WV Higginbotham Obituaries 1940-1949
Transcribed by William Morris (Bill) Higginbotham
Misterhigg@aol.com
Charleston, WV
1999
Clarksburg Exponent, Saturday 01/27/1940
Ellen V. Roach Higinbotham (1852-1940) WV
Shinnston, Jan. 26—Mrs. Ellen V. Higinbotham, 88, died at 7:30 this morning at the home of a son, C. H. Higinbotham, as a result, it is believed, of shock suffered in a fall Wednesday in a bathroom at the son’s home on Rebecca street.
Services will be held at 2:30 p.m. Sunday in the chapel of Woodlawn cemetery, Fairmont, with the Rev. Herbert U. Thompson of the Shinnston First Baptist church, a neighbor and friend of the family, officiating and interment in Woodlawn.
She was the widow of Charles H. Higinbotham, who died 30 years ago in Fairmont. Her husband was mayor of the East Side in Fairmont and an employee of the old Fairmont Coal company, now the Consolidated Coal company. She was born May 28, 1852, at Harpers Ferry, a daughter of Patrick and Katherine Welch Roach.
Surviving are three sons, Charles Harry Higinbotham, superintendent of the Owings mine of the Consolidated Coal company, Joseph M. Higinbotham of Fairmont and Robert Higinbotham of Jacksonville, Fla.; four grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Mrs. Maurice Reed of 149 Harrison street, Clarksburg, and Mrs. J. Paul Thorn of New York City are her granddaughters.
She came here to live with her son about 10 years ago. For 20 years after her husband’s death she lived with her son, Robert, then of Pittsburgh, Pa.
Charleston Gazette, Saturday 02/17/1940
Olivia Valentine Cunningham Higginbotham (1861-1940) VA/WV
Mrs. Olivia V. Higginbotham, 78, native of Virginia and long-time resident of Spring Hill, died yesterday morning at her home after a long illness.
Services will be held at 8 a.m. today at the Owen and Barth mortuary chapel with Rev. Joe B. Overmyer officiating.
The body will be taken to Lexington, Va., for burial services at 4 p.m. today.
Mrs. Higginbotham was a member of Buena Vista M. E. church of Virginia.
Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. W. L. Meredith of Ashland, Ky., two sons, B. M. Higginbotham of Spring Hill and H. H. Higginbotham of Salem, Va., 11 grandchildren and one great grandchild.
Fairmont Times, Wednesday 03/20/1940
Carol Sue Higginbotham (1940-1940) WV
Mannington, March 19—The death of Carol Sue Higginbotham, infant daughter of Earl and Lula Cole Higginbotham, occurred Monday in Cook hospital, Fairmont. The child was born March 14 in Mannington. Besides the parents, the grandfather, C. L. Higginbotham, of Smithfield, survives.
Funeral services will be held in the home of George Cole in 115 Jefferson street at 10 o’clock, Wednesday morning, with the Rev. Harry Rush officiating. Interment will be in the Pricetown cemetery by J. B. Lazear.
Wetzel Democrat, Thursday 04/25/1940
Orval Edwin Higginbotham (1913-1940) WV
Orval Edwin Higginbotham died in the Wetzel county hospital on April 13 of pneumonia. He was the son of William and Goldie Higginbotham, of Hastings, and was born at Hastings, March 23, 1913.
Funeral services were held at the home of his parents on Tuesday, April 16 with the Rev. N. L. Casey of the Pine Grove Methodist Church officiating. Interment was made in the Knights of Pythias cemetery at Hastings by Harry Palmer.
He is survived by his father, step-mother; two brothers, Melvin Higginbotham, of Pennsylvania, and Glen, at home; and two sisters, Mrs. Edna Williams, of Weirton; and Mrs. Emma Rose Leek, of Hastings.
Charleston Gazette, Sunday 05/05/1940
Margaret Marie Higginbotham (1925-1940) WV
Rev. J. A. Whitlow will conduct rites at 2 p.m. today at the home of her sister, Mrs. C. F. Persinger of Ward, for Miss Margaret Marie Higginbotham, who died Friday. Burial will be in Ward cemetery with the Hunter and Hunter mortuary at Madison in charge.
Surviving are her parents, Mr. and Mrs. O. F. Higginbotham of Ridgeview; four sisters, Mrs. Herbert Whiteley and Miss Nora Higginbotham of Ward; Miss Lucille Higginbotham and Miss Helen Lee Higginbotham of Ridgeview; four brothers, Robert, Albert and Ira Higginbotham of Ward and William Higginbotham of Ridgeview.
Charleston Gazette, Tuesday 08/13/1940
William Henry Higginbotham (ca1869-1940) VA/WV African American
Services will be held at 2 p.m. tomorrow at the Acme Methodist church for Henry Higginbotham, 71, who died Sunday at the home of a daughter, Mrs. Anna Brown of Red Warrior. Rev. J. C. Young will officiate and the Pryor mortuary of East Bank will have charge of burial in Red Warrior cemetery.
Also surviving are another daughter, Mrs. Myrtle McKinney of Omar, and two sons, Raymond of Eskdale and Petris of Mallory.
The body will be removed to Mrs. Brown’s home today.
Bluefield Daily Telegraph, Saturday 10/19/1940
Jestine Jones Young Higginbotham (1874-1940) VA/WV African American
Mrs. Jeston Higginbotham died Friday night at the home of her son, W. G. Young, 125 Park street. Mrs. Higginbotham has been an invalid for a number of years. She is survived by two sons, W. G. Young, of this city, Siemon Young, of New York city, and Miss Cecil Young, a daughter, of New York. Funeral announcements will be announced.
Nicholas Republican, Thursday 11/14/1940
Charles Edward Higginbotham (1854-1940) VA/WV
The death of Charles Edward Higginbotham, 87, occurred on Sunday, November 10, 1940. A native of Amherst county, Virginia, he had lived in Richwood for a number of years.
As a young man he was united in marriage to Miss Mattie Sherman who preceded him in death some five years ago.
They were the parents of three sons and two daughters each of whom survive. They are Howard Higginbotham of Akron, Ohio; William Higginbotham of Toledo, Ohio; Glen Higginbotham of Cincinnati, Ohio; Mrs. Beulah Hannah of Akron, Ohio; and Mrs. Marvin Westfall; Miss Emogene Westfall and Mrs. Thomas Parletta.
Funeral services were conducted on Tuesday, November 12, in the parlors of the Simmons Funeral Home by the Rev. George Peek. Interment was made in the Richwood cemetery.
Charleston Gazette, Monday 01/13/1941
Philena Keffer Halstead Higginbotham (1856-1941) WV
Mrs. Philena Higginbotham, 86, died at her Blooming Rose home yesterday after a short illness and will be buried in Mechanic cemetery near the Church of Christ where services are to be conducted by Rev. W. P. Dial at 1 p.m. tomorrow. She is survived by four sons, John, Mathew, Charles and W. C. Halstead; three daughters, Mrs. Annie Clendenin, Peytona; Mrs. Sirilda O’Mera, Chelyan; and Mrs. Ella Cantley, Blooming Rose; two brothers, Samuel Keffer of Hinton and J. E. Keffer, Alderson; two sisters, Mrs. Rebecca Clendenin, Hico; and Mrs. Sara Bird, Clendenin; 44 grandchildren and 41 great-grandchildren.
Bluefield Daily Times, Sunday 04/20/1941
Alabama Lilly Higginbotham (1892-1941) WV
Headline: Mrs. Higginbotham Funeral Services Set This Afternoon
Mrs. Alabama Higginbotham, 48, died at her home on the old Athens road at 9:50 o’clock Friday night following an illness of three years.
Funeral services will be conducted at the Kee Street Methodist church at 2 o’clock this afternoon by the Rev. L. D. Yost, pastor, and the Rev. Z. F. Mayberry, of Glenwood Park. Interment will be in Shannon cemetery at Pettry. The body will lie in state at the church from 1 to 2 o’clock this afternoon.
