Obituaries: William H. Higdon, 1967, Winn Parish, LA
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: March 30, 1967 Winn Parish Enterprise News-American

Funeral Rites For William H. Higdon Held

William H. Higdon, 80, died Thursday, March 23, 1967 in a Winnfield nursing
home after a long illness.  He was a retired farmer and a native of Sikes.

Funeral services were held at 3 p.m. Friday in Old Union Baptist Church near
Joyce with Rev. Dub Fussell and Rev. Joe Mosley officiating.  Burial was in
the church cemetery under direction of Hixson Brothers Funeral Home of
Winnfield.

Survivors include two sons, Melvin Higdon and John Higdon, both of Winnfield;
a daughter, Mrs. Ola Gates of Winnfield; four sisters, Mrs. Lottie Abrams of
Pineville, Mrs. Ola Baker of Shreveport, Mrs. Irene Mixon of Cotton Valley,
and Mrs. Myra Peters of Winnfield; 10 grandchildren and 14 great
grandchildren.

Pallbearers were Bobby R. Stanfill, Grayson Harper, Jimmy R. Gates, James E.
Gates, and James Brown.