Age: 79
Address: Langford Branch, Burnsville
Date of Death:  Sunday, January 20, 2013
Arrangements:  Holcombe Brothers Funeral Home.

Details: Keith L. Higgins passed away on Sunday, January 20th at Brookside Rehabilitation & Care.  A native of Yancey County, he was a son of the late Clyde and Pearl Hylemon Higgins.  He was also preceded in death by a daughter:  Kathy Higgins.  Keith was a retired employee of the N. C. Department of Corrections.
     Surviving are his wife:  Katherine Fox Higgins of Burnsville; his children:  Kay Silvers of Nebo, Rita Higgins and Billy Clyde Higgins of Burnsville, and Diane Waterman of Fletcher; 8 grandchildren; 12 great grandchildren; and, a sister:  Zetta Higgins of  Canton.
     Funeral services will be held at 8PM Tuesday in the Chapel of Holcombe Brothers Funeral Home.  Rev. Keith Blankenship will officiate.  A graveside service will be held at 10AM Wednesday in the Keith Higgins Family Cemetery on Langford Branch.
     The family will receive friends from 6 until 8PM Tuesday, prior to the service at the funeral home.