Thomas Bragg Higdon Jr., 77, a former Palatka resident, died Tuesday at a Franklin nursing home following a long illness.
A native of Franklin, N.C., he was the son of the late T. B. Sr. and Lula Shepherd Higdon. He was a veteran of the U.S. Navy and served in World War II and the Korean War. He was a retired maintenance supervisor for Bowater Carolina Corp. Paper Mill and he was a member of Biltmore Masonic Lodge No. 446 AF&AM in Asheville, N.C.
He is survived by his wife of 53 years, Orelia Haskett Higdon; one daughter, Brenda Lovelace of Easley, S.C.; two sons, Thomas G. Higdon of Winston Salem, N.C. and Phillip Higdon of Franklin, N.C.; four brother; six grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
The funeral will be 2 p.m. today at the Higdonville Baptist Church with the Rev. Roy Lowe and the Rev. Ronnie Owens officiating.
Burial will be in the church cemetery with Masonic graveside services.
Bryant Funeral Home in Franklin, N.C. is in charge of arrangements. (Palatka Daily News Obituary dtd 9 Aug 1991.)
A native of Franklin, N.C., he was the son of the late T. B. Sr. and Lula Shepherd Higdon. He was a veteran of the U.S. Navy and served in World War II and the Korean War. He was a retired maintenance supervisor for Bowater Carolina Corp. Paper Mill and he was a member of Biltmore Masonic Lodge No. 446 AF&AM in Asheville, N.C.
He is survived by his wife of 53 years, Orelia Haskett Higdon; one daughter, Brenda Lovelace of Easley, S.C.; two sons, Thomas G. Higdon of Winston Salem, N.C. and Phillip Higdon of Franklin, N.C.; four brother; six grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
The funeral will be 2 p.m. today at the Higdonville Baptist Church with the Rev. Roy Lowe and the Rev. Ronnie Owens officiating.
Burial will be in the church cemetery with Masonic graveside services.
Bryant Funeral Home in Franklin, N.C. is in charge of arrangements. (Palatka Daily News Obituary dtd 9 Aug 1991.)
Thomas Bragg Higdon Jr., 77, a former Palatka resident, died Tuesday at a Franklin nursing home following a long illness.
A native of Franklin, N.C., he was the son of the late T. B. Sr. and Lula Shepherd Higdon. He was a veteran of the U.S. Navy and served in World War II and the Korean War. He was a retired maintenance supervisor for Bowater Carolina Corp. Paper Mill and he was a member of Biltmore Masonic Lodge No. 446 AF&AM in Asheville, N.C.
He is survived by his wife of 53 years, Orelia Haskett Higdon; one daughter, Brenda Lovelace of Easley, S.C.; two sons, Thomas G. Higdon of Winston Salem, N.C. and Phillip Higdon of Franklin, N.C.; four brother; six grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
The funeral will be 2 p.m. today at the Higdonville Baptist Church with the Rev. Roy Lowe and the Rev. Ronnie Owens officiating.
Burial will be in the church cemetery with Masonic graveside services.
Bryant Funeral Home in Franklin, N.C. is in charge of arrangements. (Palatka Daily News Obituary dtd 9 Aug 1991.)
A native of Franklin, N.C., he was the son of the late T. B. Sr. and Lula Shepherd Higdon. He was a veteran of the U.S. Navy and served in World War II and the Korean War. He was a retired maintenance supervisor for Bowater Carolina Corp. Paper Mill and he was a member of Biltmore Masonic Lodge No. 446 AF&AM in Asheville, N.C.
He is survived by his wife of 53 years, Orelia Haskett Higdon; one daughter, Brenda Lovelace of Easley, S.C.; two sons, Thomas G. Higdon of Winston Salem, N.C. and Phillip Higdon of Franklin, N.C.; four brother; six grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
The funeral will be 2 p.m. today at the Higdonville Baptist Church with the Rev. Roy Lowe and the Rev. Ronnie Owens officiating.
Burial will be in the church cemetery with Masonic graveside services.
Bryant Funeral Home in Franklin, N.C. is in charge of arrangements. (Palatka Daily News Obituary dtd 9 Aug 1991.)
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