Jimmy Woodrow Higgins

Mr. Jimmy Woodrow Higgins, 75, passed away Tuesday, August 27, 2024, in China Grove.

A funeral service is scheduled for 4:00 pm Friday, August 30, 2024, at Mount Moriah Lutheran Church. Rev. Tim Kneuss will officiate. Interment will follow at the church cemetery in China Grove.

The family will receive friends from 2:30 to 3:45 pm Friday at Mount Moriah Lutheran Church in the Fellowship Hall.

Mr. Higgins was born May 13, 1949 in North Wilkesboro. He was a son of the late Page Woodrow Higgins and Margaret Hodnett Higgins. Mr. Higgins retired from the former Fiber Industries and also worked at VetPride at the VA Hospital in Salisbury. He was a member of Mount Moriah Lutheran Church. Mr. Higgins was an avid Atlanta Braves and Dallas Cowboys fan, and loved his old westerns.

In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a brother, William "Bill" Higgins.

Mr. Higgins is survived by his wife, Sarah Overcash Higgins; daughter, Jennifer Lentz and husband Greg of China Grove; two grandchildren, Marisa Lentz and fiancé Jeffrey, and Sara Lentz; and two nephews, David and Jeff Higgins.

Memorials may be sent to Mount Moriah Lutheran Church, 750 Mount Moriah Church Road, China Grove, NC 28023.