By Ron Hayes DELRAY BEACH — A resident of the coastal communities
since 1964, Elizabeth “Betty” Adams Sligh died peacefully Jan. 30
at Hospice By The Sea in Boca Raton. She was 88. Born May 3, 1920,
in Latrobe, Penn., Elizabeth Adams was an identical twin, born
minutes before her sister, Barbara. “They were called the terrible
twins because as children they were always in trouble,” recalled
her daughter, Elizabeth Wiggins Oestreich of Delray Beach. “They
were so glamorous, those two twins, the life of the party, so this
is the end of an era for us.” In 1941, Mrs. Sligh married William
David Wiggins Jr., the father of her four children. Following his
death, she wed Charles R. Sligh Jr. of Holland, Mich. The couple
began spending winters at the St. Andrew’s Club in Gulf Stream
beginning in 1964. After her husband’s death in 1997, Mrs. Sligh
became a full-time resident until 2001, when she moved to the
Seagate Manor condominiums in Delray Beach. A graduate of the
Katherine Gibbs School in Boston, Mass., Mrs. Sligh was a champion
golfer in her youth and an excellent diver and amateur painter. In
addition to Oestreich, she is survived by daughters Mary Phebe
Wiggins of Delray Beach and Jane Wiggins Amis of Burlington, Vt.; a
son, William David Wiggins III, of Delray Beach; and five
grandchildren. A memorial service was held Feb. 27 at Seagate Manor
for Mrs. Sligh, a member of the Christian Science Church. In lieu
of flowers, donations may be made to Hospice By The Sea, 1531 W.
Palmetto Park Road, Boca Raton, FL 33486.
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