Viola Odessia (Master) Higgs
Jan 5, 1910 - Nov 22, 1994
Posted by Martha Reddout

© Marietta Monitor
2 Dec 1994, Page 4

Mrs. Higgs was born January 5, 1910, at Odessa, Texas, the daughter of Homer and Zonia Fincher Master, and died November 22, 1994, in the Ardmore hospital.

A resident of Burneyville since 1920, Mrs. Higgs was a retired postmaster of the Burneyville Post Office. She married Greeson Higgs on September 28, 1926, in Marietta. Mrs. Higgs was a member of the Burneyville Baptist Church.

She is survived by two sons and daughter-in-law, Howard and Sue Higgs of Burneyville and Hobert Higgs of Purcell; a brother, Homer Master of Clovis, California; two sisters, Laura Flores of Fort Worth, Texas, and Alda Rackley of Fresno, California; 10 grandchildren, 15 great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren.

Mrs. Higgs was preceded in death by her husband on February 25, 1977; and two sons, Charles Higgs and Orphia Higgs.

Interment was in the Burneyville Cemetery under the direction of the Anderson-Kennedy Funeral Home.

Assisting as pallbearers were Larry Taliaferro, John Cartwright, Ott Ladner, J.C. Harris, Johnny Hall and Johnny Hartman, and honorary bearers were Marge Sparks and Faye Smith.