Nephews will serve as pallbearers and nieces will be flower bearers.
Mrs. Higginbotham was a member of the Kee Street church. She leaves four daughters, Mrs. Robert Renn and June Higginbotham, of Princeton; Mrs. Estle Walters and Mrs. Roy Swaggerty, North Tazewell, Va., and one son, J. H. Higginbotham, Princeton; and following brothers and sisters, Mrs. Mary Bridges, Roseburg, Ore., Mrs. Ida B. Gautier, Athens, Mrs. Lawson Martin, Dunns; Mrs. P. W. Pine, Pettry; Mrs. L. C. Gilliam, Gaithersburg, Md.; L. J. Lilly, Athens; Mrs. J. B. Eades, Camp Creek, and E. E. Lilly, of Maryland.
Fairmont Times, Saturday 04/26/1941
James Leonard Higinbotham (1853-1941) WV
Headline: Native of Fairmont; Burial in Woodlawn Cemetery Sunday
James Leonard Higinbotham, aged 87 years, a native of Fairmont and widely known resident of the Monongahela valley, died about noon yesterday in the home of his son, Frederick Higinbotham, in Carolina. A heart attack caused his death.
Mr. Higinbotham was a son of the late Dr. Samuel Higinbotham and Ann Lamb Higinbotham, and was born here August 17, 1853.
His wife, the former Miss Mary Work, is deceased.
There are four sons and three daughters surviving, Howard, of Tampa, Fla.; Samuel of Fairmont; Fred, of Carolina; Claude of Cumberland, Md.; Mrs. Ellen West, of Fairmont, Mrs. Susie Nixon, of Boothsville, and Mrs. Maural Holmes, of Farmington, Route 1.
Funeral services will be at 2:30 o’clock Sunday afternoon. The place for holding the services is to be announced. Burial will be made in Woodlawn cemetery, this city, by Harmer & Son, of Shinnston.
State Sentinel, Wednesday 05/07/1941
Clark Wesley Higginbotham (1879-1941) WV
Funeral services for Clark Wesley Higginbotham, 62, were held in the home of his sister, Mrs. Martha Boley at Thurmond Tuesday afternoon at 3:00 o’clock. The Rev. L. M. Legg of Lookout officiated and burial was in the family cemetery on the Boley farm.
Mr. Higginbotham died at his home in Fire Creek Sunday afternoon of a heart ailment.
He was born in Nicholas county but had been living in Fayette county for the past 48 years. He was employed by the Fire Creek Coal and Coke company.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Maude Higginbotham, his mother, Mrs. Mary Higginbotham, five sisters, Mrs. Martha Boley, Thurmond; Mrs. Cynthia Harris, Bellburn; Mrs. L. D. Bailes, Charleston; Mrs. Williams Bowling, Kincaid; Mrs. B. W. Blaseld, Winona; three brothers, J. A. Higginbotham and N. W. Higginbotham of Fire Creek; and Henry Higginbotham, Burry; one daughter, Mrs. Herbert Waybright, Charleston.
The Charleston Gazette 05/28/1941
Willie Mae Higginbotham Howard (1903-1941) WV African-American
Mrs. Willie Howard of Prudence died yesterday morning in a Charleston hospital.
Surviving are a daughter, Miss Corintha Wheeler; her father, Henry Higginbotham; two sisters, Mrs. Jessie Willard and Mrs. M. A. Brown; three brothers, Elick, Henry and Alger Higginbotham.
The body was removed to the Campbell funeral home.
State Sentinel, Wednesday 07/02/1941
Lawrence Blane Higginbotham (1921-1941) WV
Headline: Funeral Services Held For Drowning Victim
Funeral services for Lawrence Higginbotham, 20, whose body was recovered from New River Saturday, were conducted at the Beury mountain community church by Rev. L. M. Legg. Burial was in the Central cemetery.
Higginbotham, Elverton miner, was drowned while swimming near Elverton Thursday.
He is survived by his father, Henry Higginbotham, Fire Creek; five brothers, John, Stone Cliff; Clark, Kathryn; Lewis and Robert, Fire Creek; five sisters, Mrs. Clara Harrah, Mrs. Louise Watson, Arbutus, Hilda and Wilda Higginbotham, all of Fire Creek.
Fairmont Times, Friday 07/25/1941
Betty June Higginbotham (1941-1941) WV
Headline: Higginbotham Daughter Dies Suddenly at Home
Mannington, July 24—Betty June Higginbotham, three-weeks-old infant daughter of Okey L. and Sara Alice Stevens Higginbotham, died suddenly this morning in their home near Seven Pines.
With the parents, five sisters and two brothers survive: Opal, Marie, Ocie Pearl, Icie Katherine, Jessie, Ralph and Okey.
The paternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Lee Higginbotham, are living, as does the maternal grandmother, Mrs. Flora Stevens.
Funeral services will be from the home near Seven Pines Friday afternoon at 2 o’clock. Interment will be in the Jones cemetery on Dent’s Run by Huey and Jones.
Wetzel Democrat, Thursday 10/02/1941
George Arthur Higginbotham (1901-1941) WV
Headline: Higginbotham Killed In Mishap, Fell Under Wheels Of Big Truck Last Saturday
George Arthur Higginbotham, 40, widely known tractor operator of the city, who had been employed by the State Road Commission for the past several years was killed last Saturday afternoon when he fell under the wheels of a big truck hauling gravel on the Schupbach Ridge road near town. He fell under the wheels of the truck as he was attempting to jump on while it was moving and was crushed.
Funeral services were conducted Tuesday afternoon at the Wharton Funeral Home in charge of Rev. Don Hindman and interment was made in Northview cemetery.
Mr. Higginbotham was born on February 24, 1901, a son of Mrs. Annie Jane Mathews and the late Albert G. Higginbotham. He lived at 382 Short street, and was a member of the First Methodist Church.
Besides his mother he leaves his wife, Mrs. Louise Truex Higginbotham, one daughter, Mabel and a son, George Bryan, both at home.
One sister, Mrs. C. M. Rush, and four brothers, Charles, Oscar and A. G. Higginbotham, of New Martinsville; and W. E. Higginbotham, of Cisco, Texas, also survive, besides a host of more distant relatives and many sorrowing friends.
Charleston Gazette 11/04/1941
Rudolph S. Higginbotham (1900-1941) WV/CA
Rudolph Higginbotham, 41, son of E. C. Higginbotham of Monongalia street and the late Ida J. Higginbotham, was to be buried at Hollywood, Calif., Thursday afternoon following funeral services at his Hollywood residence. Mr. Higginbotham died Sunday morning of a heart attack. Before going to California 10 years ago he was a bookkeeper for the Peoples Exchange Bank for several years.
Charleston Gazette, Saturday 11/15/1941
George Pleasant Higginbotham (1869-1941) WV
Services will be held at 2 p.m. tomorrow at Kelley’s Creek Church, near Martin’s Branch, for George Higginbotham, 74, a retired merchant, who died Thursday night at his home, Charleston Route 4, after along illness.
Rev. J. Hammonds will officiate and burial will be in Page cemetery. The body was removed yesterday from the Noble Long mortuary to the residence.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Cynthia Higginbotham; a daughter, Mrs. Pearl Norman of Route 6, Charleston; five sons, Dale, at home, Dean, Malcolm and Lester of Route 4, Charleston, and Chester of Poca, and a brother, J. W. Higginbotham of Nitro.
The Charleston Gazette 11/27/1941
Hannah Elizabeth Garnes Higginbotham (1853-1941) WV
Mrs. Hannah Elizabeth Higginbotham, 88, widow of Charles Higginbotham, died yesterday in her home near Liberty after a long illness. The body was removed to Noble Long mortuary.
