Ruth Wiggs White

CREEDMOOR Mrs. Ruth Wiggs White, 78, a former resident of Creedmoor, went home to be with her Lord and her husband on Tuesday, January 31, 2012, after a long illness.Mrs. White was born in Edgecombe County to the late Phillip C. Wiggs and Annie Whitley Wiggs. She retired after 23 years from Duke Medical Center as a Special Accounts Representative. She was a member of Sherron Acres FW Baptist Church and taught the Ladd Smith Bible Class. She was preceded in death by her husband, Lewis Lee White, Sr.She is survived by two sons, Lewis Lee White, Jr. of Chapel Hill and Michael Scott White and wife, Miriam of Durham; one daughter, Betty W. Hall and husband, Jimmy of Creedmoor; three brothers, Phil Wiggs of Lucoma, Jerry Wiggs and Joseph Wiggs both of Rocky Mt.; one sister, Agnes W. Cale of Eure; 5 grandchildren, 1 great-grandchild and numerous nieces and nephews.Funeral services will be held on Friday at 1:00 p.m. at Hudson Funeral Chapel, officiated by Rev. Fred Johnson and Rev. Kenneth Forehand. Burial will be in Brier Creek Memorial Gardens. Active pallbearers will be Phil Wiggs, Jerry Wiggs, Joseph Wiggs, Barry Chambers, Dale Walker, Durwood Currie and Dylan Dickerson. Honorary pallbearers will be the members of the Ladd Smith Bible Class.The family will receive friends on Friday from 12 to 1 p.m. before the service at the funeral home and other times at the home of Betty Hall, 625 Lug Drive in Creedmoor.