Barbara Wiggins would slap me if I called her Mrs Ed Wiggins. She was the wife of Ed, but she was a very independent lady. Ed roomed with my Dad at Clemson when my Dad was the Tiger mascot back in the 50’s, and our families have been friends since. Ed helped me design my home 20 years ago. He was the father of Hilton Head style architecture. Barbara and I became close friends in 2014 when I started building her home in Bluffton. We had a lot in common (both born and educated in Georgia and we both love design/ building). Like me, she loved to buy junk at the auction house in Hardeeville. She bought an old dresser and had me customize it for a wet bar. Above the bar we made a wine rack from wood that Hurricane Matthew washed-up at my house on the Chechessee River. She then supervised us mixing motor to match pluff mud, and told us how to stick oyster shells in it. I had a Jamaican friend, Mr. Lacy, helping me do it. When I got back from lunch Lacy was finished and he hadn’t done it exactly the way Barbara wanted. When she saw it she smiled and said, “It’ll do.” I miss her. Ashley Ingram, General Contractor 843 986 1000
