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DATE: Tuesday, March 19, 1996                TAG: 9603190233
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THOMAS E. HIGGINS

Thomas Edwin Higgins, 69, died March 13, 1996, in Stratten VA Hospital, Albany, N.Y.

He was a native of Anniston, Ala., and was a U.S. Naval veteran of the Korean War. He was retired from the U.S. Navy.

He is survived by his daughter, Mary H. Maxwell of Virginia Beach; two sons, James Earl Higgins and Anthony Levon Higgins, both of Virginia Beach; three sisters and two brothers, still residing in Alabama; four grandchildren, Amy Maxwell, Lee Maxwell, and Katherine Ann Higgins, all of Virginia Beach, and Timothy Ambrose of Florida.

A graveside service will be conducted at 11 a.m. Thursday in Hampton National Cemetery. Hollomon-Brown Funeral Home, Bayside Chapel, is in charge of the arrangements.

KEYWORDS: DEATH OBITUARY by CNB