Mrs. Nellie Brown Higley, age 91, passed away Monday, September 22, 2014 at Southeastern Hospice House of Lumberton. She was born in Robeson County on January 23, 1923 to the late Hattie Brown. Along with her mother, she was also preceded in death by her husband, Ernest Higley. She is survived by her sons, Bruce Higley and wife, Karen, and Buddy Higley and wife, Jennie, all of Lumberton, four grandchildren, Heath Higley and wife, Jill, Laura Civilla and husband, Derik, Alison Judd and husband, Doug, and Steven Benton and wife, Crystal, all of Lumberton, and seven great grandchildren.