Juliet Higdon Kilgore, 76, of Summerville, SC died Sunday evening at home surrounded by her loving family.

Mrs. Kilgore was born February 4, 1935 in Cisco, GA, the daughter of Aileen and Woodrow Higdon. She was a longstanding member of Summerville Baptist Church and the Julia Yost Sunday School Class. She was an active member of the Lottie Moon Mission and dedicated many hours creating beautiful quilts for the benefit of the fund. She loved needlework, gardening and spending time with her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

Mrs. Kilgore was preceded in death by her husband, SMSgt. Arnold Conroy Kilgore, her mother and father, and her brother, Noel Higdon. Surviving are four daughters: Deborah Kilgore Lindeen and her husband, Raymond of Houston, TX, Dinah Kilgore of Houston, TX, Beth Kilgore Woodall and her husband Russell of North Charleston, SC and Lori Kilgore of Pearland, TX; as well as grandsons, Matthew Alan Woodall of Summerville, SC and Alexander Ryan Kilgore of Pearland, TX; great-grandsons, Matthew Henry "Hank" Woodall and Luke Russell Woodall; and brother, Larry Frank Higdon of Rockport, TX.

The funeral service will be held in Summerville Baptist Church, 417 Central Avenue Wednesday, January 4, 2012 at 1:00 pm. The family will receive friends at the church from 11:00 am until the time of the service. Local arrangements by J. HENRY STUHR, INC., NORTHWOODS CHAPEL.

A funeral service and interment will follow at New Hope-Kilgore Cemetery, Chatsworth, GA under the direction of Love Funeral Home, Dalton, GA.

In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to the Lottie Moon Mission Fund, c/o Summerville Baptist Church.