Surviving are three sons, Dr. Cecil Higginbotham of Dunbar and Perry and Park Higginbotham of Allen's Fork; and four daughters, Mrs. Lula Summers and Mrs. Irvin Summers of Charleston, Mrs. Leslie Carney of Sissonville and Miss Mary Higginbotham, at home.
Charleston Gazette, Friday 12/05/1941
Virginia Frances Hayes Higginbotham (1852-1941) WV
Mrs. Virginia Francis Higginbotham, 89, mother of six children and who had 42 grandchildren, died at noon yesterday in her home at Nitro.
Her children are Mrs. Mary Smith and Mrs. Erma Smith of Nitro, Mrs. Eva Higginbotham and Mrs. Myrtle Jeffries of Red House, Charles Higginbotham of Dunbar and Alvin Higginbotham of Nitro. A sister, Mrs. Alice Hedrick of Nitro, also survives.
Services will be held at 1:30 p.m. tomorrow at the Antioch Baptist church with Rev. Jarrett Chandler and Rev. J. H. Burchett officiating. Burial will be in New Antioch cemetery with the Bartlett mortuary of St. Albans in charge.
Charleston Gazette, Wednesday 04/08/1942
Ernestine VanHook Higginbotham (1912-1942) WV African American
Mrs. Ernestine Vanhook Higginbotham, 29, of Levi, died Monday night in a local hospital.
Surviving are her husband, Frank Higginbotham; three sons, Harold, Frank Gordon and Ernest Clayborn Higginbotham; a daughter, Carolyn Patricia; four brothers, Arlo Vanhook of Washington, D.C., Georgie Vanhook of Stanford, Delmar Vanhook of Levi and Kenneth Vanhook, a student at West Virginia University. The body is at the Harden and Harden mortuary.
Charleston Gazette, Monday 04/27/1942
Russell Ernest Higginbotham (ca1917-1942) WV
Pauline Burke Higginbotham (1922-1942) WV
Front page headline: 2 Women, Man Killed In Automobile Wreck, Car Plunges on Railway Tracks Near London; 4th Injured
Two women and a man were killed about 9:20 last night when the automobile in which they were riding went out of control on the Midland trail, left the road and landed on the New York Central tracks in the path of a westbound freight train near London. The impact was such, state police said, that the front wheels of the locomotive were derailed. A fourth person was critically injured.
The dead: Russell Higginbotham, Smithers; Pauline Higginbotham, his wife; Ethel Gibson, London.
Injured and taken to Laird Memorial hospital at Montgomery was a man identified as James Landers or Lanham, of London. He was still unconscious this morning.
Clyde Groves, Charleston, who was at the scene of the wreck, said that Miss Gibson’s body was found about 200 feet east of the point of collision, a short distance above the London dam.
The bodies were taken to the B. C. Hooper mortuary, Montgomery.
Charleston Gazette, Tuesday 04/28/1942
Joint Funeral Slated For Accident Victims
Burial Will Be Tomorrow For Higginbotham Pair, Killed By Train
Joint services will be held at 3 p.m. tomorrow at Mt. Olive cemetery at Marting for Russell Ernest Higginbotham, 24, and his wife, Mrs. Pauline Higginbotham, 19, who were killed Sunday night when the automobile in which they were riding got out of control on the Midland trail, left the road and landed on the New York Central tracks in the path of a westbound train near London.
The body of Ethel Gibson of London, also killed in the accident, is at the B. C. Hooper mortuary at Montgomery, pending funeral arrangements.
The condition of James Landers of London, injured in the accident, remained critical at the Laird Memorial hospital at Montgomery.
Rev. Okey Webb will officiate. The bodies will be removed today to the home of Mr. Higginbotham’s sister, Mrs. Thelma Whittington of Smithers.
Also surviving Mr. Higginbotham are his mother, Mrs. Pearl Higginbotham; a brother, John Lewis Higginbotham, and two sisters, Mildred and Betty Jo Higginbotham, all of Marting.
Surviving Mrs. Higginbotham are her mother, Mrs. Charles Burke of London; three brothers, Gilbert Burke of Gallagher, William Burke of Smithers and Charles Burke, Jr., of London; two sisters, Mrs. Helen Erwin of Rich Creek, Va., and Miss Loraine Burke of London.
Bluefield Daily Times, Tuesday 06/09/1942
Flora Lee Atkinson Higginbotham (ca1874-1942) WV
Funeral services for Mrs. Flora L. Higginbotham who died at St. Luke’s hospital yesterday following a brief illness, will be conducted at the First Methodist church, Bluefield, Va., at 3:30 today. The Rev. E. A. Shugart, pastor of the church will be in charge of the services, assisted by the Rev. H. S. Cummins, of Memorial Baptist church and the Rev. W. P. Eastwood, pastor of Bland Street Methodist church.
The deceased was the widow of the late Bane S. Higginbotham and was formerly a member of Bland Street church, later transferring her membership to Trinity Methodist church of Deland, Fla.
She is survived by one brother, E. H. Atkinson, of Deland, four children; Earl S. and Bane Hensley Higginbotham of Deland, Mrs. J. E. Wagner of Bluefield, Va., and Mrs. Douglas Griffin, of Sanford, Fla.; four grandsons, Richard and Shelby Higginbotham of the U. S. Navy, Chicago, Ill.; and William E. and Bane Hensley Higginbotham, Jr., of Deland.
Pallbearers will be B. W. Dillon, C. N. Petty, E. L. Holsopple, G. R. Osborne, C. S. Pippin, Dr. W. G. Wagoner, H. B. Thompson and Bruce H. Crockett.
Burial will be in Walnut Grove cemetery.
The family requests that flowers be omitted.
The Charleston Gazette, 06/29/1942
Martha E. Higginbotham Boley (ca1874-1942) WV
Mrs. Martha E. Boley, 68, died yesterday at the Thurmond mountain home of her son, L. B. Boley after a six months illness. Services there will conducted at 2:30 p.m. tomorrow and the Collins mortuary of Thurmond will direct burial in the Demock mountain cemetery. She was a member of the Mount Julia Baptist church in Nicholas county.
She leaves two sons, Lew of Thurmond and Vernon in the army; and four daughters, Mrs. Rachel Simmons, Middleburg, Mrs. Mar Corker, Meadow Creek, Mrs. Jennie Sears, Thurmond, and Mrs. Lizzie Withrow, Chesapeake. Other survivors include three brothers, Jesse A. and Newton W. Higginbotham, Fire Creek, and Henry S. Higginbotham, Thurmond; and four sisters, Mrs. Cynthia Harris, Bellburn, Mrs. Lizzie Bailes, South Charleston, Mrs. Bertha Bowling, Kincaid, and Mrs. Anna Blofeldt, Winona, and her mother, Mrs. Mary Higginbotham of Thurmond.
Charleston Gazette, Sunday 07/26/1942
Laura Ann Harmon McCormick Higginbotham (1861-1942) WV
Mrs. Laura McCormick Higginbotham, 81, of Coal River Road, near St. Albans, died yesterday morning at her home.
Services will be held at 3 p.m. today at the residence with Rev. J. E. Myers officiating. Burial will be in Teays Hill cemetery with the Bartlett mortuary at St. Albans in charge. The body is at the home.
Mrs. Higginbotham was the daughter of Rev. Thomas Harmon, founder of the Antioch Baptist church of which she was a charter member.
Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. W. W. Henley and Miss Alice Higginbotham, at home; three sons, B. Y. McCormick and P. H. Higginbotham, both of St. Albans, and H. H. Higginbotham of South Charleston; two brothers, W. D. and R. F. Harmon, both of Confidence.
Montgomery Herald, Thursday 08/06/1942
Mary Elizabeth Bennett Higginbotham (1855-1942) WV
Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Higginbotham, 87, died early Sunday morning after a brief illness at the home of her daughter, Mrs. William Bowling, at Kincaid.
She had been a member of the Mt. Gillian Baptist church, Nicholas County, for more than 75 years, and her funeral was held there at 2 p.m. Tuesday with Rev. A. H. Chapman of Cedar Grove officiating. Burial was in the church cemetery by Collins mortuary of Thurmond.
