| Obit For | Seth Rederick "Red" Higgs |
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| Headline | - |
| Text | December 11, 1913, Thursday, Cassville Republican, Barry Co., MO Mt. Pleasant News: Rederick Higgs, who has been ill for sometime, died Saturday morning, Nov 29, at 3 o'clock and his body was buried Sunday at 11 o'clock at Mt. Pleasant. Funeral services were conducted by Rev. Vanzandt. We are sorry to hear of his death. The grieved ones have the sympathy of all. December 4, 1913, Thursday, Cassville Republican, Barry Co., MO Rederick Higgs Dead: Rederick Higgs for more than a half of a century a resident to the Pleasant Valley locality west of Butterfield and a well known citizen of that section of the county passed away Saturday morning following an illness of many weeks, age 69 years, 3 months and 28 days. The deceased, when a boy came to this county with his parents from Tennessee. In November, 1873, he was married to Martha J. Tucker. To this union five children were born. The wife, and one child proceeded him in death. The surviving children are, Mrs. Sherman Lane, Mrs. Gerthia Stamps, Epy and James Higgs, all of near Purdy. For a number of years he had been a devoted member of the New Hope Baptist Church, and his death removes a man of strong Christian influence in the community in which he so long lived. The funeral services were conducted Sunday at Mt. Pleasant Church by Rev. Chas. Vanzandt in the presence of a large number of neighbors and friends of the family. Clark News: Sunday, November 30, 1913, at eleven o'clock a.m. occurred the funeral of our esteemed friend and brother in Christ, Rederick Higgs, conducted by Rev. Chas. Vanzandt, pastor of the New Hope Baptist Church where Mr. Higgs had been his membership for over 40 years. The gathering of his old friends and neighbors at Mt. Pleasant was large, but listened with interest to the sermon, "He being dead yet speaketh". Seth Rederick Higgs was born in North Carolina, August 1, 1844 and died Nov 29, 1913, being 69 years, 3 months, and 28 days of age. He was married to Martha Jane Tucker, Nov. 23, 1873, who proceeded him to the glory world about 16 years. He professed faith in Christ at the age 28 and lived a devoted Christian life during his remain life. He was loved by all who knew him. He leaves four children, all grown and one brother to mourn his death. They have the sympathy of all. |
| Newspaper or Funeral Home | Cassville Republican |
| Date | Dec. 1913 |
| Death Cert Link | Death Certificate |
| Resource | State Historical Society of MO |
| Submitted by | Donna Cooper |
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