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Submitted: 10/20/21 • Approved: 11/5/21 • Last Updated: 11/8/21 • R1396990-G0-S3
US Air Force
Korea
Vietnam
December 28, 1934 - September 24, 2009
*Obituary
David Kenneth Higby, 74, of Lamar, Arkansas, died Thursday, September 24, 2009, at his home. He was born on Friday, December 28, 1934, at Hickeytown, Arkansas, to the late James Martin and Edith Mae (Blackard) Higby.
Mr. Higby leaves behind his wife, Berniece (Meimerstorf) Higby; two daughters, Cindy Geels of Lamar, Arkansas and Diana Vaught of Clarksville, Arkansas; one son, david Don Higby of Rogers, Arkansas; one sister, Vonda Lamb of Wanette, Oklahoma; three brothers, Rhuel Douglas Higby of Russellville, Arkansas, George Allen Higby of Hunt, Arkansas, and Robert Earl Higby of Antlers, Oklahoma; seven grandchildren; and six great grandchildren.
Mr. Higby is preceded in death by his parents; one sister, Clemmie Jo Higby; and two brothers, James Everett Higby and Ervin Leon Higby.
Burial will follow in the Hickeytown Cemetery, at Hickeytown, Arkansas.
Pallbearers will be Joe McCarley, Jr., Leon Meimerstorf, Robert Peterson, Tim Smith, Donald Lamb, and James Ray Higby.
Honorary Pallbearers will be Joe McCarley, Sr., John Rice, Daniel Rice, and Jim Dahlem.
Contributed on 10/20/21 by billsully060
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