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Maryland Bullard “Dusty” Huggins Jr.

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Maryland Bullard “Dusty” Huggins Jr.

Birth
Timmonsville, Florence County, South Carolina, USA
Death
24 May 1973 (aged 61)
Florence, Florence County, South Carolina, USA
Burial
Timmonsville, Florence County, South Carolina, USA Add to Map
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SLED Agent Lt. Huggins Dies at 61
SLED Lt. M. B. (Dusty) Huggins, 61, died early Thursday morinig in a Florence hospital after a short illness.

Born in Timmonsville on Sept 3, 1911, he was the son of the late M.B. and Louella Cox Huggins. He was a member of the Timmonsville Southern Methodist Church and a member of the Benton Masonic Lodge No. 25 AFM.

Lt. Huggins, a veteran pilot who pioneered agricultural aviation in the Southeastern and Northeastern United States, joined SLED in 1955 and was credited with saving at least 15 lost persons lives and the discovery and destruction of more than 10,000 illegal liquor distilleries through his aerial reconnaissance for the state.

Logging more than 30,000 flying hours during his 30 year long aviation career, Lt. Huggins was one of the founders of the S.C. Breakfast Club, N.C. Aero Club and the SC Flying Farmers. He was a member of the Aviation Pathfinders Club, OX-5 Club of America, Silver Wings, Antique Aircraft and Experimental Aircraft Association.

A professional crop duster and flight instructor, Lt. Huggins taught hundreds of persons how to fly. Basing his SLED aerial operation from his own Huggins Airport near Timmonsville, he was an active pilot until his death.
SLED Agent Lt. Huggins Dies at 61
SLED Lt. M. B. (Dusty) Huggins, 61, died early Thursday morinig in a Florence hospital after a short illness.

Born in Timmonsville on Sept 3, 1911, he was the son of the late M.B. and Louella Cox Huggins. He was a member of the Timmonsville Southern Methodist Church and a member of the Benton Masonic Lodge No. 25 AFM.

Lt. Huggins, a veteran pilot who pioneered agricultural aviation in the Southeastern and Northeastern United States, joined SLED in 1955 and was credited with saving at least 15 lost persons lives and the discovery and destruction of more than 10,000 illegal liquor distilleries through his aerial reconnaissance for the state.

Logging more than 30,000 flying hours during his 30 year long aviation career, Lt. Huggins was one of the founders of the S.C. Breakfast Club, N.C. Aero Club and the SC Flying Farmers. He was a member of the Aviation Pathfinders Club, OX-5 Club of America, Silver Wings, Antique Aircraft and Experimental Aircraft Association.

A professional crop duster and flight instructor, Lt. Huggins taught hundreds of persons how to fly. Basing his SLED aerial operation from his own Huggins Airport near Timmonsville, he was an active pilot until his death.

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