Irma (Saulters) Higgins (1912 - 1998)

Born 17 Nov 1912 in Covington County, Mississippi, United States

Ancestors

Died 2 Nov 1998 at age 85 in Collins, Covington, Mississippi, United States

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Irma (Saulters) Higgins is buried in Sharon Cemetery.

Biography

Irma Saulters was born on Nov 17, 1912 in Covington County, Mississippi, USA as the second child of Sanie Philip Saulters and Ella Maude Creel.

She had nine siblings, namely: Emma, Nannie Mae, Hughie Brown, Charlie D., Willie Mae, Lucy, Lucius Rawls, Ethel Maude, and Jimmie Ray.

She died on Nov 02, 1998 in Collins, Covington, Mississippi, USA (Covington County Hospital; Age at Death: 85). ^[1]

Irma Saulters lived in Mount Olive, Covington, Mississippi, USA in 1930 (Age: 18; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Daughter).

She lived in Rural, Smith, Mississippi in 1935. She lived in Simpson County, Mississippi, USA on Apr 01, 1940 (Age: 28; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife). Race: (White)

She was buried in Coats, Simpson County, Mississippi, USA (Sharon Cemetery). ^[2]

Appears that Willie Andrew Jackson Higgins and Irma Saulters had no children.

IRMA S. HIGGINS ^[1]

Simpson County News, 05 Nov 1998, Thu, Page 5

Irma A. Higgins, 85, died November 2 of heart failure at Covington County Hospital in Collins.

Services were held October 4 at Mims Mitchell Chapel with burial in Sharon Presbyterian Cemetery.

Mrs. Higgins was a native of Covington County. She was a member of New Hope Baptist in Simpson County.

Survivors included one sister, Mrs. Ethel Rainer of Mendenhall; and a number of nieces and nephews.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Obituary for Irma Saulters Higgins Clipped from Simpson County News, 05 Nov 1998, Thu, Page 5
2. ↑ "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK1L-M45L : 11 July 2016), Irma Saulters Higgins, 1998; Burial, Coats, Simpson, Mississippi, United States of America, Sharon Cemetery; citing record ID 147484163, Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/147484163.

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• "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JLCW-4P1 : 20 May 2014), Irma S Higgins, 02 Nov 1998; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
• "United States Public Records, 1970-2009," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QJZ1-HYVN : 23 May 2014), Irma S Higgins, Residence, Mount Olive, Mississippi, United States; a third party aggregator of publicly available information.
• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VB33-JBG : 14 March 2018), Orma Higgins in household of Jackson Higgins, Beat 2, Simpson, Mississippi, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 64-12, sheet 9A, line 13, family 140, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 2064.
• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XMBG-CSS : accessed 1 June 2018), Erma Saultins in household of Sammie Saultins, Mount Olive, Covington, Mississippi, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 11, sheet 4A, line 15, family 60, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1144; FHL microfilm 2,340,879.