In addition to Mrs. Bowling, surviving are a sister, Mrs. Nancy Dorsey, of Nettie; three other daughters, Mrs. Cynthia Harris of Bellburn, Mrs. Lizzie Bailes of South Charleston and Mrs. Anna Blofeld of Winona; three sons, Henry, Newton and Jessie Higginbotham, all of Fire Creek, and 55 grandchildren, 45 great-grandchildren and eight great-great-grandchildren.
Charleston Gazette, Monday 09/28/1942
Ira Edgar Higginbotham (1866-1942) WV
Ira Edgar Higginbotham, 76, a guard officer for the American Viscose corporation at Nitro, died yesterday at his home at 2309 23rd Street, Nitro, after a long illness. He formerly was postmaster at Buffalo.
Services will be held at 2 p.m. tomorrow at the Buffalo Methodist church, and burial will be in the Atkinson cemetery at Buffalo by the Fred Cooke mortuary. The body was removed to the home yesterday.
Surviving are his wife, Grace; two sons, L. L. of Huntington Park, Calif., and Boyd of Nitro; a brother, E. A. of Buffalo; the step-mother, Mrs. Eva Higginbotham of Eleanor; a half-brother, Otho and a half-sister. Miss Gladys, both of Eleanor.
The Charleston Gazette 03/19/1943
Samuel Peyton Higginbotham (1857-1943) WV
Services will be held at 2:30 p.m. today at Cross Creek church for Samuel Peyton Higginbotham, 86, who died Wednesday at the home of his son, Clyde, at Buffalo, after a long illness.
Mr. Higginbotham formerly lived in Charleston where, for many years, he was engaged in the contracting business.
Burial will be in the church cemetery, With Raynes mortuary of Buffalo in charge.
Surviving, in addition to Clyde, are six other sons, Brady Harry and Gilbert, all of Charleston, Charley of Big Chimney, Bernard of Red House, and Pvt. K. E. of Camp Shelby, Miss., and one daughter, Miss Mary Higginbotham of Peterstown.
The Charleston Daily Mail 04/16/1943 page 11
Lennie Messer Higginbotham (1885-1943) WV
Mrs. Lennie Higginbotham - 58, wife of M. F. Higginbotham, of Notomine, died Thursday at home.
Surviving: five sons, Sgt. Bill, army; Hubert W. and Millard Percy of Whitesville; Jesse Lee of Gallagher, and Arley Roscoe of Dunbar; two daughters, Mrs. Macel V. George of Columbus, OH and Miss Thelma Louise Higginbotham, home; one brother, Joe Messer of Brush Creek; a twin sister, Mrs. Mamie Belcher of Lex; Mrs. Minerva Hughes of Ashford and Mrs. Haney Prater of Welch. Services Saturday at 1 p.m., Notomine Community church. Pryor mortuary, East Bank
Clarksburg Telegraph Thursday 05/06/1943
Leslie Roy Higinbotham (1909-1943) WV/New
Guinea
Shinnston, May 6—(S)—William J. Higinbotham of Lumberport was notified by
the War Department last night of the death of his brother, Roy Higinbotham,
following an illness of scrub typhus and pneumonia in New Guinea.
His death occurred on April 27, the date a first telegram was received by the
Higinbothams stating that he had been stricken on April 18 and was seriously
ill.
He was born April 24, 1909, in Fairmont, a son of the late James Higinbotham and
Amelia Ann Higinbotham of Lumberport. They resided for many years in Shinnston,
later moving to Gypsy where they resided until the last few years. Higinbotham
entered the Army in April, 1942. At one time he was a member of the Shinnston
Volunteer Fire department. Prior to his induction he was employed by the
Baltimore & Ohio Coal and Coke company mine at Willard, near Shinnston.
Surviving are his mother, Mrs. Anna Higinbotham of Lumberport, and two brothers,
William J. Higinbotham of Lumberport, and Clovis Higinbotham, of Elkins.
Charleston Gazette, Friday 06/11/1943
Ambrose Grayson Higginbotham (1872-1943) WV
Ambrose Grayson Higginbotham, 71, architect, building contractor and real estate dealer, died at 6 a.m. yesterday at his home, 1716 Virginia St. E., after an illness of several weeks.
Services are to be held at 2:30 p.m. tomorrow at the home with Rev. William E. Crane, pastor of Ruffner Memorial Presbyterian church, officiating. The Masonic lodge will conduct rites at the cemetery. The Simpson mortuary is in charge of arrangements and the body is at the home.
Born in Logan County
Mr. Higginbotham was born in Logan County, the son of Andrew and Narcissus White Higginbotham. He spent his youth in Logan, Boone and Lincoln counties and came to Charleston at the age of 20 and began working as a carpenter. In 1899 he became engaged in contracting and architectural work and designed a great many of the structures which he built prior to 1922. He then discontinued his architectural work and devoted his time to the contracting business. In 1927 he organized a partnership with his sons and had operated since that time under the firm of A. G. Higginbotham and Co.
Although his interests were primarily in the contracting business, he was considered an expert in the field of real estate and his advice and counsel was extensively sought by investors, home owners and Building and Loan associations and banks. The past year his firm had been engaged in war plant construction at the West Virginia Ordnance works, Pt. Pleasant.
Some of the buildings constructed by Mr. Higginbotham are the City Hall, Charleston High School, Horace Mann and Cabell Jr. High Schools, Coyle and Richardson, Charleston Hardware, Daniel Boone Hotel, Chesapeake and Ohio building at Huntington, several churches and hundreds of residences in Charleston and the Kanawha Valley.
Former Board Member
He was a member of the Charleston board of education for 24 years. He resigned from the board to construct Charleston High School.
Shortly after coming to Charleston he married Mary Frances Medley, who died in 1929. He married Mrs. Gertrude Jarrett of Charleston in 1939.
He was a 32d degree Scottish Rite Mason, Knight Templar, member of York lodge and Beni Kedem Shrine, the Elks, IOOF and Knights of Pythias. For years he was a member of the Shrine band in which he played the tuba.
Surviving are his wife; two sons, George Weir of Charleston and John Denton of South Charleston; two daughters, Mrs. Thomas Riggs of Huntington and Mrs. Ralph W. Burton of Charleston; six grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
The West Virginia News, Thursday 07/29/1943
LaVicie Barnes Moore Higginbotham (1853-1943) VA/WV
Mrs. LaVicie Moore Higginbotham, 90, widow of Reese Thompson Higginbotham, widely known farmer of this county, died at her home at Frankford last Wednesday evening, July 21, 1943. She was a native of Tazewell county, Virginia, born in Abb’s Valley Jan. 1, 1853, but had lived at Frankford for many years on one of Greenbrier’s best farms. Surviving her are two sons and five daughters; William M. and Oscar D. Higginbotham and Miss Amanda Higginbotham, all of Frankford, Mrs. Charles G. Rader of near Maxwelton, Mrs. C. C. Rodgers of near Ronceverte, Mrs. Raymond E. Bright of Frankford and Mrs. R. M. Baldwin of Ellison, Va. A sister and a brother also survive, Mrs. Mary Davidson of Tazewell, Va., and Oscar B. Moore of Falls Mills, Va. The funeral services were held Friday morning at 11 o’clock at the home, conducted by the Rev. C. W. Fink, district superintendent of Lewisburg district Methodist Church, and the Rev. R. W. Wilson, pastor of Frankford Methodist Church, of which she was a member. Burial was in Frankford cemetery in charge of Wallace morticians of Lewisburg.
Charleston Gazette, Monday 08/23/1943
Franklin Thomas Higginbotham (1943-1943) WV African American
Franklin Thomas, 2-week-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Higginbotham, of Rand, died Sunday morning at the home. The body is in the Preston-Lawson mortuary pending arrangements. A sister, Rose Mary, and brother, Clarence, Jr.; also the grandmothers, Mrs. Mary Higginbotham, Rand, and Mrs. Pearl Mills, Charleston, also survive.
