Huggins, Kevin GLADEWATER - Kevin Huggins passed from this earth to his heavenly home on Tuesday, March 13, 2007, due to a sudden illness. Kevin was a 1998 graduate of Gilmer High School, and a 2003 graduate of East Texas Baptist University. He was a member of East Mountain Baptist Church. He was employed by Verizon Wireless in Atlanta, Ga. Kevin was greeted at the gates of heaven by his mother, Barbara Huggins; his grandfather, Oliver Ward; and grandmother, Lena Huggins. He is survived by his father, Lindley Huggins, and stepmother, Linda Huggins, of East Mountain; one sister, Kristine Horton, and brother-in-law, James Horton, of East Mountain; two nephews, J.P. and Connor Horton of East Mountain; a stepbrother, David Rosenau of Austin; grandmother, Lavern Ward of Longview; grandfather, J.W. Huggins of the Perryville Community; as well as numerous uncles, aunts and cousins. Kevin was loved and cherished by everyone who knew him, and we are all better people for having Kevin in our lives. Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday, March 17, 2007, at East Mountain Baptist Church. Interment will be in Lakeview Memorial Gardens in Longview. Officiating the services will be Brother Brady Owens of Lufkin and Brother Prentis McGee of Gladewater. Visitation will be from 6-9 p.m. Friday evening, March 16, 2007, at Croley Funeral Home in Gilmer. Published in the Longview News-Journal on 3/15/2007.