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Submitted: 2/9/21 • Approved: 2/9/21 • Last Updated: 2/12/21 • R387672-G387672-S3
May 18, 1914-May 31, 1997
Photo/information, courtesy of Edith Guynes Stanley
*Obituary
Irene Higgins, 83, died Saturday, May 31, 1997 in Golden Plains Community Hospital of Borger..
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday, June 3, at Chapel of the Fountains with the Rev. Leonard Forsythe, pastor of Bible Baptist Church, officiating.
Burial will be at Westlawn Cemetery under the direction of Brown Funeral Directors of Borger.
A native of Jefferson County, Arkansas, she had been a Borger resident for 60 years.
She was a Baptist.
Mrs. Higgins was preceded in death by her husband, Robert Franklin Higgins in 1964.
Survivors include one son, Mike Higgins of Grapevine; two daughters, Elaine Cleek and Patty Higgins, both of Borger; two sisters, Maudie Yoder of Borger, and Violet Adams of Deming, N.M.; four grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.
Memorial may be made to the Hospice of the Panhandle, Box 2782, Pampa, Texas 79065.
The family will be staying at 1401 Marigold and 105 Warwick.
(Published in Borger News Herald, June 2, 1997)
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U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
Name: Rachel Irene Higgins
[Irene Higgins]
[Rachel Irene Staggs]
SSN: 451326283
Gender: Female
Race: White
Birth Date: 18 May 1914
Birth Place: Pine Bluff J, Arkansas
Death Date: 31 May 1997
Father: David T Staggs
Mother: Amanda J Sims
Type of Claim: Original SSN.
Signature on SSN Card: IRENE HIGGINS
Relationship of Signature: Signature name differs from NH’s name.
Notes: Dec 1942: Name listed as RACHEL IRENE HIGGINS; 12 Jun 1997: Name listed as IRENE HIGGINS
Contributed on 2/9/21 by neldapat
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