Bettie Higgs

1903 - 2000  (96 years)

• Name	Bettie Higgs
  Birth	24 Nov 1903	De Queen, Sevier, Arkansas, United States   [1, 2]
  Gender	Female
  Census	5 May 1910	De Queen, Sevier, Arkansas, United States   [3]
  Residence	11 Sep 1913	Idabel, McCurtain, Oklahoma, United States   [4]
  	moved from DeQueen, Arkansas to Idabel, Oklahoma
  Misc	2 Sep 1915	Idabel, McCurtain, Oklahoma, United States   [5]
  	Misc
  	Miss Bettie Higgs has returned from a visit to DeQueen.
  Misc	16 Jul 1919	Nashville, Howard, Arkansas, United States   [6]
  	Misc
  	Miss Bettie Higgs, of Idabel, Okla, and Miss Lucile Smith, of Tyler, Texas, are visiting Miss Bill Dennison in this city.
  Census	6 Jan 1920	Idabel, McCurtain, Oklahoma, United States   [7]
  Census	4 Apr 1930	Idabel, McCurtain, Oklahoma, United States   [8]
  	Address: South Central Ave
  Residence	1 Apr 1935	McCurtain, Oklahoma, United States   [9]
  	Rural McCurtain County
  Residence	1938	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma, United States   [10]
  	Address: 1917 NW 23rd
  Census	8 May 1940	White Township, McCurtain, Oklahoma, United States   [9]
  _AMTID	162485317452:1030:191555462
  _FSFTID	L5NQ-KMN
  _UID	E5829CF4E3F04A129B5DAC36B54F1BCCEB90
  Death	25 May 2000	Edmond, Oklahoma, Oklahoma, United States   [1, 2]
  Burial	Idabel, McCurtain, Oklahoma, United States   [11]
  	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
  Person ID	I3526	Scott Dickson
  Last Modified	17 Jan 2022

  
  

  Father	John William Higgs,   b. 7 Apr 1859, Magnolia, Columbia, Arkansas, United States d. 2 Mar 1918, Idabel, McCurtain, Oklahoma, United States (Age 58 years)
  Mother	Eliza Johnson Cason,   b. 24 Jun 1868, Carrollton, Pickens, Alabama, United States d. 7 Mar 1941, Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States (Age 72 years)
  Marriage	3 Mar 1889	Arkadelphia, Clark, Arkansas, United States   [12]
  Family ID	F258	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Thomas Dunn Finney,   b. 21 Feb 1899, Lawrenceburg, Lawrence, Tennessee, United States d. 14 Jun 1968, Paris, Lamar, Texas, United States (Age 69 years)
  Marriage	15 Mar 1924	Idabel, McCurtain, Oklahoma, United States   [13]
  	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, Oklahoma, United States d. 6 Feb 1978, Bethesda, Montgomery, Maryland, United States (Age 52 years)
  Family ID	F260	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	19 May 2025

  
  

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• Sources

  [S604] SSDI - Ancestry, 23 December 2014; Bettie Finney; 444-12-6138; Oklahoma (Before 1951). [S1057] Ancestry - 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. [S1733] Newspapers.com The Nashville News, Local News; 16 July 1919; 17 January 2022. [S716] 1920 US Federal Census, McCurtain Co., OK, Idabel; ED 157; sheet 9 A; dwelling 164, family 180, ; Lida Higgs. [S1787] 1930 US Federal Census, McCurtain Co., OK, Idabel; ED 45-17; Sheet 6-A; Dwelling 119, Family 128; Tom Finney. [S680] 1940 US Federal Census, McCurtain Co., OK, White Township; ED 45-32; sheet 15-B; dwelling 268; Thomas D. Finney; 22 July 2012. [S688] Ancestry, U.S., City Directories, 1822-1995, 23 December 2014; Thom. D Finney, 1938, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. [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.