Earl Higginbotham
October 25, 1931 — September 2, 2008
Earl Higginbotham
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Earl H. Higginbotham, 76, of Bruceville, passed away Tuesday, September 2, 2008 at his residence.
Graveside services will be 10 a.m. Friday at Waco Memorial Park with Bro. Roy Marshall officiating. Visitation will be 6 p.m. – 8 p.m. Thursday at OakCrest Funeral Home, 4520 Bosque Blvd. A memorial video honoring his life will be shown.
Earl was born in St. Joseph, Louisiana, on October 25, 1931, to Amon Marshall and Myrtle Elizabeth (Watson) Higginbotham. He married Nena Theonia Nicholson on September 8, 1951 in Rolling Fork, Mississippi.
Earl retired in 1991 as a Systems Analyst with Farm Bureau after 32 years of faithful service.
Earl loved to play the guitar since a young boy, had a dry sense of humor, enjoyed photography, and was a dedicated genealogist for the Higginbotham family. He loved spending time with his family, especially his grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his parents; two sons, Clay and Duke Higginbotham; and a grandson, Ty Higginbotham.
He is survived by his wife, Nena; a son, Stanley Higginbotham and wife Jeanie of Lorena; a daughter, Sandy Hill and husband John, of China Spring; a brother, Carl Higginbotham and wife Margaret of Groesbeck; two sisters, Menie Jo Barfield and husband Bill of Newellton, Louisiana, and Katherine Chilosm of Prairieville, Louisiana; eleven grandchildren; and ten great-grandchildren; and my special angel, Dorothy Hogans.
Earl H. Higginbotham, 76, of Bruceville, passed away Tuesday, September 2, 2008 at his residence.
Graveside services will be 10 a.m. Friday at Waco Memorial Park with Bro. Roy Marshall officiating. Visitation will be 6 p.m. – 8 p.m. Thursday at OakCrest Funeral Home, 4520 Bosque Blvd. A memorial video honoring his life will be shown.
Earl was born in St. Joseph, Louisiana, on October 25, 1931, to Amon Marshall and Myrtle Elizabeth (Watson) Higginbotham. He married Nena Theonia Nicholson on September 8, 1951 in Rolling Fork, Mississippi.
Earl retired in 1991 as a Systems Analyst with Farm Bureau after 32 years of faithful service.
Earl loved to play the guitar since a young boy, had a dry sense of humor, enjoyed photography, and was a dedicated genealogist for the Higginbotham family. He loved spending time with his family, especially his grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his parents; two sons, Clay and Duke Higginbotham; and a grandson, Ty Higginbotham.
He is survived by his wife, Nena; a son, Stanley Higginbotham and wife Jeanie of Lorena; a daughter, Sandy Hill and husband John, of China Spring; a brother, Carl Higginbotham and wife Margaret of Groesbeck; two sisters, Menie Jo Barfield and husband Bill of Newellton, Louisiana, and Katherine Chilosm of Prairieville, Louisiana; eleven grandchildren; and ten great-grandchildren; and my special angel, Dorothy Hogans.
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