OBITUARY: Robert ‘Bob’ Donald Higgins III

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Robert “Bob” Donald Higgins III passed away on October 10th, 2024 at Alive Hospice in Nashville, TN. He was 75.

He is preceded in death by his father, Robert Donald Higgins, Jr. and mother Maxine Monroe Leister.

Bob is survived by Sue Higgins, his wife of 37 years; their son, Adam Higgins; sisters, Maxine (Bill) Kinney and Nancy (Al) Horner; niece, Kathryn (Travis) Peck and nephew, Will (Melanie) Kinney.

Bob was born in Daytona Beach, FL, and grew up in Greensboro, NC. He attended Page High School and Staunton Military Academy where he competed in swimming and football respectively. He earned a degree in biomedical engineering from Georgia Southern University while working at Northside Hospital in Atlanta, GA. After graduation, Bob moved to High Point, NC, where he worked for a number of regional hospitals before taking a position with Electro Medical, a division of Siemens. In 1986, at a sales conference in Chicago, he met his future wife Susan Henkhaus. Bob and Sue lived in Greensboro, NC before moving to Nashville, TN in 1993 where Bob started Higgins Medical Repair. He retired in 2016.

Bob will be remembered as a fun loving, loyal friend and as an adoring son, husband, father, brother and uncle.

A celebration of Bob’s life will be held at a later date.

To leave a condolence, or share a memory of Bob, please visit the Tribute Wall. https://www.austinfuneralservice.com

 

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