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In Memoriam: Sarah Woolfolk Wiggins, 1934-2020

Dr. Sarah Woolfolk Wiggins, the Department of History’s pioneering first female professor, passed away at her Tuscaloosa home on Easter Sunday. A memorial service will be held at Christ Episcopal Church at a later date, once social distancing restrictions are lifted. A private burial will take place at Greenwood Cemetery in Montgomery, Alabama. Dr. Wiggins is preceded in death by her parents, Robert Nelson Woolfolk, Jr. and Dixie Gilliland Woolfolk, and her husband, Peyton Norvell Wiggins. She is survived by […]

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