Abilene Reporter October 6, 1998
James Richard Higgins
BROWNWOOD - James Richand Higgins, 68, died Sunday at his North Lake Brownwood home after a lengthy illness.
Services will be held at 4 p.m. Wednesday at Davis-Morris Funeral Home, with the Rev. Sam Bowden officiating. Interment will be at Pleasant Valley Cemetery.
Mr. Higgins was born in Buena Park, Calif. and moved from Lubbock to North Lake Brownwood in 1990. He retired from the United States Air Force after 21 years of service, which included representing the United States in the Korean conflict and in Vietnam. He went on to work as facilities superintendent at the Lubbock International Airport. He was retired at the time of his death.
Mr. Higgins was a lifetime member of American Legion Post 470, former Judge Advocate of American Legion Post 470 and was past president of the Tamarack Mountain Neighborhood Association.
Survivors include his wife, Shirley Marie Higgins; a son, Richard Higgins of Peyton, Colo.; three daughters, Sharlene Lubban of Lubbock, Diane Tilley of Dardanelle, Ark., Deanna Davis, of Lubbock; a sister, Jane Adair of Irvine, Calif.; and eight grandchildren.