Forrest Raymond Higley

1941 - 1967  (26 years)

• Name	Forrest Raymond Higley
  Born	21 Jan 1941	St Albans, WV   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Died	15 Dec 1967	Ohio River
  Buried	Vinton, Gallia, Ohio, USA
  Notes	Higley, Forrest Raymond Daily Tribune, Gallipolis, OH December 21, 1967 F R Higley 29th Victim of 'Bridge ' The McCoy Funeral Home of Vinton will announce services for Forrest Raymond Higley, 26, Rt. 2 Bidwell, whose body was recovered from a James Merry Co. truck after it was pulled from the Ohio River late Wednesday night. Higley's body was the 29th to be recovered and identified in Friday night's collapse of the Silver Bridge at Kanauga. Born Jan. 21, 1941, at St. Albans, W.Va., he was the son of Basil K and Elsie Stonaker, who reside on Rt. 2 Bidwell. The family came to Gallia County in 1953. A veteran of 13 months in Vietnam, Higley was discharged in March 1967. He was a 1958 graduate of North Gallia High School. He is survived by his widow, the former Marty Ervin, and her son, Robbie Ervin, by a previous marriage; two sisters, Mrs. Joyce Robie, Rt. 1 Bidwell, and Loma Higley, Rt. Bidwell, and a brother, Kenneth Higley, Rt. 2 Bidwell. Raymond was one of the 46 people who died when the Silver Bridge collapsed on 12/15/1967.
  Person ID	I48008	WVPioneers
  Last Modified	26 Jan 2016

  
  

  Father	Basil Kenneth Higley,   b. 26 Sep 1918, Charleston, Kanawha, West Virginia, USA ,   d. 15 Aug 2009, Gallia County, Ohio, USA  (Age 90 years)
  Mother	Elsie Stalnaker,   b. 16 May 1920, Gay, Jackson, West Virginia, USA ,   d. 22 Jan 2016, Franklin County, Ohio, USA  (Age 95 years)
  Married	9 Oct 1938	Jackson County, West Virginia, USA   [2]
  Family ID	F38	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 21 Jan 1941 - St Albans, WV  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S21] Obit. [S17] Marriage Records, Jackson Co, WV.