Kenneth Earl “Kenny” Wiggins, 77, of Hartford, Ky., passed away on Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2015, at the Ohio County Hospital while in bed peacefully sleeping. Kenny was born in Central City, Ky. on Jan. 3, 1938, in to Clevender and Lillie Mae Wiggins.
Kenny graduated from Bremen High School in 1956 and from the University Of Kentucky School Of Pharmacy in 1960. On Oct. 11, 1958, Kenny married the former Linda Lamb Meredith. Kenny and Linda purchased King Drug in Hartford in 1968 and moved their family to settle in Hartford.
Kenny enjoyed following the Kentucky Wildcats. He loved to fish, hunt doves and ducks but was especially interested in meeting and being with people, talking on the phone and making a dollar.
Kenny, a pharmacist, was the former owner of King Drug and Home Care, Pro-Care Home Health, Richie Pharmacal of Glasgow, Ky., Baya Home Care of Lake City, Fla., among other businesses. He was a hardworking, persistent, entrepreneurial-minded individual constantly in perpetual motion finishing one project or starting a new one.
Also a recovering alcoholic, Kenny was “the go to guy” when a family member was seeking help for their loved one whom also suffered with the addiction. He helped hundreds of men and women on their road to recovery. Kenny was a member of the Owensboro Christian Church in Owensboro, Ky.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Clevender and Lillie Mae Wiggins and one grandchild, Tyler Ben Wiggins.
Kenny is survived by his wife of 57 years, Linda Wiggins; his son, Leonard Howard Wiggins and wife, Dinah Perry Wiggins; grandchildren, Nathan Kyle, Sierra Noelle, Lukas Nolan; and great-grandchild, Jacen Tyler; his son, Stephen Thomas Wiggins and wife, Tanya Wiggins; grandchildren, Stephen Blake, Amanda Marie, and Joseph Earl; his daughter, Karen Michelle Bickett and husband, Gary William Bickett; grandchildren, William Joseph, Meredith Cecile and Olivia Grace. He is also survived by a brother, Jerry Wayne Wiggins and his wife, Elizabeth Faye Wiggins; one nephew, Brian Wayne Wiggins; and one niece, Kimberly Jane Stinson.
Funeral services will be held at 3:30 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 13, at the Cherry Hill Missionary Baptist Church in Central City. Kenny will be laid to rest at the Cherry Hill Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery.
Visitation will be from held 1 p.m. until 8 p.m. on Saturday at Miller Schapmire Funeral Home in Hartford and from 1 p.m. until the time of the service on Sunday at the Cherry Hill Missionary Baptist Church in Central City.
The family request that memorial donations be made to Compassionate Friends Recovery Fund, 147 North Main Street, Henderson, KY 42420.
