Melvin T. Higgs
NEWTON - Melvin T. Higgs, 100, died
Aug. 2, 2010. He was born Oct. 25, 1909, to Effie Parish and Allie
Higgs.
On Oct. 25, 1934, he married Helen
Gertrude Cunningham. She died Dec. 3, 2007. Survivors include: a son,
John; a daughter, Marilyn Cadle; brother and sister-in-law, Dale and
Betty Higgs; five grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren.
Funeral 11 a.m. Thursday at Broadway
Colonial Funeral Home, Newton. Visitation 9:30 a.m. until service
time Thursday at the funeral home. The committal will be a private
family service. Memorials to Presbyterian Manor or American Cancer
Society in care of the funeral home.
