Sussex-Surry County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Higgins, O. Paul Jr., 1989 

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  O.P. Higgins Jr., a former co-owner of Higgins Brothers Lumber Co., died 
yesterday in Prince George County. [sic; Petersburg*]  He was 71. 

  A native of Dendron, Mr. Higgins moved with his family to Waverly at an 
early age and graduated from Waverly High School.

  He attended Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University and was 
on the football team there.

  Mr. Higgins started working at Gray Lumber Co. in Waverly in the late 1930s.

  In 1943 he and his brothers, Horace R. and William A., opened Higgins 
Brothers Lumber Co.  They sold the business in 1978.

  Mr. Higgins was a member of Waverly United Methodist Church and a former 
member of the Waverly Ruritan Club.

  He was the widower of Mrs. Dorothy Bailey Higgins.  Survivors include a son, 
O. Paul Higgins III of Petersburg; a brother, Horace R. Higgins of Waverly; a 
sister, Mrs. Martha H. Coulbourn of Suffolk; and two grandchildren.  A funeral 
service will be held tomorrow at 2 p.m. at Waverly United Methodist Church 
with burial following at the Waverly cemetery.

  The family suggests that memorial contributions be made to Sussex Unit, 
American Cancer Society, c/o Isabelle Norris, Waverly, Va. 23890, or to the 
charity of the donor's choice. 


Obed Paul HIGGINS, Jr., of Waverly, former co-owner of Higgins Brothers Lumber, 
b. 1 Jan 1918, Dendron, Surry Co., d. 29 Aug 1989, Petersburg, 
interred in Waverly Cemetery, 1 Sep 1989, 
Richmond Newspapers, Inc., 1989, 
   posted with Find a Grave Mem. #105706520 

His parents, O.P. Sr. & Rosa May (ROGERS) HIGGINS, are also buried in Waverly 
   Cemetery.  (Find a Grave Mem. #20623512 &c.) 

*D.site &c. from D.Cert. 81-040467 

His wife's obit ("Smithfield Times," Sep. 3, 1964, p. 1) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/sussex/obits/h252d1ob.txt 


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