103 - Mary Francis Higgs - Exeter, MO
N 36° 39.849 W 093° 56.547
15S E 415776 N 4058030
Headstone of centenarian Mary Francis Higgs in Maplewood Cemetery at Exeter in Barry County, Missouri
Waymark Code: WMNRQJ
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 04/26/2015
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There is some biographical information in the
FindAGrave entry for Mary Francis
Tucker Higgs. She was born on 1 August 1908 to James Albert Tucker and Lena Eliza Davidson. She grew up in Barry County and received her education at Doss School, which is long gone. (It used to be along FR1065 north of CC north of Exeter.)
She married Jess Higgs, a Baptist minister, on 5 August 1928, just after her 20th birthday. Besides living most of her life in Barry County, she lived for a while in California, and spent the last 16 years in Pierce City in Lawrence County. She had worked at a couple of stores in Cassville during her years in Barry County.
She died on 26 November 2011, over 103 years old.