Hoyle N. Higgason, 85, passed away on Thursday, February 1, 2024, at his home in Louisville, Mississippi. Visitation will be Friday, February 2 from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. at Nowell-Massey Funeral Home in Louisville. Visitation will also be the day of the service from 9 a.m. until service time at the funeral home. Funeral services will be Saturday, February 3, at 10:00 a.m. in the Nowell-Massey Funeral Home Chapel with Reverend Mike Childs officiating. Interment will immediately follow the service in Louisville Memorial Cemetery.
Hoyle was born in Winston County, Mississippi, on February 1, 1939, to Kirby Higgason and Girvis Whitten Higgason. He is a member of Louisville First Methodist Church. Hoyle began his career at Rogers Furniture Company in Louisville. He retired as a foreman in the Water Department of Louisville Utilities. Later, he worked at Sanders Oil. He was a very organized perfectionist who wanted everything just right. Hoyle was an outdoorsman who enjoyed working in the yard with his wife; working his cows; and he absolutely loved his Massey-Ferguson tractor. He was also an excellent cook; he was known to make a layered birthday cake with homemade icing for each family member’s birthday celebration and for his chicken and dumplings. He answered the call of his country by serving 25 years in the Army National Guard.
Hoyle is survived by his loving wife of 68 years, Sara Burnett Higgason; and his daughters: Beverly Graham and husband, Ronnie; and Bridget Morgan and husband, Joe, all of Louisville. One of his greatest joys was being “Papaw” to his grandchildren: Jennifer Graham (Chris) Wylie, Matthew Graham, Meagan Graham, Courtney Morgan, Emily Morgan, and Brandt Morgan; as well as his four great-grandchildren: Josie Kate Graham, Ayla Wylie, Chris Wylie, Jr., and Wyatt Wylie. He was preceded in death by his parents; his twin brother, Doyle Higgason; and his older brother, Reverend Paul Higgason.
Memorials in honor of Hoyle may be given to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital online at stjude.org; or to Shriners Children’s Hospitals online at shrinerschildrens.org or mailed to Louisville First Methodist Church, P. O. Box 523, Louisville, MS 39339 including name of whom memorial honors and name of who is to be notified.
Services are under the direction of Nowell-Massey Funeral Home, 724 North Columbus Avenue, Louisville, MS. Memories and condolences may be shared with the family by signing the guest register at www.nowellmasseyfuneralhome.com.
