Birdie Faye Dixon Higgins, 92, died on May 27, 2022 at her home in Comfort.
A funeral service will be held at Sneed-Carnley Funeral Chapel in Lampasas at 10 a.m. June 3, with an 8-10 a.m. visitation prior to the service.
Burial will follow at Oak Hill Cemetery in Lampasas.
Faye was born on March 28, 1930 on a farm near Owl Creek in the small community called Seattle in Coryell County. Her parents were Alvis Dixon and Mary Vida (Tippit) Dixon.
Faye grew up in the Owl Creek Community and graduated from Flat High School in 1949. After high school, she moved to Temple, where she worked for Bell Telephone as a telephone operator.
She married John Tom Higgins Jr. of Lampasas on Nov. 17, 1951. They were married for 40 years and raised three children.
Faye was a bookkeeper and worked in her husband’s law office until he retired.
She believed one of her greatest accomplishments was to be the first female elected to the Lampasas Independent School District Board of Trustees and then the first female president of the board. However, many would argue that her true calling was being a friend. She never missed a birthday, prom, graduation or marriage, or any reason to bake a peach cobbler or pecan pie.
Faye is survived by her two daughters: Karla Higgins Lancaster of Lampasas, and Abbie Crenwelge of Comfort and husband Dale; brothers James Dixon and wife Allene, and Jackie Dixon and wife Jeanette, all of Gatesville; a sister, Pat Palmer and husband James of River Forrest, Illinois; and grandchildren Alandra Lancaster-Teodorescu and husband Danny of San Antonio, Brandon Lancaster and wife Patty and greatgranddaughter Mia of San Antonio, Cameron Crenwelge of Houston, and Peyton Crenwelge of Dallas.
She was preceded in death by her husband, John Tom Higgins Jr. of Lampasas; her son, John Tom Higgins III, M.D. of Lampasas; and a brother, Joe Dixon of Temple.
Memorial donations may be made to Hill Country Memorial Hospice of Fredericksburg, 808 Reuben St., Fredericksburg, TX 78624, or VFW Post 8539 of Lampasas, 481 U.S. Hwy 190, Lampasas, TX 76550.
