Adelia Biggs died on Monday, November 18, 2024. The seventh of eight children born to Martin and Martha Erwin, she was born in Florence, Alabama, on April 23, 1935.
She moved to Willows in 1964 with her two children, Michele and Jay Poulter. She met and married Roy Biggs and had two more children, Michael and Fred (Ted) Biggs.
She worked for the Glenn County Office of Education as a bus driver for 20 years and was inducted into the Glenn County Hall of Fame.
She is survived by her younger sister, Cornelia (Connie); children Michele, Jay (wife, Jill), Mike and (wife, Becky), and Ted (wife, Chandra); grandchildren Jessica, Jake (wife, Camille), Josh, Riley, Gage, Michaela (husband, Derek), Teresa, and Tyler; and great-grandchildren Joey (husband, Dante), and Benjamin. She was preceded in death by her husband, who died in 2007.
A memorial service is planned for 1 p.m. on Saturday, December 7, at the Open Gate Christian Fellowship in Willows. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that a donation be made in Adelia’s honor to the Susan G. Komen Foundation or the Special Olympics.
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