Jeanette Higgins LUBBOCK-Jeanette Higgins passed away Monday, Nov. 14, 2016. Family and friends will gather to celebrate her life of 79 years on Saturday, Nov. 19, 2016, at 2 p.m. at Lake Ridge Chapel and Memorial Designers. A tribute of Jeanette's life may be found at www.memorialdesigners.net, where you may leave memories and expressions of sympathy for her family. Jeanette was born on Oct. 13, 1937, to Albert and Leland Murray in Seymour, Texas. She married Robert Higgins on June 9, 1956, and soon after they moved to Hobbs, NM. They spent sixty years together building precious memories, a wonderful home, and a loving family. Jeanette graduated with an Associate's Degree in Nursing in 1973. For nearly three decades she worked as a nurse in New Mexico and Texas, touching the lives of all those she cared for. She was a devoted wife, mother, grandmother, and friend. Survivors include her husband, Robert Eugene Higgins; children, Beverly Snodgrass and husband, Tommy of Hobbs, NM, Steven Higgins of Lubbock, Texas, and Stanley Higgins and wife, Anne of Albuquerque, NM; grandchildren, Amanda and Aubrey Snodgrass, Veronica, Lindsey, Connad Higgins; and many nieces, nephews, cousins, and friends. She is preceded in death by her parents, Albert Wesley and Leland Malinda Murray; sisters, Mary and Doris; brothers, William, Albert, and Charles; and daughter-in-law, Athena Higgins. Memorial contributions are welcome and the family suggests, Kindred Hospice, 3223 S Loop 289 #318, Lubbock, TX 79416, www.kindredathome.com/about-us/donations/.