Bessie Nierengarten

Bessie June Wigginton Nierengarten, 78, of Middlesboro, passed away on Wednesday, August 17, 2011 at her home. She was born in Waverly Hills, KY on June 25, 1933 a daughter of the late Hallie Searcy and John H. Wigginton. She believed in the Baptist faith and had been a homemaker. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by a daughter, Donna June Nierengarten. Survivors include her husband, Donald Nierengarten; children, Michael Allan Nierengarten, Russell Lee Nierengarten and Tony Nierengarten; daughters-in-law, Kris Nierengarten and Jean Nierengarten; nine grandchildren; Michelle Mullins, Donna Nierengarten, Michael Alan Nierengarten, II, Justin Nierengarten, Dana Petrocelli, Kendra Paugh, Heather Nierengarten, Toni Nierengarten and Charlie Nierengarten; one great-grandchild, Alyssa Mullins; brother and sister, Russell Wigginton and Esther Jenn of Louisville, KY and a host of other relatives and friends