Annita Harris

Annita was born on August 20, 1942, to Jessie Willard Minatra and wife, Jewell Sinclair Minatra of Navarro County, Texas. She was primarily raised in and around Corsicana and Navarro County and graduated from Corsicana High School in 1960. Annita then married Johnny Wigley, a coach and teacher at Mildred High School, and they had three sons, Johnny Dale, Ronny, and Kelly.

She was an active member of the Mildred PTA, Little League, and Young Homemakers of Texas. The family lived at Camp Wanica for several years as caretakers at the Campfire Girls facility near Corsicana. Annita worked seasonally in the office at the Collin Street Bakery in Corsicana for several years, helping to send their famous cakes around the world. She was a professional caseworker with the Social Security Administration in the Corsicana and Waco offices for more than 20 years prior to retiring in 1998.

Annita married Kenneth Harris in April 1978, and they were together for 47 years until Ken’s death on June 24, 2025. Ken was a longtime band director at Valley Mills and Crawford School Districts and an accomplished professional musician.

Annita was preceded in death by her husband of Crawford, her stepson, Kenneth Luckey Harris, Jr., maternal grandmother and namesake, Annie Mae Howell, parents, brother, Jesse Floyd Minatra.

Survivors include her sons, Johnny and Kelly Wigley of Crawford, and Ronny Wigley of Tyler; stepdaughters, Anne Harris of Quinlan and Carmen Burkhart of Holland, Texas; sisters, Sandra Minatra of Waxahachie and Verna Minatra Hudson of Corsicana; grandsons, Jarrett Wigley, Levi Wigley, Jake Wigley, and granddaughter, Katie Wigley; numerous nieces and nephews.

The family would like to thank the staff at the Providence Hospital of Waco and the Brazos of Waco Nursing Care Facility for their recent palliative care.

Funeral service will be at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, August 16, 2025, at Crawford Methodist Church with The Reverend Joyce Hall officiating. Burial to follow in Crawford Cemetery in Crawford. Visitation will be 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. Saturday, August 16, 2025, at Crawford Methodist Church. Arrangements are under the direction of Cole Funeral Home in McGregor.

"Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me.

In my Father's house are many mansions: If it were not so, I would have told you.

I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again,

and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also." (John 14:1-3)