Charleston Gazette, Tuesday 12/28/1943
Audrey Kemp Higginbotham (1913-1943) WV
Mrs. Audrey Higginbotham, 30, died yesterday morning at her home in Riverview. The body was removed to Cunningham mortuary.
Her husband, Emanuel Higginbotham, is serving with the army in Virginia.
Also surviving are her mother, Mrs. Ethel Keeney of Riverview, and two brothers, Jefferson Keeney of the navy and William Keeney of Riverview.
Funeral arrangements have not been completed.
Charleston Gazette, Wednesday 12/29/1943
Services for Mrs. Audrey Higginbotham, 30, who died Monday at Riverview, will be held at 1 p.m. tomorrow at the Cunningham mortuary chapel. Rev. E. G. Hisson will officiate. Burial will be in the Fraziers Bottom cemetery. The body will remain at the mortuary until funeral time.
Charleston Gazette, Monday 03/06/1944
Segious Almeda Hutton Higginbotham (1871-1944) WV
Mrs. Segious Almeda Higginbotham, 72, died yesterday morning in the home of a son, G. L. Higginbotham, at Red House, Putnam county. The body was removed to Bartlett mortuary at St. Albans.
Also surviving are two other sons, C. D. and W. H. Higginbotham, both of Red House; five daughters, Mrs. C. O. Kersey and Mrs. W. E. Trader, both of Red House, Mrs. D. M. Bucklin of Nitro, Mrs. E. E. Bragg of Charleston and Mrs. E. C. Craig of St. Albans; a sister, Mrs. Minerva Tittle of Red House; four brothers, C. E. Hutton of Vickers, Tom Hutton of Charleston, Frank Hutton of Liverpool and Emory Hutton of Higby; 55 grandchildren and 30 great-grandchildren.
Rev. Wesley Garrison will conduct services at 2 p.m. Wednesday in Antioch Missionary Baptist Church, of which the deceased was a member. Burial will be in the church cemetery.
Bluefield Daily Times, Sunday 04/09/1944
Mary Lora Harry Higginbotham (1859-1944) WV
Funeral services for Mrs. Mollie L. Higginbotham, 84, formerly of Bluefield, who died of a heart attack at St. Luke’s Hospital Friday morning, will be held today at 2:30 p.m.
The services will be conducted at Hawkins Funeral home and interment will follow in Walnut Grove cemetery.
Mrs. Higginbotham was a daughter of the late Calvin C. and Mary Elizabeth Hale Harry, who were pioneer citizens of this city. She was a life-long member of the Methodist church.
She is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Harman Woodward, St. Petersburg, Fla., Mrs. George Hamblin, Baltimore, Md.; one brother, Wade H. Harry, this city, and one sister, Mrs. Julia Oliver, Princeton. One brother, R. R. Harry, died January 12.
She is also survived by the following grandchildren: Mrs. W. O. Bivens, Ballard, with whom she resided; Mrs. C. E. Lewis, Charleston; Mrs. W. B. Vaughn, Texas; Lieut. Harman H. Woodward, stationed in Hawaii, and Capt. Sam W. Woodward, serving in China.
Nephews of the deceased will serve as pallbearers and nieces will be flower bearers.
Charleston Gazette, Tuesday 04/11/1944
Noah Wilson Higginbotham (1869-1944) WV
Noah Higginbotham, 73, died yesterday morning at his home in Poca. The body was removed to the Fred Cooke mortuary at Nitro.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. May Higginbotham; two sons, Carl Higginbotham of Dunbar and William Higginbotham at home; and four daughters, Mrs. Frank King and Mrs. Clifford Landers, both of Poca, Mrs. Delbert Cobb of Stanaford and Mrs. Ernest Withrow of Cedar Grove.
Bluefield Daily Times, Sunday 05/21/1944
Edwin Massie Higginbotham (1868-1944) VA/WV
Funeral services will be conducted this afternoon for the Rev. Edwin M. Higginbotham, 75, retired Methodist minister, who died yesterday morning at 5 o’clock, at his home, 703 Highland Avenue, Princeton.
The services will be conducted at 4 this afternoon at Fairview Methodist Church, Washington Heights, Roanoke, with the Rev. J. B. F. Yoke, Princeton, and the Rev. Frank Richardson, pastor of Fairview Church, officiating. Burial will follow in Fairview church cemetery.
The Rev. Mr. Higginbotham spent all his long ministerial life in Virginia. He was a member of A.F. and A.M. No. 26 Madison, Va.
Surviving are his wife, the former Miss Harriet Ann Bondurant; one brother, S. V. Higginbotham, Orange, Va.; four sisters, Mrs. W. C. Beard, Lynchburg, Va.; Mrs. R. L. Knight, Pleasant View, Va.; Mrs. L. T. Guy, Strasburg, Va.; and Miss Mary E. Higginbotham, Orange, Va.; and several nephews and nieces.
Oakland (CA) Tribune 07/08/1944
Paul Higginbotham (1920-1944) WV/CA/South Pacific
Lieut. Higginbotham Dies in Air Crash
The death of Lieut. (jg) Paul Higginbotham, 24, USNR, of
Besides his widow, he leaves a 5-months-old son, Paul II, whom
he never had seen, and his mother, Mrs. May Higginbotham, of Wickham, W. Va. He
was graduated from
Details of Paul Higginbotham’s Death Revealed
Mrs. Claude J. Park,
“I know you are quite anxious to receive this letter. I could tell you so much better if I could see you in person. A letter is so hard to write,” Mrs. Park wrote.
“My son saw your son killed,” the
Claude Park Jr., according to his mother, now is attending
West Virginia Tech, and almost has recovered from serious wounds received over
“Claude Junior’s crew searched for Lt. Higginbotham, but he
must have been killed instantly as his plane climbed upward for a few minutes
and then went tail first into the water" the
“I hope we have been able to help you in your sorrow,” she
wrote. “We can sympathize with you with all our heart. You see, we lost a son on
Claude Park, Jr., according to his mother, spent a year in a Navy hospital and “has six more operations in the future to look forward to.” He plans to attend college for the next four years.
“Claude Junior was stationed in the same squadron with your boy-Squadron 60- and at any time you would like to visit us over the weekend to talk with Junior, I’ll have him come home. I’ll have to know in advance if you should want to see him. You will be welcome to visit us in our home.”
Lt. Higginbotham, who once was a Register carrier boy, was reported to have been killed in action on June 20, 1944.
Charleston Gazette, 08/03/1944
Mae Reese Higginbotham (ca1888-1944) WV/NY
Word was received of the death Aug. 1 at Luzerne, N.Y., of Mrs. Mae Reese Higginbotham, 56, wife of Orvell S. Higginbotham, former Charleston residents.
Also surviving is a brother, L. J. Higginbotham of Charleston.
Services and burial are to be held at Harnell, N. Y.
Bluefield Daily Telegraph, Thursday 08/24/1944
Leota Daisy Johnston Higginbotham (1869-1944) VA/WV
Mrs. Daisy Johnston Higginbotham, 75, widow of the late J. C. Higginbotham I, and one of the pioneer residents of Bluefield, died at her home in Athens at 6:30 yesterday morning. She had been in declining health for sometime and death was attributed to complications.
A short funeral service will be held this afternoon at the Athens Methodist church at 2:30. The service will be conducted by the Rev. J. B. Belcher, pastor of the church, assisted by the Rev. Paul Simms, of Tazewell, and the Rev. A. B. Moore, of Concord college. Interment will follow in the Walnut Grove cemetery in Bluefield.
Active pallbearers will be S. G. Williamson, Dr. Urian Vermillion, Fred V. Cooper, Dorsie Martin, Henry Crawford and Meadar Bird. Flower bearers will be members of the Eastern Star and the Athens Methodist church.
