Other Events and Attributes:

• _AMTID: 162485317449:1030:191555462
• _FSFTID: L5NQ-2J6
• _UID: 99FA0C7805674A3293EBF093A1BCFC449DBD
• Census: 25 Jun 1900, Van Buren, Crawford, Arkansas, United States
• Census: 5 May 1910, De Queen, Sevier, Arkansas, United States
• Residence: 11 Sep 1913, Idabel, McCurtain, Oklahoma, United States; moved from DeQueen, Arkansas to Idabel, Oklahoma
• Misc: 20 Nov 1913, Idabel, McCurtain, Oklahoma, United States; was bit by a dog
• Misc: Jan 1914, Idabel, McCurtain, Oklahoma, United States; attended a party
• Misc: 25 Jun 1914, Idabel, McCurtain, Oklahoma, United States; leaving for Nashville, Arkansas to visit family and friends
• Misc: 11 Mar 1915, Idabel, McCurtain, Oklahoma, United States; participated in a school debate
• Misc: 29 Jul 1915, Idabel, McCurtain, Oklahoma, United States; visited family in Texarkana
• Misc: 19 Aug 1915, Idabel, McCurtain, Oklahoma, United States; returned from a three week visit in Arkansas
• Misc: 5 May 1918, Fayetteville, Washington, Arkansas, United States; joined the American Girls Legion, University of Arkansas Battalion; Address:
  University of Arkansas
• Misc: 10 Jan 1919, Fayetteville, Washington, Arkansas, United States; led the Y.W.C.A. post-holiday mid-week meeting
• Misc: 29 May 1919, Fayetteville, Washington, Arkansas, United States; elected vice-president of the junior class; Address:
  University of Arkansas
• Census: 6 Jan 1920, Idabel, McCurtain, Oklahoma, United States
• Occupation: 6 Jan 1920, Idabel, McCurtain, Oklahoma, United States; teacher
• Residence: 1924, Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States; Address:
  4808 Junius
• Misc: 27 Mar 1924, Idabel, McCurtain, Oklahoma, United States; returns to Dallas after a visit to her mother
• Census: 8 Apr 1930, Clinton, Hinds, Mississippi, United States; Address:
  Leah St.
• Residence: 1 Apr 1935, Anguilla, Sharkey, Mississippi, United States
• Census: 30 Apr 1940, Anguilla, Sharkey, Mississippi, United States

Notes:

The 1900 census records Lida's name as Lida Cason Higgs.

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Misc:
While playing with some companions and a dog, at the home of J.B. Isbell Sunday afternoon, Lida Higgs was bitten by the dog. The wound is not thought to be serious.

Misc:
Monday evening, Mrs. W. H. Thompson, assisted by Miss Hattie Bell Isbell, entertained in honor of her son, Lewis, and a number of young people attended. The evening was spent in entertaining games. Harry Love, standing highest in the prize awarding contest, received a beautiful box of stationery. Elegant refreshments were served. Among those present were Misses Mary Lee Dewitt, Noreen Ellers, Mabel Smith, Augustine McCrary, Gladys Fulmer, Kate Isbell, and Lida Higgs and Masters Cecil Baxter, Sandlin Ball, Barton McClendon, Harry Love, and Edgar Freeman.

Misc:
From "School Notes", The library society hosted a debate on the proposition "Resolved, that women should have suffrage in Oklahoma." Lida Higgs argued for the negative.

Misc:
J.W. Higgs and daughter Miss Lyda Higgs are visiting at Texarkana.

Misc:
Miss Lida Higgs arrived home today from a three weeks visit to points in Arkansas.

Misc:
The organization of the University of Arkansas battalion of the American Girls Legion has been fully completed. One hundred and fifty-nine university girls have enrolled and two companies have been formed from this number. Regular drill will be had every Saturday afternoon. Lida Higgs, Idabel, Okla.

Misc:
Mrs. Griff Lee returns to Dallas after visiting her mother Mrs. J.W. Higgs.

