visitation will be Friday night, January 13, 2023, from 5:00 until 7:00 at Emerson Memorial Chapel.

For lasting memorials, please consider contributions to Central Baptist Church, 3707 Harrisburg Road, Jonesboro, Arkansas, 72404; or Samaritan’s Purse, PO Box 3000, Boone, NC 28607. To sign an online guestbook, go to emersonfuneralhome.com.