Mrs. Higginbotham was born at Dublin, Va., daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. M. Stuart Johnston, and at the age of 4 years moved with her family to Athens. She was educated at Concord college and Martha Washington college and during her early life taught school in Bluefield, having served as teacher in a small building which served children of some of the pioneer families living in what is now known as the Oakhurst addition.
She was married on June 21, 1893 at Athens to J. C. Higginbotham I, and the lived here in Bluefield from that date until 1905. Mr. Higginbotham was the son of John B. Higginbotham, who was owner of a large section of what is now the heart of the retail center of Bluefield. All of the deeds to this property refer to it have parts of the Higginbotham reservation. The home of John B. Higginbotham stood on a hill which was encircled by Princeton avenue, Stuart and Raleigh streets and Federal street, which was formerly called Higginbotham avenue. It was the site of many social functions during the early days of Bluefield. The home of J. C. Higginbotham was located just north of the post office building. In fact, the post office is built on a site which was obtained from the J. C. Higginbotham home place. Mr. Higginbotham engaged in the livery business and operated the hack lines between Bluefield and Princeton.
It is recalled that when Mr. and Mrs. Higginbotham were married at Athens, Mr. Higginbotham knowing the popularity of his bride in Bluefield and particularly among the school children she taught offered to furnish free transportation to those who wished to attend the wedding. The response was so great that Mr. Higginbotham not only pressed into service every conveyance he had but also the hacks, buggies and surreys which were owned by other livery firms. The procession was said to be more than two miles long.
During her residence in Bluefield, Mrs. Higginbotham was a member of Bland Street Methodist church, but when she moved to Athens in 1910 where she had since resided, she became affiliated with the Methodist church at that place. For 45 of the last 50 years she had been a regular attendant at the Easter Sunday services at Bland Street church.
Mrs. Higginbotham was widely known throughout this section and loved by all who knew her. She knew the history of the pioneers of this city and section, the early life of Bluefield and she found great enjoyment in conversations about the early days of Bluefield and those who made up the population when this city was starting upon its development. Mrs. Higginbotham possessed those fine traits of character that endeared people, and she was a devout Christian, a devoted wife and loving mother.
She is survived by three children, John Crockett Higginbotham II, of Welch; Stuart Johnston Higginbotham, of Parkersburg and Mrs. J. Lewis Hutchinson of Athens. Also seven grandchildren and two great grandchildren survive as does one sister, Mrs. J. C. Pack, of Bramwell, and one brother, S. Foote Johnston, of Wheelersburg, Ohio.
Charleston Daily Mail 09/05/1944
Wilhelmenia Marale Higginbotham (1944) WV African American
Wilhelmenia Marale Higginbotham, 8 months, Rand, Preston-Lawson Funeral home.
Higginbotham, WIlhelmenia Marale, 8 months old daughter of Mrs. Catherine Higginbotham of Rand, died yesterday in a Charleston hospital after a short illness. The body was removed to the Preston-Lawson mortuary. Also surviving is a grandmother, Mrs. Mary Higginbotham of Rand.
The Fairmont Times, Thursday 12/07/1944
Thomas Jefferson Higginbotham (1863-1944) WV
Mannington, Dec. 6—Thomas J. Higginbotham, 81, retired farmer formerly of Earnshaw, died this morning at 11 0’clock. He was a son of the late Enoch and Margaret Minor Higginbotham, and was born near Earnshaw May 12, 1863.
After his retirement he came to Mannington and made his home with his sister, Miss Sara Higginbotham, who survives, also two nephews, J. H. Higginbotham, Clarksburg, and Dr. Alton Higginbotham, Gauley Bridge, and two nieces, Mrs. Donald Baker, Jeromeville, O., and Mrs. William Tustin, Metuchen, N. J., one grand nephew and two grand nieces.
He attended the Methodist church at Earnshaw and was a member of the IOOF at Burton. Funeral services will be Friday afternoon at 2 o’clock in the Huey and Jones funeral home. Rev. Orin D. Curtis of the First Methodist church will officiate. Interment will be in Mannington Memorial Park.
The Athens (OH) Sunday Messenger 01/28/1945
Harold Higginbotham (ca1916-1944) WV
Point-Pleasant-A. C. Higginbotham, of Arbuckle, has been notified that his son Sgt. Harold Higginbotham, was killed in action Dec, 19.
Charleston Gazette, Friday 01/26/1945
Ann Mae Keiffer Higginbotham (1872-1945) WV
Higginbotham, Mrs. Annie—73, died Wednesday night at the home of a son, Otis, of Bownemont. Also surviving are another son, Basil, of Charleston; three daughters, Mrs. Murlie Carte, Mrs. Dicie McKinney and Mrs. Freda Casto, all of Charleston, and 17 grandchildren. The body was removed yesterday from the Cunningham mortuary to the home.
Services will be at noon tomorrow at Oma chapel near Arbuckle. Rev. Hobson D. Fisher will officiate. Burial will be in the family cemetery.
Charleston Gazette, Friday 02/16/1945
Mary Maxine Slater Higginbotham (1891-1945) WV
Higginbotham, Mrs. Mary—53, died yesterday in her home at Poca. Surviving are her husband, Clint Higginbotham; two daughters, Mrs. Roy Lett, Poca, and Miss Jeanette at home, and six sons, Letch, Leff, Elmer and Robert, all of Poca, and Pvts. William and Kermit Higginbotham in the army; a sister, Mrs. Elbin Jones, Poca; and four brothers, Dan Slater, Sissonville; Peyton Slater, Poca; Thomas of Charleston and Estill of Riverdell. The body is at the Fred Cooke mortuary at Nitro.
Charleston Daily Mail 02/22/1945
Estelle Frances Higginbotham Burton (1898-1945) WV
Burton, Mrs. Estelle H. of Ashby Avenue, Fort Hill, and wife of Ralph W. Burton, traffic manager for the Dickenson Fuel Co., died Thursday morning in a local hospital. The daughter of the late A. G. Higginbotham, a local contractor, she was a member of the Ruffner Memorial Presbyterian church. Surviving besides her husband are two children by a former marriage, Pvt. Keith Alexander, Jr., with the Army in Liberal, Kan., and Mrs. S. C. Maupin, South Charleston; two brothers, John and Weir Higginbotham of Charleston; and a sister, Mrs. Thomas Riggs of Huntington. The body is at Simpson Funeral Home, where it will remain for services Saturday afternoon at 3:30 p.m. Rev. J. Moody McNair will officiate, followed by interment in the family lot of the Spring Hill Cemetery. Active pallbearers will be F. R. Summerfield, E. L. Haines, G. E. Griffin, John L. Hunt, W. A. Scott, and Joseph V. Laffen.
Charleston Gazette, Sunday 03/25/1945
Virginia Loretta Tinsley Higginbotham (1916-1945) WV
Higginbotham, Mrs. Virginia Loretta—28, of 1409 Beech Av. The body will remain at Simpson mortuary where services will be at 3 p.m. tomorrow. R. J. Chenoweth of Darlington Methodist church will officiate. Burial will be in Cunningham Memorial Park.
Charleston Gazette, Wednesday 05/23/1945
John Raleigh Higginbotham (1861-1945) WV
Higginbotham, Raleigh, 83, died yesterday at his home at Paradise, Putnam County. Surviving are two sisters, Miss Lula Belle Higginbotham, paradise, and Mrs. Elizabeth Miller, of Kenna, and two brothers, Albert and William Higginbotham, both of Charleston. The body is at the Fred Cooke mortuary at Nitro.
Charleston Gazette, Wednesday 08/15/1945
William Reed Higginbotham Sr. (1875-1945) WV African American
Higginbotham, William Reed—Services will be held at 2 p.m. tomorrow at the Levi Baptist Church. H. P. Woodson will officiate. Burial will be in Ward Cemetery. The body will be at the church two hours before the services. Mr. Higginbotham died Saturday at his home in Rand.
