Mary Adkins Wiggins was born and raised in Corbin, Kentucky. A self-proclaimed Daddy’s Girl, she loved telling stories about how her dad taught her to fish and drive a car at an early age. She was full of adventure…sometimes, too much adventure! For instance, she and a friend made their way around Corbin, trying out different churches and being baptized at each one they visited. She could remember those days vividly and loved to tell the stories with laughter in her voice of how she got in trouble with her brothers, Tommy and Luther. Later, Mary married and moved to Louisville, where she spent many years. After going through a divorce, she worked many different jobs. From waitressing to cleaning offices or ironing clothes, she sacrificed to always make sure her sons had what they needed. She would quickly tell you that her greatest accomplishment was raising her four boys; Jr, Mike, David, and Alan. Although times were often hard, she said many times she would love to go back to do it all over again and how much she enjoyed those years. She later remarried and became Mrs. Elijah (Bill) Wiggins. They spent many happy years together. After her husband retired from the Army, they moved to Tampa, Florida, where they finally got to relax and enjoy their favorite hobbies of camping and fishing. Mary was a master storyteller and could recall the smallest details of past events. She often entertained the family with these stories and her famous “Mary-isms” as they became to be known. These were words that she would famously mispronounce such as “itsy” instead of “antsy” or “heart mummer” instead of “murmur”. The list could go on and on. One of the best is when she would always tell us to call her “landmine” (landline) instead of her cell phone. We will miss these stories and misuse of the English language most of all. Always small in stature, Mary took her height seriously. She would be upset if you said she was 5 ft. 2 inches tall. She would quickly correct you and say she was 5 ft. 2 ½ inches! A doctor referred to her as “tiny” once and she quickly told him to not make that mistake again. She might have had a small frame, but she had a larger-than-life personality. Although we will miss her terribly, we know that she is reunited with her relatives that have gone before her, including her sons, Thomas, Mike, and the love of her life, Bill. We have no doubt that she is laughing and entertaining them all with a lifetime of stories from her adventures here on earth. We look forward to the day we see her again, and in the meantime, we will try not to be too “itsy” for that day.