Memorial based on the grave marker; the Alabama, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1805 - 1967; the Alabama, U.S., Deaths and Burials Index, 1881 - 1974; the obituary published in the Mobile Register (Mobile, Alabama) October 17, 1962, page 6A; and he College of William and Mary's Africatown Archaeological Project 2010 research database of graves in the Old Plateau Cemetery.

Father: Johnnie Wiley
Mother: Patience Keeby

Marriage Records (1st spouse)
Name: Carrie Wylie
Spouse: Sylvester Wiggins
Marriage date: November 2, 1920
Location: Magazine, Mobile County, Alabama

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Mobile Register October 17, 1962, page 6A
MRS. CARRIE LEE WIGGINS ADAMS (widow of the late Sam Adams) a native and lifelong resident of Magazine, Ala., passed at her late residence Saturday night, October 13, 1962, at 10:45 p.m. She was a member of the Union Baptist Church, Plateau, Ala. She is survived by one devoted sister, Mrs. Diccie I. Colley; two aunts, Mrs. Luvenia Jackson and Mrs. Milissa Keeby of Magazine, Ala.; one uncle, Mr. William Keeby of Plateau, Ala.; one brother-in-law, Mr. Eugene Colley Sr. of Plateau, Ala.; two nieces, Mrs. Patrience C. White of Mobile; Mrs. Muiri C. Davis of Fort Lauderdale, Fla.; three nephews, Mr. Eugene Colley, Jr. and Mr. J.H. White of Mobile, Ala.; Mr. Hamp Davis of Fort Lauderdale, Fla.; five great nieces and nephews, Eugene Colley III, Hubert Colley, Iverta N. Davis, Yulunder De Carol White of Mobile, Ala.; Hamp E. Davis of Fort Lauderdale, Fla.; 27 cousins; a devoted friend, Mr. Eljiah Gray of Magazine, Ala., and a host of other relatives and friends.

Friends may view her remains at her late residence Wednesday evening Oct. 17, 1962, from 6 p.m. to funeral hour at 1 p.m. from the residence and 1:30 at the Union Baptist Church, Plateau, Ala., with the Rev. H.H. Smith officiating minister and pastor. Hodges Funeral Chapel, directing (successors to Smith and Gaston) Taylor H. Hodge Sr. president. Interment will follow in the Plateau Cemetery.

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Grave plot location note: Special thanks to the Dora Franklin Finley African-American Heritage Trail (DFFAAHT) for making the Old Plateau Cemetery grave location archive: https://www.dffaaht.org/ available. The grave location is based on the College of William and Mary's Africatown Archaeological Project 2010 research database of graves in the Old Plateau Cemetery. The cemetery map they created uses the "ID# for GIS" as the location ID. This information is only for the OLD section, and not those buried in the new section.

A copy of this database & map has also been placed on file with the Mobile Public Library - Local History & Genealogy, Mobile, Alabama. (4/24/2021)