The Morgantown Post, Thursday 08/23/1945
Roger Higginbotham (1944-1945) WV
Roger Higginbotham, 16 months, son of Sherman and Thelma Stewart Higginbotham of Route 2, died at 11:35 p.m. yesterday at the General Hospital.
Surviving besides the parents are a brother, Benny; a sister, Kay; the grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Higginbotham of Edna, and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Stewart of Route 2.
The Raleigh Register 01/13/1946
Sarah Elizabeth Cornell Higginbotham (1872-1946) WV
Funeral services were scheduled at 2:30 this afternoon for
Mrs. Sarah Elizabeth Higginbotham, aged 73, of
The late Mrs. Higginbotham was born Sept. 16, 1872, at
She is survived by her husband, Charles O. Higginbotham, and
five daughters, Mrs. Stella Fry, of
Also surviving are two brothers, Steven Carnell, of
Active pallbearers for the rites were announced as Laronne Blackburn, Monroe Robinson, Eugene Lipscomb, Pat Fry, Meryl Boland and Paul Boland.
Charleston Gazette, Saturday 02/09/1946
Tressie Florence Shivertaker Higginbotham (1896-1946) WV
Higginbotham, Mrs. Tressie Shivertaker—50, of Sissonville, wife of Clarence Higginbotham, died yesterday in a local hospital after a long illness. Also surviving are four sons, Clarence Jr., Tuppers Creek, Harold, Charles and Donald, at home; a daughter, Mrs. Sinnett Jones, Sissonville; three brothers, P. E., J. W., and E. J. Shivertaker, Charleston; two sisters, Mrs. Ernest Fisher, Sissonville and Mrs. O. C. Hunt, Charleston; three grandchildren. The body is at the Noble Long mortuary.
State Sentinel, Wednesday 03/27/1946
Loren W. Higginbotham (1914-1946) WV
Headline: Accident Fatal To Kathryn Miner
Loren Higginbotham, 29, of Kathryn, was instantly killed last Wednesday by a coal loading machine at the Laurel Smokeless Coal Company mine at Kathryn. The fatal accident occurred at 8 p.m.
Company officials said Higginbotham was working in the mine at the time of the accident and by the time his fellow miners got to him he was dead. They said he was apparently struck by the loading machine’s boom.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Ruth R. Higginbotham; four children, Earl, Henry, Lloyd and Lawrence; his father, Henry Higginbotham, of Stone Cliff; four brothers, Clark Higginbotham, of Kathryn; John Higginbotham, of Beury; Lewis Higginbotham, of Gatewood; and Robert Higginbotham, of Thurmond; and five sisters, Mrs. Clara Harrah, of Fire Creek; Mrs. Louise Watson, of Thurmond; Mrs. Hilda Ridder, of Lawton, Mrs. Arbutus Bayles, of Lawton and Mrs. Wilda Ennis, of St. Albans.
Charleston Gazette, Sunday 06/02/1946
George Stark Higginbotham (1877-1946) WV
Higginbotham, George S.—Service will be held at 2 p.m. today in the Church of God Mission at Paradise. J. H. Burchett will officiate. Burial will be in the family cemetery. Mr. Higginbotham, of Red House, RFD, died Friday in a Charleston hospital.
Charleston Gazette, Monday 06/03/1946
Albert Wilson Higginbotham (1856-1946) WV
Higginbotham, Albert Wilson—90, of Garrison Av., died yesterday morning at his home. He was a retired farmer and a member of the Baptist church. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Lizzie Higginbotham; two daughters, Mrs. Paul Dean of Lookout, and Mrs. Ella Caraway of Charleston; four sons, Robert Higginbotham of Powellton, Russell Higginbotham of Boston, Mass., Dennie Higginbotham of Charleston, and Emanuel Higginbotham of Riverview; two sisters, Mrs. Richard Miller and Miss Ella Higginbotham of Red House; a brother, Will Higginbotham of Charleston. The body was removed to the Bartlett mortuary.
Fairmont Times, Wednesday 10/23/1946
Ocie Dora Clayton Higginbotham (1891-1946) WV
Mrs. Ocie Dora Higginbotham, 55 years of age, daughter of the late John W. and Lacy Ann Spencer Clayton, died at her home in Grandview addition, Mannington, at 2:15 o’clock Tuesday afternoon after a twelve year illness.
She was born on Buffalo Road, Mannington, January 14, 1891 and has spent her entire life in this section, where she was very well and favorably known.
She was united in marriage to Ralph D. Higginbotham, May 21, 1913. Besides her husband, one brother and one sister survive. They are Charles Clayton of Buffalo Street, Mannington, and Flora Lee Clayton of Grandview addition, Mannington.
Mrs. Higginbotham united with the Mannington Methodist church during the pastorate of the late Rev. John Beddow.
The body was brought to the Huey’s Funeral Home at 10 Main Street, Mannington, and will remain there until after the services, the time of services to be announced later. Rev. O. D. Curtis of the Methodist Church will officiate. Burial will be made in the Mannington Memorial Park by Frank H. Huey, local funeral director.
Wetzel Democrat, Thursday 01/09/1947
Anna Jane Matthews Higginbotham (1872-1947) OH/WV
Headlines: Funeral For Mrs. Jane Higginbotham Was Held Monday
Widow Of A. G. Higginbotham Died Friday, Jan. 3; Was Widely Known
Funeral services for Mrs. Amy (?) Jane Higginbotham, 74, were held Monday afternoon at 2:00 o’clock at the New Martinsville Church of Christ with Minister Fred Dennis, assisted by Minister Beegle in charge. Interment in North View Cemetery was in charge of the Palmer Funeral Service of Pine Grove.
Mrs. Higginbotham, widow of A. G. Higginbotham, was widely known throughout the county and had a host of friends and acquaintances who were saddened at the news of her death. She passed away at the Wetzel County Hospital, Friday, January 3, at 12:45 p.m.
Mrs. Higginbotham was a daughter of the late Andrew and Mary Anderson Matthews and was born at Cameron, Ohio, November 13, 1872. She had lived most of her life in Wetzel County. She was a member of the Church of Christ.
Surviving are four sons: Charles, Oscar, and A. G. Higginbotham Jr., of New Martinsville; William E. Higginbotham of Eastland, Texas; one daughter, Mrs. Ivy Rush of New Martinsville; and one sister, Mrs. Clarence South, of Moundsville.
Attending the funeral services from distant points were: Mrs. Walter Jacobus, of Washington, D.C.; Mrs. Helen Gideon, of Dayton, Ohio; Miss Mabel Higginbotham, of Cambridge, Ohio; Mrs. Pearl Halley and daughters, and Mrs. Lewis Lantz, of Jacksonburg; Bert Higginbotham, Miss Audra Higginbotham, Mrs. Mary Cunningham and Mr. and Mrs. Frank Postlethwait, all of Pine Grove; Mr. and Mrs. Tim Walker, of Claysville, Pa.; Mr. Bryan Higginbotham, of Moundsville; Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Zurcher, of Glen Dale; Kenneth Higginbotham, of Huntington; Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Nicola and Charles Rush, of Fairmont; Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Dannington, of Littleton.
Charleston Gazette, Sunday 03/23/1947
Juanita May Higginbotham (1922-1947) WV
Higginbotham, Miss Juanita May—24, Cedar Grove, died at home Saturday morning after a short illness. Surviving are her parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. F. Higginbotham; two sisters, Mrs. Garnet Hudnall and Mrs. Pearl Phalen, all of Cedar Grove. Service will be at the Cedar Grove Baptist Church Monday at 2 p.m. with Edward L. Parsons, Otis Caldwell and Floyd Stone officiating. Burial will be in Woodlawn cemetery, Cedar Grove. The body will be removed from the Perine mortuary to the home at 11 a.m.
