YANCEY COUNTY, NC - CEMETERIES - W.E. Higgins Cemetery ============================================================================ USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. This file was contributed for use in the North Carolina USGenWeb Archives by: Gwen Bodford gbodford@yahoo.com ============================================================================ HIGGINS (W. E.) FAMILY CEMETERY This cemetery is located in the Higgins Community . Turn onto the Gus Higgins Road (#1382) also known as Silver's Gap Road. It is on a steep hill above Stanley Higgins' house. Condition: Good SURNAME: DUNCAN, EDWARDS, HIGGINS, SILVERS, WEBB, WHEELER 1. W. E. HIGGINS, born 1870, died 1922 2. AMANDA HIGGINS, born 1865, died 1950 3. SAVANAH EDWARDS, born April 7, 1903, died November 2, 1927 (In Loving Memory of Dear Savanah) 4. MINNIE H. HENSLEY, born 1898, died 1931 5. GUS HIGGINS, born March 5, 1894, died Sep.10, 1984 (WAGR US Army WW I) 6. BESSIE HIGGINS, born April 9, 1905, died December 14, 1989 7. GATHER HIGGINS, died July 20, 1930 - NC Cook 60th Inf, 5 Div. 8. MARTHA JANE DUNCAN WEBB 10 Oct 1871 - 5 Jan 1908 (w/o Wilson Webb 9. MARY (Shelton) DUNCAN, born Feb,11, 1851, died May 5, 1890, (w/o Thomas I. Duncan) 10. THEO HIGGINS, born March 27, 1835, died September 8, 1904 11. MARGARET HIGGINS, born March 14, 1838, died October 1, 1904 12. VIRGINIA HIGGINS, born 1912, died 13. F. EARL HIGGINS, born 1904, died 1975 14. ZEBULON R. HIGGINS, born March 24, 1901, died April 7, 1959 15. CORDELIA SILVERS, born April 8, 1875, died May 16, 1937 16. WINNIE S. WHEELER, born 1904, died 1961 17. HIRAM G. HIGGINS, died July 30, 1888, age 12 years, 4 months, 8 days. Son of T. and M. L. Higgins 18. LELAHANNA HIGGINS, born October 18, 1883, died Janauary 18, 1884 Infant daughter of T. G. & E. L. Higgins 19. INFANT DAUGHTER of T. G. & E. L. Higgins, Born and Died November 14, 1888 (Our Little Darlings - in the Arms of Jesus) 20. THURSEY PHILLIPS HIGGINS, born 1903, died 1930 (In God's Care) 21. PEARL HIGGINS, born November 23, 1929, died Janaury 5, 1930 (Baby Sister)