IN LOVING MEMORY OF

Charles Vermon

Charles Vermon Higgins Profile Photo

Higgins

May 10, 1933 — Dec 30, 2022

Obituary

Charles Vermon Higgins passed away on Friday, December 30, 2022. He was born on May 10, 1933 at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta, Georgia. He started grade school in Bremen Ga, and briefly attended Lineville High School before graduating from Bremen High School in 1950, and spent the next several years working at Hubbard Slacks in Bremen. He spent two years in the U.S. Army with the 17th Signal Battalion stationed in West Germany. After service, he attended West Georgia College and the University of Georgia, graduating with a degree in Business in 1959.

He married Peggy Sue Truitt on June 15, 1958, and was a devoted husband and father. They moved to Lineville, Alabama in 1959 and were members of the Lineville Baptist Church. He spent the next 24 years with the Higgins Slacks Company, during which time he worked with many wonderful people. He founded the Higgins Embroidery Company (later known as Higgins Sewing and Manufacturing) in 1990, and ran that company for the next 26 years. He believed in giving back to his community and served as the Chairman of the Lineville Industrial Board for a number of years. During his long career, he made many friends and contacts, both at home and in the sewing industry at large.

He is survived by his wife of 64 years, Peggy Truitt Higgins of Lineville; daughter Margaret Higgins Pendley (Tandy) of Powder Springs, GA, son Edward Charles Higgins of Ashland,  AL; brother James David Higgins (Sandra) of Bremen, GA, step-granddaughter, Tayler Voyles (Brian), and numerous nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his father James Vermon Higgins and mother Charles Henry "Toots" Davis Higgins.

The Family will receive friends on Monday, January 2, 2023 from 4- 8 at Benefield Funeral Home in Lineville, Alabama. The family will also receive friends on Thursday, January 5, 2023 between 12 – 2 at Hightower Funeral Home in Bremen.

Funeral Services will be conducted at 2 pm (EST) from the Chapel of Hightower Funeral Home with Reverend David Holcombe, Brother Ben Truitt and Reverend Jerry Colquitt officiating. Van Edwards, Dave Higgins, Andy Truitt, Ben Truitt, William Garrett and Chad Garland will serve as pallbearers.

Interment will follow in Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Bremen, Georgia.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Clay County Rescue Squad in Lineville, AL.

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Funeral Services

Visitation

January
5

Thursday

12:00 - 2:00 pm

Service

January
5

Thursday

Chapel Hightower Funeral Home

318 Gordon Street, Bremen, GA 30110

Starts at 2:00 pm

Burial

Forest Lawn Memorial Park

946 Waddell Street, Bremen, GA 30110

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