VENITA JUNE HIGGS, 75, OF AMARILLO, TEXAS PASSED AWAY ON SUNDAY, AUGUST 23, 2015. GRAVESIDE SERVICES ARE SCHEDULED FOR 11 AM, TUESDAY AUGUST 25, 2015 AT ALTUS CITY CEMETERY WITH REV. DR. CLAY J. BROWN OF AMARILLO TEXAS OFFICIATING. BURIAL HAS BEEN ENTRUSTED TO THE KINCANNON FUNERAL HOME.
VENITA JUNE HIGGS WAS BORN AT HOME IN PLAINVIEW, TX ON MARCH 3, 1940 TO S.V. AND VENITA (KITCHENS) JACKSON. JUNE MARRIED JIMMY HIGGS ON JANUARY 17, 1965 IN VERNON, TX. JIMMY AND JUNE MADE THEIR HOME IN AMARILLO, TX. JIMMY PRECEDED HER IN DEATH ON APRIL 9, 2015. JUNE PREVIOUSLY OWNED CERTIFIED COLLECTORS OF AMARILLO, SHE LATER CO-OWNED CCI CHECK RECOVERY WITH HER LONG TIME FRIEND GLENDA CARPER. SHE WAS STATE PRESIDENT OF THE AMERICAN COLLECTORS ASSN, ACTIVE IN THE AMARILLO COLLECTORS ASSN AND SERVED AS A BOARD MEMBER FOR MARTHA'S HOME.
JUNE LOVED TO READ AND COOK FOR HER FRIENDS AND FAMILY. MOST OF ALL SHE LOVED SPENDING TIME WITH HER FRIENDS AT COUNTRY ESTATES WHO WERE DEAR TO HER HEART. SHE WAS A MEMBER OF WESTMINSTER PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.
JUNE IS SURVIVED BY STEP-SON STEVE AND WIFE CHARLOTTE, TWO GRANDSONS JORDAN AND WIFE JESSICA, AND DYLAN. ONE GREAT GRANDSON OWEN. FOUR NEPHEWS RICHIE HIGGS AND WIFE SHARI, KAL HIGGS AND WIFE DANA, MIKE HIGGS, MIKE SCRIBNER SR. AND WIFE TONI, TWO NEICES MARILYN AND CHARLENE ADAMS. 16 GREAT-NIECES AND NEPHEWS, AND 10 GREAT-GREAT NIECES AND NEPHEWS. LOU, CARA AND RHETT WOODS WHO WERE THOUGHT OF AS FAMILY. 2 SISTERS JUANITA AND HUSBAND CORKY SCRIBNER, ANN AND HUSBAND H.M. ADAMS. SHE LOVED HER FAMILY AND FRIENDS VERY MUCH.
THE FAMILY REQUESTS MEMORIALS BE MADE TO MARTHA'S HOME, 1204 SW 18TH AVE, AMARILLO, TX 79102