Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Higgason, Edgar T. May 12, 1917
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Virginian Pilot and The Norfolk Landmark May 13, 1917

Rev. Edgar T. Higgason died at 8:20 yesterday morning at the residence, 228 
Twenty-seventh Street, after a lingering illness, aged 45 years. He was until 
recently pastor of the London Bridge Baptist Church, Princess Anne County, 
having to resign on account of his health. He moved to Norfolk recently and was 
well known and highly esteemed. He was a member of the Park Place Baptist 
Church, which he joined a short while since. He is survived by his wife, a 
daughter, Miss Etta V. Higgason and a son, Frederick W. Higgason, all of Norfolk 
and a sister, Mrs. Alice Cooke of Hanover, Pa. He was a member of the Masons, 
Odd Fellows and Woodmen.
The funeral will be held at the residence at 4:30 o'clock this afternoon. 
Services will be conducted by Rev. W. Thorburn Clarke of Richmond and Rev. R.A. 
Williams of the Park Place Baptist Church. Burial will be in Elmwood Cemetery.
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The funeral of Rev. Edgar T. Higgason took place at 4:30 o'clock yesterday 
afternoon at the residence, 228 West Twenty-seventh Street. Services were 
conducted by Rev. W. Thornburn Clarke of Richmond, a life long friend, and Rev. 
R.A. Williams, pastor of Park Place Baptist Church. The funeral was attended by 
delegations from the Odd Fellows, Woodmen of the World and Masons, in all of 
which he was an active member. The flowers were numerous and beautiful. Among 
them was a square and compass from the Masons and a pillar from the Woodmen of 
the World. During the service Mrs. W.B. Walker and Mrs. E.S. Hammersley sang a 
duet, "Will the Circle be Unbroken," and R. Redwood Richardson a solo, "Safe in 
the Arms of Jesus." Mrs. Branch Rush was the accompanist. Burial was in Elmwood 
Cemetery. The active pallbearers were from the official body of London Bridge 
Baptist Church, of which Mr. Higgason was a former pastor.  The pallbearers 
were: Honorary - W. V. Hart and W.C. Duncan from the Masons; S.D. Latham and 
M.G. Leonard from Woodmen of the World; E.F. Gray and A.J. Barden from Odd 
Fellows; active-- J.E. Old, E. Land, David Barnes, M.D. Gornto, N.D. Brown,, 
C.T. Whitehead, T.H. Pritchard and Benjamin Gimbert.

Virginian Pilot and The Norfolk Landmark May 14, 1917


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