Vera Merle Blaha Wiggins

Vera Merle Blaha Wiggins, 76, of Liberty, died Monday, November 15, 2010, at St. Elizabeth’s Hospital in Beaumont. Memorial services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, November 20, 2010, at the Liberty Church of Christ in Liberty. Visitation will be held from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m., Thursday, at the funeral home. Services are under the direction of Pace-Stancil Funeral Home in Dayton. Merle was born March 30, 1934 in Cushing, to parents; Enoch W. and Willie M. Greer Spencer, a former resident of Austin and Huffman, and has resided in the Liberty area for the past 35 years. She was a homemaker, member of the Liberty Church of Christ, and assisted with the Liberty County Jail Bible Study, the Liberty County Grief Relief Group, and a caregiver for the elderly. She also enjoyed sewing, quilting, gardening, and was an avid reader. Mrs. Blaha Wiggins was preceded in death by her parents, husbands: Ellis Ray Johnson, Julius David Blaha, and Hillary George Wiggins, son: Stephen W. Johnson, three brothers, and three sisters. She is survived by her sons: Micheal Ray Johnson of Plano and James Johnson of Austin, daughters: Debbie Andree of Galveston, Tonya Johnson of Corvallis, OR, and Renee Blaha of Austin, 11 grandchildren, one great-grandchild and another on the way, sisters: Fay Campbell of Hawkins, Margie Hull of Nordheim, and Iva Spencer of Kilgore, numerous nieces, nephews, other relatives, and friends.