Beckham Co. OK - Obit for Vanetta Mae Higgins Submitted by: Wanda Purcell wpurc25758@aol.com ************************************************************************ USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net/ *********************************************************************** Vanetta Mae Higgins was born October 27, 1952 and passed from this life June 29, 1985 at the age of 32 years. She was married to Alvin Higgins on August 30, 1971. They resided in Cheyenne, Oklahoma. Vanetta attended school in Carter, Oklahoma. She is survived by her husband Alvin Higgins and one daughter, Melisa Ann Higgins of the home. Also her parents, George Van White, Cheyenne and Delores Jean Matthews, Lindsay, California, 2 sisters, Sandra Jean Burns, Reydon, Carolyn Sue Coots, Cheyenne, a half sister, Thelma Jean Ford, one brother, Glen White, Cheyenne and a half brother, Monroe Alvin Matthews, Jr. Her son, Allen Lynn Higgins died in the same accidnet as his mother. Funeral services were held Wednesday, July 3, 1985 at the First Baptist Church in Cheyenne, Okla. James McMullen officiated at the services, assisted by Harold Knight. Interment at Mulberry Cemetery, Sweetwater, Roger Mills County, Oklahoma by Rose Chapel of Cheyenne.