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Charles Rex HIGGINS (VETERAN WWII)

West Park (aka Hereford) Cemetery
Deaf Smith County,
Texas

US Army Air Corps
World War II
July 20, 1922-July 26, 1988

*Photo, courtesy of Mary (Coggin) Russell

*Obituary
HEREFORD - Charles Rex Higgins, 66, died Tuesday in Amarillo.

Services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday in Hereford First Baptist Church with the Rev. Ron Cook, pastor, and the Rev. Doug Manning, Baptist Minister, officiating. Burial will be in West Park Cemetery by Gililland-Watson Funeral Home.

Mr. Higgins was born in Hereford. He married Alta Mae Fortenberry in 1948 at Hereford. He was a wholesale gasoline salesman and a veteran of World War II, serving in the U.S. Army Air Corps.

Survivors include his wife; a son, Clifford Higgins of Fort Worth; three brothers, Ted Higgins of Fort Worth, Fred Higgins and Bob Higgins, both of Hobbs, N.M.; four sisters, Billie Harris of Pueblo, Colo., Luella Thomas of Hereford, Mattie Thomas of Tucumcari, N.M., and Alberta Gordon of Benson, Ariz.; and a granddaughter.

The family requests memorials be made to the Family Life Center of the First Baptist Church in Hereford.

(Published in Amarillo Daily News, July 27, 1988)
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Texas Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: Charles Higgins
Death Date: 26 Jul 1988
Death County: Potter
Gender: Male

U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-Current
Name: C. R. Higgins
Last Residence: 79045 Hereford, Deaf Smith, Texas, United States of America
Born: 20 Jul 1922
Died: 26 Jul 1988

Contributed on 6/21/22 by neldapat
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Submitted: 6/21/22 • Approved: 6/23/22 • Last Updated: 6/26/22 • R520833-G0-S3

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