Nena Higginbotham
October 17, 1932 — July 15, 2014
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Nena Higginbotham
Nena T. Higginbotham
October 17, 1932 – July 15, 2014
Nena T. Higginbotham, 81, of China Spring, passed away Tuesday, July 15, 2014 at a local hospital. Graveside services will be 10 a.m. Friday at Waco Memorial Park with Rev. Roy Marshall officiating. Visitation will be 6-8 p.m. Thursday at OakCrest Funeral Home, 4520 Bosque Blvd.
Nena was born in Philadelphia, Miss., to Lonnie and Dora Edna (Herrington) Nicholson. She married Earl Higginbotham September 8, 1951 in Rolling Fork, Miss., and they moved to Waco in 1960. Nena was a simple lady who enjoyed life to the fullest and especially enjoyed traveling with her husband. Nena loved her family and extended family, and was an excellent Mimi to her grandchildren and great-grandchildren who loved her dearly.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband Earl in 2008; sons, Stephen Clay Higginbotham in 1974 and Lonnie “Duke” Higginbotham in 2008, and grandson, Ty Higginbotham in 2006.
She is survived by her son, Stanley Earl Higginbotham of Bruceville; daughter, Sandra Ann Hill and husband, John of China Spring; daughter-in-law, Debra Wall of China Spring; granddaughters, Dawn and Mandy; grandsons, Jeremy, Trey, Jarrod, Chad, Cory, Jade, Adam, Robert and Kyle; and 14 great-grandchildren.
October 17, 1932 – July 15, 2014
Nena T. Higginbotham, 81, of China Spring, passed away Tuesday, July 15, 2014 at a local hospital. Graveside services will be 10 a.m. Friday at Waco Memorial Park with Rev. Roy Marshall officiating. Visitation will be 6-8 p.m. Thursday at OakCrest Funeral Home, 4520 Bosque Blvd.
Nena was born in Philadelphia, Miss., to Lonnie and Dora Edna (Herrington) Nicholson. She married Earl Higginbotham September 8, 1951 in Rolling Fork, Miss., and they moved to Waco in 1960. Nena was a simple lady who enjoyed life to the fullest and especially enjoyed traveling with her husband. Nena loved her family and extended family, and was an excellent Mimi to her grandchildren and great-grandchildren who loved her dearly.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband Earl in 2008; sons, Stephen Clay Higginbotham in 1974 and Lonnie “Duke” Higginbotham in 2008, and grandson, Ty Higginbotham in 2006.
She is survived by her son, Stanley Earl Higginbotham of Bruceville; daughter, Sandra Ann Hill and husband, John of China Spring; daughter-in-law, Debra Wall of China Spring; granddaughters, Dawn and Mandy; grandsons, Jeremy, Trey, Jarrod, Chad, Cory, Jade, Adam, Robert and Kyle; and 14 great-grandchildren.
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