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Carrollton High School
Carrollton, Dallas Co., Texas
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OBITUARY
 Doyle
Higgins
Born in Pampa, Texas on Jan. 13, 1939
Departed on Mar. 17, 2005 and resided in Blum, TX.
Visitation: Friday Mar. 18, 2005
Service: Saturday Mar. 19, 2005
Cemetery: Blum Cemetery
Marvin Doyle Higgins passed away on March 17, 2005 at Goodall Withcher
Hospital in Clifton, TX.
He was the son of L. W. and Juanita Allen Higgins and grew up in Dallas
and went to school at St. Marks Academy and graduated from Carrollton
High School where he was a track letterman. He also attended the
University of Texas at Arlington.
He moved to Covington in 1975 and had his own sheet metal contracting
business in Blum for 25 yeas.
Doyle was a member of Cedar Creek Baptist Church where he was an
ordained deacon; served on the Stewardship Committee and the Pastoral
Search Committee and had served on the Blum ISD Site-Based Committee for
8 years. He was a model railroad enthusiast and was researching the
history of Blum. He enjoyed truck farming and was known for this
cantaloups and melons.
Doyle was a good caretaker and loving grandfather to his grandkids. He
was a jokester and kept everyone in good humor.
Preceding him in death were two brothers, Houston Higgins and Dearl
Higgins.
Survivors include his wife, Kathy Higgins of Blum; parents, L. W. and
Juanita Higgins of Allen; mother-in-law, Beth Day of Whitney; children,
Leslie Higgins O’Neil and husband, Ted, Jr. of Whitney, Darrell Higgins
and wife, Cindy Elaine of Rio Vista; grandchildren, Ashley, Reagan and
Macy Higgins of Blum, Brandon and Craig O’Neil of Whitney, Austin Day of
Rio Vista, Brandon Day of Kennedale; several nieces and
nephews.Memorials may be made to Cedar Creek Baptist Church Debt
Reduction, 5643 FM 933, Whitney, TX 76692. |
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HIGGINS
DOYLE - JAN. 13, 1939 - MAR. 17, 2005
KATHI - NOV 10, 1939 - BLANK
When the great conductor called, "All Aboard," we had a
ticket to ride.
Blum Cemetery, Blum, Hill County, Texas
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