Miranda Ruth Higdon

1921 - 2006  (84 years)

• Name	Miranda Ruth Higdon
  Birth	25 Jul 1921	Swain Co, NC
  Gender	Female
  _UID	C6BA888DD2DAD4118AC4444553540000A4DB
  Death	11 Jun 2006	Robbinsville, Graham Co, NC
  Person ID	I1181	Marty and Karla Grant
  Last Modified	10 Nov 2012

  
  

  Father	George W Higdon,   b. 19 Nov 1883, Graham Co, NC d. 17 Apr 1958, Graham Co, NC (Age 74 years)
  Mother	Dixie E Dean,   b. 1889, Graham Co, NC d. 6 Dec 1929, Graham Co, NC (Age 40 years)
  Marriage	2 Jun 1913	Graham Co, NC
  Family ID	F974	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Thomas Malcolm George,   b. 31 Dec 1922, Graham Co, NC d. 3 Apr 1999, Graham Co, NC (Age 76 years)
  Marriage	7 Dec 1944	Union Co, GA
  Children	1. LIVING   2. Marcia Diane George,   b. 14 Jul 1944, Macon Co, NC d. 26 Dec 1993 (Age 49 years)   3. Odessa George,   b. 2 Nov 1946   d. 5 Aug 2000, Graham Co, NC (Age 53 years)   4. LIVING   5. LIVING
  Family ID	F971	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	8 Feb 2025

  
  

• Notes

  !CENSUS:1930 * Swain Co, NC *; !OBIT:Ruth George (Graham Star) Ruth George, 84, of Robbinsville, passed away Sunday, June 11, 2006 at Britthaven of Graham. She was a native of Graham County and the daughter of the late George Washington Higdon and Dixie Dean Higdon. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Malcolm George; daughters, Diane Peterson, Odessa Jenkins; grandchildren, David Peterson, Renee Edwards; sisters, Gladys Jordan; and brothers, Roy and Raymond Higdon. She is survived by her son, Edwin Dale George of St. Louis, Mo.; daughters, Marcella McRae, Glenda Bradley, both of Robbinsville; and her twin sister, Ruby Melaine of Florence, Ala. She had 11 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren. Funeral services were held Wednesday, June 14 at Sweetgum Baptist Church. The Revs. Daniel Stewart, Jack Millsaps, Harold Beasley and Kenny Ball officiated. Burial was in the Old Mother Cemetery. Townson-Smith Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements.