JOHN ALLEN HIGGINS, JR.

JOHN ALLEN HIGGINS, JR. WAS BORN ON AUGUST 2, 1960, IN MIAMI, FLORIDA. HE WAS THE SON AND THIRD CHILD OF MARY GRANTHAM AND JOHN HIGGINS, SR. HE PASSED AWAY ON MARCH 21, 2023, AT SOMERS HOSPICE HOUSE IN SEBRING, FLORIDA.

JOHN WORKED AS AN ELECTRICIAN.

HE GREW UP IN MIAMI ALONG WITH HIS SIBLINGS PAMELA, SUSAN, JAMIE, TIMOTHY AND BRIAN. 

JOHN MET HIS FUTURE WIFE, JOAN GORDON, WHILE LIVING IN PEMBROKE PINES. SHE SHARED THEIR LOVE STORY OF CHANCE MEETING. JOAN MENTIONED SHE AND HER FRIEND WAS WATCHING THE WORLD SERIES ON TELEVISION AND HE WALKED BY TAKING HIS TRASH OUT TO THE GARBAGE RECEPTACLE. A CONVERSATION BETWEEN THE TWO OF THEM STARTED AND THEY DECIDED TO GO OUT ON A DATE, WHICH LED TO A MARRIAGE ON JANUARY 11, 1988. JOHN AND JOAN HAVE A DAUGHTER TOGETHER, ASHLEY.

IN 1999, JOHN AND JOAN MOVED TO ELIJAY, GEORGIA TO BE CLOSE TO HIS PARENTS. THEY LATER MOVED TO CORAL SRINGS, FL AND IN 2016, MOVED TO SEBRING, FLORIDA.

JOHN LOVED ANTIQUE CARS AND ATTENDING CAR SHOWS. HIS WIFE ALSO SAID HE LOVED NASCAR RACING. JOHN AT ONE POINT OWNED A 1966 EL CAMINO THAT WAS FEATURED IN THE MOVIE " SMOKEY AND THE BANDIT".  IN SEBRING, PEOPLE WOULD REMEMBER JOHN BY HIS 1989 CHEVY TRUCK, HE NICKNAMED, "BIG RED". JOAN SAID HE LOVED TO COOK AND GOING TO HOOTER'S FOR THEIR WINGS.

JOHN WAS PROCEDED IN DEATH BY HIS PARENTS AND HIS SISTER, PAM HIGGINS.

JOHN IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE, JOAN HIGGINS; DAUGHTER, ASHLEY GLASS AND SON-IN-LAW JONATHAN; GRANDDAUGHTERS, MACKENZIE AND LILY GLASS; SIBLINGS, SUSAN ROGERS; JAIME HOLDEN, TIMOTHY BARNETT AND BRIAN HIGGINS.

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