Obituary of Angye Wiggins Means

Services for Angye Wiggins Means, 93, are scheduled 11:00 a.m., Monday, November 24 at the First United Methodist Church, Donie, Texas. Burial will be in the Union Cemetery, in Freestone County. Angye died Saturday, November 22, 2008, in a Henderson nursing home. She was born March 13, 1915, in Teague to the late John and Molly Shelton Coburn. She attended Donie High School and graduated from Teague High School at the age of sixteen as an honor student. Mrs. Means was a professional artist and owned Angye's Art Studio, in El Campo, Texas. She was recognized as a professional in mediums of oil, pastel, watercolor and charcoal, receiving many awards for her ability to work in each of these mediums equally. She and Gerald Wiggins raised their girls in El Campo, as well as traveling and painting the scenes of the northeastern part of the United States. Angye moved to her childhood hometown of Donie after her retirement. She was a member of the First United Methodist Church, Donie. She was preceded in death by her husbands, Gerald Wiggins, formally of Buffalo, in 1966, Wesley Means of El Campo, in 1976 and sisters Dollie Coburn, Lucille Johnson, Vera Crawford and Gay Nell Bond. Survivors include two daughters and sons-in-law, Linda and Andy Griffin, Troup and Jeri Ann and Paul May, Donie; a granddaughter and her husband, Gina and Carlos DeHoyos, Liberty City; three grandsons and their wives, Shawn and Nicole May, Austin, Robert and Pam Griffin, Pineville, Louisiana, and John Alan Griffin and LaDonna Griffin, White Oak; four great-grandsons, Cody Griffin and Dustin Griffin, both of White Oak, Gabriel May, Austin and Lance Griffin, Pineville, Louisiana; and a great-great granddaughter, Samatha Griffin, Ballston Spa, New York; nephews, John Robert Crawford, Corsicana, R.H. Bond, Conroe; and lifelong frieds, Lorene Pate and Shirley Graham, Donie, Pansy Parr, League City, and Judy Davis, Alvin. Pallbearers will be sons-in-law and grandsons. If desired, memorials may be made to the Children Fund,Troup First United Methodist Church, 200 East Duval, Troup, Tx 75789. Angye's dedication and generosity to needy and homeless children is one of many of her hallmark accomplishments during her long and productive lifetime.