Buried:
FINDAGRAVE: http://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=70161393

Lida married Griff Calicutt Lee on 24 Jun 1923 in Idabel, McCurtain, Oklahoma, United States. Griff (son of John Austin Lee and Lucy Jane Burnette) was born on 30 Jul 1896 in Courtland, Panola, Mississippi, United States; died on 4 Nov 1939 in Gulfport, Harrison, Mississippi, United States; was buried in Clinton, Hinds, Mississippi, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• _AMTID: 162485318195:1030:191555462
• _FSFTID: LR76-TLY
• _UID: 06C5D279D94746A28D4EAE3A62A03DB9D98E
• Census: 8 Apr 1930, Clinton, Hinds, Mississippi, United States; Address:
  Leah St.
• Residence: 1 Apr 1935, Anguilla, Sharkey, Mississippi, United States
• Census: 30 Apr 1940, Anguilla, Sharkey, Mississippi, United States

Notes:

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Died:
Griff Calicutt Lee (Jr.), a retired civil engineer, recognized as one of the pioneers of the offshore oil industry, died on April 3, 2018 at the age of 91. Mr. Lee, a long-term resident of New Orleans, was born and lived in Mississippi through high school. He is survived by Eugenia Humphreys Lee his beloved wife of 67 years, sons Griff C. Lee III of Potomac, MD and Robert H. Lee of Monterey, TN, daughter Carol Lee Coiron, son-in-law John J. Coiron of Winston-Salem, NC and grandson Eric Lee Desforges of Roanoke, VA. He was a member of St. Charles Avenue Presbyterian Church and the New Orleans Country Club, and a former member of The Bienville Club, the Rotary Club of New Orleans, the Pendennis Club, the World Trade Center, the Petroleum Club, the Plimsoll Club and City Energy Club as well as the Azalea Club. He served in the U. S. Navy during World War II and received a Bachelor's Degree from Tulane and a Masters Degree from Rice, both in Civil Engineering. He was a member of Phi Delta Theta fraternity. In 1948 he began his professional career with the Humble Oil Company, now Exxon. In 1954, he was employed by J. Ray McDermott as a Design Engineer and progressed to the positions Principal Design Engineer, Chief Engineer, Group Vice President of Engineering and Vice President of Research and Development. His entire professional career has been devoted almost entirely to the development and design of fixed offshore structures. In the industry, he was known as the father of the fixed platform. In 1955, working with another engineer, he is credited with inventing the skirt pile foundation system for offshore platforms and the first use of the launching technique for installation of platform jackets. Both concepts have been used on almost all deep-water offshore platforms that have been installed since that time. In 1983 he formed Griff C. Lee Inc. and worked as a consultant in private practice, retiring in 2007. To commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Offshore Industry, in 1997 he was named by the Offshore Technology Conference as one of four individuals to receive the Offshore Heritage Award. In 1998 he was one of the first fifteen to be inducted into the Offshore Energy Center Hall of Fame as an Industry Pioneer. During his professional career he received several honors including being named as Louisiana's first engineer to be elected to the National Academy of Engineering and the first to be named by the American Society of Civil Engineers as a Distinguished Member. He was named as Outstanding Engineering Alumnus by Rice University in 1990-1991. He was inducted into both the Tulane School of Engineering and the Rice University Hall of Fame and in 2006 he received the award for "Distinguished Service to the College of Engineering" by the University of New Orleans. In 2012 he was given the Wall of Fame award by the American Society of Civil Engineers. He was an active member of several Engineering Societies. He served as member of technical committees for the American Petroleum Institute, the Department of Interior, the American Bureau of Shipping, Lloyd's of London, Norske Veritas of Oslo, Norway and the Canadian Standards Association. He was a registered Professional Engineer in the States of Alaska, California, Louisiana, and Texas and served on the Board of Advisors for the Visiting Committees of Tulane, UNO, Rice, the University of Texas and MIT. The funeral service will be held at 2:00 on Monday April 9, 2018 at St. Charles Ave. Presbyterian Church. A reception will follow at the church. A private burial will be held at Lake Lawn Park Mausoleum. Donations may be made to St. Charles Ave. Presbyterian Church or the . To view and sign the online guestbook, please visit www.lakelawnmetairie.com
Published in The Times-Picayune on Apr. 8, 2018

Griff married Mary Eugenia Humphreys [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Carol married Sidney Chandler Desforges, Jr. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Carol married John Coiron [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]