Glen Higgins, 88, husband of Dolores J. Higgins, died Saturday, Nov. 16, 2024 at Maury
Regional Medical Center in Columbia, Tennessee. Mr. Higgins was born on February 5, 1936 in Magoffin
County, Kentucky to the late Troy and Bonnie Lindon Higgins. He was a graduate of Berea College and
worked selling textbooks to school systems in Georgia and Tennessee. He chose this profession based
on his commitment to the importance of education for all children. Mr. Higgins devoted his life to his
family and his profession. He was a much beloved father, grandfather, brother and uncle as well as a
prolific storyteller. Other than his parents, he was preceded in death by nine brothers and three sisters -
Seldon, Ishmael, Lindon, Byron, Ray, Melvin, Joe, John David, and Chandler Higgins, Fannye Bowman,
Thelma Powers and Dorothy Enfield. Mr. Higgins is survived by his children; Terri Lynn Vaught (Stan) of
Murfreesboro, Tennessee, and Paul Higgins of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. Mr. Higgins also leaves behind
one brother, Julian Higgins of Shalimar, Florida and two grandchildren, Jackson Vaught and Chandler
Vaught.
Friends may call at Davis & Powell Funeral Home Saturday, May 31, 2025, from 3 p.m. until the memorial
service at 4:30 p.m.
