Wrenacres

1903 - 2000 (96 years)

Name	Bettie Higgs
Born	24 Nov 1903	DeQueen, Sevier Co., Arkansas [1, 2]
Gender	Female
Census	5 May 1910	DeQueen, Sevier Co., Arkansas [3]
Residence	11 Sep 1913	Idabel, McCurtain Co., Oklahoma [4]
	moved from DeQueen, Arkansas to Idabel, Oklahoma
Misc	2 Sep 1915	Idabel, McCurtain Co., Oklahoma [5]
	returned from a visit to DeQueen
	Miss Bettie Higgs has returned from a visit to DeQueen.
Census	6 Jan 1920	Idabel, McCurtain Co., Oklahoma [6]
Residence	1938	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Co., Oklahoma [7]
	Address: 1917 NW 23rd
Census	8 May 1940	White Township, McCurtain Co., Oklahoma [8]
Died	25 May 2000	Edmond, Oklahoma Co., Oklahoma [1, 2]
Buried	Idabel, McCurtain Co., Oklahoma [9]
	Address: Denison Cemetery
	Neither Tom nor Bettie is buried in Idabel, Oklahoma, even though they have a stone there.. Tom is buried with his parents in Lawrenceburg, Tennessee. Bettie was cremated and the cremains are the possession of her granddaughter, Susan Finney McKinney. FINDAGRAVE: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=23664540
		Headstone - Tom and Bettie Higgs Finney Neither Tom nor Bettie is buried here. Tom is buried with his parents in Lawrenceburg, Tennessee. Bettie was cremated and the cremains are the possession of her granddaughter, Susan Finney McKinney.
Person ID	I3526	Scott Dickson's Family
Last Modified	27 Mar 2017

Father	John William Higgs, b. 7 Apr 1859, Magnolia, Columbia Co., Arkansas , d. 2 Mar 1918, Idabel, McCurtain Co., Oklahoma (Age 58 years)
Mother	Eliza Johnson (Lida) Cason, b. 24 Jun 1868, Carrollton, Pickens Co., Alabama , d. 7 Mar 1941, Dallas, Dallas Co., Texas (Age 72 years)
Married	3 Mar 1889	Arkadelphia, Clark Co., Arkansas [10]
Family ID	F258	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Thomas Dunn Finney, b. 21 Feb 1899, Lawrenceburg, Lawrence Co., Tennessee , d. 14 Jun 1968, Idabel, McCurtain Co., Oklahoma (Age 69 years)

Married 15 Mar 1924 Idabel, McCurtain Co., Oklahoma [11]

For some reason, the marriage record calls Aunt Bettie Bettie Jane. No one can ever recall her having any sort of middle name. None of her sisters had middle names.

Children

1. Thomas Dunn Finney, Jr., b. 20 Jun 1925, Idabel, McCurtain Co., Oklahoma

, d. 6 Feb 1978, Bethesda, Montgomery Co., Maryland

(Age 52 years)

Last Modified 22 Jul 2020

Family ID F260 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Event Map

	Born - 24 Nov 1903 - DeQueen, Sevier Co., Arkansas
	Census - 5 May 1910 - DeQueen, Sevier Co., Arkansas
	Residence - moved from DeQueen, Arkansas to Idabel, Oklahoma - 11 Sep 1913 - Idabel, McCurtain Co., Oklahoma
	Misc - returned from a visit to DeQueen - 2 Sep 1915 - Idabel, McCurtain Co., Oklahoma
	Census - 6 Jan 1920 - Idabel, McCurtain Co., Oklahoma
	Married - 15 Mar 1924 - Idabel, McCurtain Co., Oklahoma
	Residence - Address: 1917 NW 23rd - 1938 - Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Co., Oklahoma
	Census - 8 May 1940 - White Township, McCurtain Co., Oklahoma
	Died - 25 May 2000 - Edmond, Oklahoma Co., Oklahoma
	Buried - Address: Denison Cemetery - - Idabel, McCurtain Co., Oklahoma

Photos » Slide Show		Higgs Sisters
		Lida, Faver, Bettie, and Tom
		Bettie and Mary Higgs
		Bettie Higgs Some people disagree that this is Bettie Higgs. However, she, herself, told me that this picture is her.

[S604] SSDI - Ancestry, 23 December 2014; Bettie Finney; 444-12-6138; Oklahoma (Before 1951).
[S1057] U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007, 27 March 2017; Bettie Higgs Finney, SSN 444126138.
[S573] 1910 US Federal Census, Sevier Co, AR, Bear Creek Twp, DeQueen; ED 171; sheet 17B; dwelling 291, family 301; John W. Higgs.
[S981] McCurtain Democrat Record, Local and Personal; 11 September 1913; Held on Microfilm at the Oklahoma Historical Society, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
[S981] McCurtain Democrat Record, Local and Personal; 2 September 1915; Held on Microfilm at the Oklahoma Historical Society, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
[S716] 1920 US Federal Census, McCurtain Co., OK, Idabel; ED 157; sheet 9 A; dwelling 164, family 180, ; Lida Higgs.
[S688] U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989, 23 December 2014; Thom. D Finney, 1938, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
[S680] 1940 US Federal Census, McCurtain Co., OK, White Township; ED 45-32; sheet 15-B; dwelling 268; Thomas D. Finney; 22 July 2012.
[S641] Find A Grave, 23 December 2014; Bettie Higgs Finney; Bettie Higgs Finney; 23664540; Sandie Manning Lambert.
[S606] Arkansas County Marriages Index - 1837-1957, 11 August 2012; Lida Cason to J. W. Higgs.
[S1069] Oklahoma, County Marriages, 1890-1995, 27 March 2017; Bettie Jane Higgs to Thomas Dunn Finney, 15 Mar 1924, Idabel, McCurtain Co.

Bettie Higgs