Richard Higgins

RICHARD EGBERT HIGINIO HIGGINS KNOWN TO FAMILY AND FRIENDS AS CLIPPS MR. HIGGINS WAS BORN ON APRIL 04, 1935 IN DANGRIGA TOWN BELIZE. HE IS THE SECOND CHILD BORN TO PERCIVAL HIGINIO AND LUISA MARTINEZ. RICHARD ATTENDED SACRED HEART PRIMARY SCHOOL IN DANGRIGA TOWN, BELIZE. THERE HE MET HIS FIRST WIFE ESTELLA THOMAS WHO PRECEDED HIM IN DEATH WHOM HE HAD FIVE CHILDREN WITH: EGBERT HIGINIO JR, BERNARD HIGINIO, NELSON HIGINIO MARTINEZ, LUISA HIGINIO WHITE AND SUSANA HIGINIO MARTINEZ.
RICHARD MOVED TO GUATAMALA CITY IN 1957 WHERE HE WORKED AS A DRIVER. HE MOVED BACK TO BELIZE IN 1963. IN 1970 HE MET HIS WIFE LUCILLE MARTINEZ WITH WHOM HE HAS FOUR CHILDREN: DELVORINE MARTINEZ, GLENN HIGGINS SR. SHANTE HIGGINS WELCH AND RHODA HIGGINS.RICHARD MIGRATED TO LOS ANGELES CALIFORNIA IN 1972 WHERE HE WORKED AS A SECURITY OFFICER FOR OVER 30 YEARS.
RICHARD ENJOYED LIFE TO THE FULLIEST. HE WAS THE COFOUNDER OF OMEGA LODGE AND FOUNDER OF SELF INDEPENDENCE GROUP WHERE HE TAUGHT AND GUIDED YOUNG CHILDREN HOW TO DANCE GRANDBALL, BUT MOST OF ALL HE TAUGHT THEM TO BE RESPECTABLE AND ABIDING CITIZENS. RICHARD WAS VERY PASSINATE OF MUSIC AND THE LOS ANGELES LAKERS, THAT HE EVEN COMPOSED THE LAKERS ANTHEM, WHICH FEATURES THE GREAT STEVE AGUSTINE AND THE GUEWIE POSSE. RICHARD IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE: LUCILLE HIGGINS, HIS NINE CHILDREN, THIRTYFIVE GRANDCHILDREN AND FIVE GREAT GRANDCHILDREN.HE LEAVES TO MOURN HIS SIBLINGS: ALICE LAMBEY, THOMAS LOVE, MICHAEL HIGINIO, AND VERNA FIGUROA. AN UNCLE: ANDREW HIGINIO AND AUNTS: SIMINOA MARTINEZ, CECILIA HIGINIO ARANDA AND CESARIA HIGINIO PORTIS. AND A HOST OF RELATIVES, FRIENDS AND FANS.
R.I.P
BELOVED HUSBAND, FATHER, GRANDFATHER, BROTHER, UNCLE AND FRIEND

Visitation

Davis Funeral Home
2127 W. Charleston Blvd
Las Vegas, NV  89102
Friday, April 26, 2013
69 PM

Service

Funeral Service

St. Anne Catholic Church
1901 South Maryland Parkway
Las Vegas, NV  89104
Saturday, April 27, 2013
11:00 AM