Sally Ann Higgins, age 73, formerly of Gainesville, died Tuesday, August 21, 2018 in Atlanta. Ann was born in Gainesville, Georgia, the daughter of Samuel Theodore Higgins and Sally Kerns Higgins. She attended Brenau College and graduated from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga with a Bachelor of Science degree in Secondary Education, certified to teach English. She taught high school English for seven years and was awarded the Leaders of Secondary Education for the U.S. for her work in helping students contemplating suicide or with drug and alcohol problems. Her students knew they could call her for help any time.
Ann left the teaching profession and began her long and varied career in marketing and public relations. A favorite position of hers was as Director of Marketing & Advertising for Lenox Square Shopping Center in Atlanta. At Lenox Square, Ann worked on the Peachtree Road Race and was responsible for planning the well-known July 4th fireworks held at Lenox Square. One year, Ann talked Dante of Dante’s Down the Hatch restaurant fame into bringing his antique fire engine to Lenox before the race, and Ann and her twin cousins, Evelyn and Judy, got to throw free Lenox Square t-shirts into the crowd before the race started.
Upon leaving Lenox Square, Ann formed her own marketing & PR business, Higgins and Associates, which she ran for over thirty years. The Dahlonega Chamber of Commerce awarded her the Outstanding Tourism Award for Sales and Marketing for her work on the corporate sales package of Forrest Hills Mountain Resort and Conference Center. One of her gifts was helping business owners tell their stories.
In addition to her business work, and more important to who she really was, Ann was a Spiritual Healer, Life Coach, and great friend. Ann placed the highest priority on relationships, and if you were her friend, she would do anything for you at any time of day. For example, for one friend’s birthday, Ann drove from Gainesville to Atlanta just to take the friend a special dessert.
Clients of her spiritual readings and life coaching frequently used the words “intuitive,” “accurate,” “truth,” and “positive” about Ann’s readings and guidance. Ann read both Tarot cards and Angel cards. She was a Reiki Master, and she loved helping people heal and reach their truth and their potential.
Ann loved her red lipstick and sequined hats and was known to plant a kiss smack dab on the top of a bald man’s head if the mood struck her. She loved bright colors and sunflowers, and she could find the positive in any situation. Ann loved front porches, the North Georgia mountains, St. Simons Island, and sharing her heart with others. Even as a young child, she had an adventurous spirit, earning her the nickname Annie-Go!
Ann never let her own health woes crush her indomitable spirit. Fly free, Annie-Go!
She leaves behind numerous extended family members and a wide variety of friends whose lives were changed by her loving, giving presence. In lieu of flowers, the family asks you to do something beautiful and positive to honor her memory.
Graveside services will take place Sunday, August 26, 2018 at 3pm at Alta Vista Cemetery in Gainesville, Georgia. Floral Hills Funeral Home of Tucker, GA is handling the arrangements.
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