A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10:00 AM on Thursday, December 28, 2006 in St. John's Catholic Church, Hollywood, MD with Fr. Raymond Schmidt officiating. Interment will follow in Charles Memorial Gardens, Leonardtown, MD.

Public visitation will be held in the funeral home on Wednesday, December 27, 2006 from 5 - 8 PM with prayers being said at 7:00 PM.

Amie R. Higgs, 85, of Leonardtown, MD died December 21, 2006 in Leonardtown, MD. Born March 15, 1921 in Hollywood, MD, she was the daughter of the late Stephen E. and Estelle Mae Raley McGee.

She was preceded in death by her husband Wilmer Vernon Higgs, whom she married on April 5, 1974 in VA. She is survived by her daughter Agnes V. Morgan of Flowood, MS and son Ronald W. Dorsey of Lexington Park, MD and step daughters Shirley Wilkerson, Janet Nagle and Jean Bartelmes of Mechanicsville, MD. She is also survived by her long time friends and caregivers Mary Norris, Paul Goddard and Julia Sieverston as well as 5 grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren. She was also preceded in death by her son John E. Dorsey and her siblings Agnes Gatton, Nettie Joy, Leatha Norris, Emily Greenwell, Henry McGee and William McGee.

Mrs. Higgs was a lifelong St. Mary's County resident where she was a housekeeper for the Belvedere Hotel.

The family will receive friends in the Mattingley-Gardiner Funeral Home on Wednesday, December 27, 2006 from 5 – 8 PM with prayers being said at 7:00 PM.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10:00 AM on Thursday, December 28, 2006 in St. John's Catholic Church with Fr. Raymond Schmidt officiating. Interment will follow in Charles Memorial Gardens. Pallbearers will be Robert Norris, Jr, Christopher Stewart, Bobby Morgan, Jack Russell, Bobby Quade and Paul Goddard.

Contributions may be made to Meals on Wheels and/or Hospice of St. Mary's, P.O. Box 625, Leonardtown, MD 20650.