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carl higgsULYSSES – Carl Stephen Higgs, 78, died Sunday, Oct. 4, 2020 at Bob Wilson Memorial Hospital in Ulysses. 

He was born July 3, 1942 to Willard Carl and Frances “Shanny” Lou Anna (Coats) Higgs in Rocky Ford, Colo. 

He married Katherine Sue Allen Sept. 1, 1962 in Ulysses. She survives.

After graduating from Grant County Rural High School, he started farming sugar beets with his father and went on and continued farming until he retired in 2010. During his career, he grew several crops and also ran some wheat pasture cattle. 

He enjoyed hunting and fishing and also had a fleet of quarter horses he raised and trained and competed with his wife.

He served as a Grant County Commissioner from 1995 to 2015.

Survivors also include daughter, Sherry Annis and husband, Beaty, Ulysses; son, Stephen Higgs and wife, Bobbi, Ulysses; brother, David Higgs and wife, Teri, Ulysses; sisters: Darla Lee Wyeno, Olney Springs, Colo., Lou Ann Summers and husband, Merle, Blackwell, Okla., and Tracie Lamberson and husband, Garry, Kennewic, Wash.; brother-in-law, Mark Tully, Pagosa Springs, Colo.; seven grandchildren: Brynden Annis, Tate Annis and wife, Jessica, Cole Higgs and wife, Makayla, Cayden Higgs and wife, Shirea, Shae Higgs, Steven Leatherman, and Dallas Leatherman; and four great-grandchildren: Bentley, Easton, Bryndle, and Everleigh.

He was preceded in death by his parents; daughter, Shelley Dawn Higgs; brother, Curtis James Higgs; sister, Janice Mary Tully; and brother-in-law, Harry Wyeno.

• Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. Friday, Oct. 16, 2020 at the Ulysses Cemetery in Ulysses with Reverend Todd Guinn presiding. The service may also be viewed on Garnand Funeral Home’s Facebook page via Facebook Live. 

Friends may call from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 15, 2020 at Garnand Funeral Home in Ulysses. 

Memorials are suggested to the First United Methodist Church in care of Garnand Funeral Home, 405 W. Grant Ave., Ulysses, KS 67880. 

Condolences may be left at www.garnandfuneralhomes.com