MIDDLETOWN - Joseph H. Higdon, 81, Mason City Area Nursing Home, formerly of Middletown, died at 11:18 a.m. Monday (Spet. 21, 1992) at Memorial Medical Center, Springfield.

Mr. Higdon was born Jan. 16, 1911 in Clarkson [sic?], Ky., a son of James and Annie Layman Higdon.

Survivors include one brother, Henry, of Louisville, Ky.; and one sister, Marie Lush, of Louisville.

He lived with his cousins, Edgar and Marie Johnson. After the death of Edgar, he helped raise Donna Wilson, of Lincoln; Rudy Johnson, of Riverton; and Delas Johnson, of Middletown.

Three brothers and five sisters preceded him in death.

Mr. Higdon was a retired self-employed truck driver.

His funeral was at Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home, Lincoln.

Burial was in Irish Grove Cemetery, Middletown.

The Pantagraph
Bloomington, Illinois · Wednesday, September 23, 1992
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MASON CITY -- Joseph H. Higdon, 81, of the Mason City Area Nursing Home, formerly of Middletown, died at 11:18 a.m. Monday at Memorial Medical Center.

Surviving are a brother, Henry of Louisville, Ky., a sister, Marie Lush of Louisville, Ky., and several cousins.

Services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home, Lincoln, with burial in Irish Grove Cemetery, Middletown.

State Journal-Register, The (Springfield, IL) - Wednesday, September 23, 1992
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U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947
Name: Joseph Herman Higdon
Race: White
Age: 29
Relationship to Draftee: Self (Head)
Birth Date: 16 Jan 1911
Birth Place: Grayson, Kentucky, USA
Residence Place: Greenview, Menard, Illinois, USA
Registration Date: 16 Oct 1940
Registration Place: Illinois, USA
Employer: Marie Johnson
Height: 6 1
Weight: 210
Complexion: Light
Hair Color: Brown
Eye Color: Blue
Person who will always know your address: Mrs. Marie Johnson (no relationship)
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