Bluefield Daily Telegraph, Friday 05/30/1947
George Harrison Higginbotham Sr. (1895-1947) WV
Funeral services will be held this afternoon at 2 o’clock at Graham’s chapel at Pettry, for George H. Higginbotham, 52, who died Wednesday morning at his home near Elgood.
Mr. Higginbotham had been ill for several months, having suffered several successive strokes.
He is survived by his wife, and a son, George H. Higginbotham, Jr. and daughter, Miss Mary Elizabeth, and a sister, Mrs. John Bird, of Princeton.
State Sentinel, Wednesday, 06/04/1947
Jesse Alexander Higginbotham (1891-1947) WV
Headline: Fire Creek Man Dies In Oak Hill Hospital
Funeral services for Jesse A. Higginbotham, 56, of Fire Creek, who died in the Oak Hill hospital on Thursday afternoon, were held in the Oak Hill Presbyterian church on Sunday afternoon with Rev. Robert Ray, pastor, officiating. Burial followed in the Highlawn Memorial Park at Oak Hill.
Higginbotham, whose death is attributed to complications after an illness of nine months, was mine foreman at the Fire Creek Coal and Coke Company. He was born in Nicholas county on February 2, 1891.
He is survived by his wife, Hazel Mae McDaniel Higginbotham; two sons, David, of Mt. Hope, and Charles, of Savannah, Ga.; and four daughters, Mrs. Lillian Hilton, Beckley; Mrs. Helen Thomas, Fire Creek; Mrs. Mary Bennett, Mt. Hope; Jesse and Hazel, both of Washington, D. C.; two brothers, Nute and Henry, both of Fire Creek; and four sisters, Mrs. Cynthia Harris, Quinwood; Mrs. Bitha Bowling, Wilcoe; Mrs. Lizzie Bailes, Charleston, and Mrs. Annie Blowfield, Clearco.
Charleston Gazette 06/09/1947
Edith L. Higginbotham McDermitt (1888-1947) WV
McDermitt, Mrs. Edith-57, of Buffalo, died Saturday in a Charleston hospital. Surviving are two step-children, Mrs. Katherine Oliver of Marion, O., and Howard McDermitt of Washington, D.C.; two sisters, Mrs. Alta Steel, Columbus, O., and Miss Myrtle Higginbotham of Buffalo, and two brothers, Wilford Higginbotham of Nitro, and Murrell Higginbotham of Buffalo. Funeral service will be conducted at 2 p.m. today in the Raynes mortuary chapel in Buffalo with Rev. J. C. Allen officiating. Burial will be in the Cross Creek Cemetery.
Pennsboro News, Thursday 06/12/1947
Nancy Jane Michael Higginbotham (1867-1947) WV
Mrs. Nancy Higginbotham, 79, died Tuesday morning, June 3, 1947, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Minnie Eddy at Cairo.
Mrs. Higginbotham was born June 9, 1867, the daughter of Daniel and Margaret Gump Michael. She was the widow of John Arthur Higginbotham who preceded her in death fifteen years ago.
Surviving are two children, Mrs. Minnie Eddy of Cairo and Arley Higginbotham of Harrisville; a brother, Francis M. Michael, Cairo, and a sister, Mrs. Matilda Hickman of Athens. Three children preceded her in death.
Funeral services were held from the Cairo Evangelical United Brethren church Thursday afternoon at 2 o’clock with the Rev. Wigner, of Harrisville officiating. Interment was made in the Log church cemetery.
The Cairo funeral home was in charge of arrangements.
Charleston Daily Mail, Saturday 03/13/1948
Charles Allen Higginbotham (1879-1948) WV
Headline: Fletcher Enamel Worker Stricken
Charles A. Higginbotham, 68, employee of the Fletcher Enamel Co., Dunbar, died of a heart attack Friday while at work. He resided at 503 17th St.
Mr. Higginbotham was a member of the Dunbar Evangelical U. B. church. He is survived by his widow; two daughters, Mrs. Harold Boles of Spring Hill and Mrs. J. E. Raines of Canton, O.; a brother, A. L. of Nitro, and four sisters, Mrs. Mary L. Smith of Morrison, Va., Mrs. J. F. Smith of Nitro, Mrs. Eva Higginbotham of Eleanor, and Mrs. Myrtle Jeffries of Red House.
Funeral services will be held at the Evangelical U. B. church Sunday at 2 p.m. Rev. J. K. Scott and Rev. R. L. Kelbaugh will officiate. The body will be removed to the home from the Bartlett and Welch mortuary Saturday at 4 p.m.
Charleston Gazette, Monday 03/15/1948
William Alfred Higginbotham (1858-1948) WV
Higginbotham, William—90, retired farmer of Charleston, died in a South Charleston hospital yesterday afternoon. Surviving are three daughters, Mrs. Cora Kersey of Langsville, O., Mrs. Nora Anania of Charleston and Mrs. Judy Warren of Seaman, O.; and one son, Romeo Higginbotham of Dresden, O. The body is at Snodgrass Mortuary.
Charleston Gazette, Thursday 05/20/1948
Ella Bell Higginbotham (1870-1948) WV
Higginbotham, Ella Bell—78, of Liberty, Putnam County, died yesterday at the home of a cousin, Mrs. Pearl Rickman. Surviving is a sister, Mrs. Richmond Miller of Sissonville. Service will be at 11 a.m. tomorrow at Paradise Mission with Rev. Sam Boggess officiating. Burial will be in Old Antioch cemetery with Cooke mortuary, Nitro, in charge of arrangements. The body will be taken to the church one hour before service.
Logan Banner, Monday 06/14/1948
William Ralph Higginbotham Sr. (1893-1948) WV
Headline: Mine Electrician Dies From Heart Attack
Ralph Higginbotham Sr., 53, of Hetzel, an electrician for the George’s Creek Coal Company, died Saturday of a heart attack while at work at the mine.
He is survived by two sons, William and Ralph Higginbotham Jr., a daughter, Curtiss Dartey, all of Hetzel.
Charleston Gazette, Friday 07/30/1948
Arbutus L. Higginbotham Asbury (1928-1948) WV
Front page headline: Man Kills Wife, Commits Suicide
A man and his estranged wife died in a murder and suicide last night at 6 p.m. when Emory Asbury, 22, of East Nitro, shot his wife, Arbutus Higginbotham Asbury, 20, at the home of her mother, Mrs. Okel Higginbotham of Poca, Putnam county, and then killed himself, State Trooper D. G. Gilbert said.
Asbury shot his wife in the chest with a shotgun, Trooper Gilbert said, and killed himself with shots in the left armpit and chest.
The couple separated two days ago, and Mrs. Asbury went with their two children, Brenda, 15 months, and Barbara, one month, to live with her mother, officers said.
When Mrs. Asbury notified her husband, through an attorney that she intended to divorce him he went to the house and called her outside and asked her why she had made the decision to divorce him, Gilbert explained.
According to police he went into the house and got the shotgun belonging to Mrs. Higginbotham and told her he was going to kill himself.
He found some shells that Mrs. Higginbotham had hidden in the smokehouse when she found out that he had the gun and then shot Mrs. Asbury, killing her instantly, Gilbert said.
Mrs. Higginbotham said that she had taken 15 months old Brenda into the house and after Asbury had shot himself in the left armpit, he pleaded with his mother-in-law to "finish him off," state police said. Mrs. Higginbotham said she heard a second shot and found Asbury dead when she went back out into the yard.
A coroner’s jury returned a verdict of murder and suicide.
The bodies are at the Gatens mortuary in Poca.
Charleston Gazette, Saturday 07/31/1948
ASBURY, Mrs. Arbutus Higginbotham—Service will be at the Trace Fork church at 12:30 p.m. today, Rev. Warren Anderson officiating. Burial will be in the Higginbotham cemetery. Surviving are her parents, Mr. And Mrs. Okel Higginbotham of Poca; two daughters, Brenda Joyce, and Barbara Jean, both of Poca; and three sisters, Dessel Higginbotham of Beckley, Rachel Higginbotham and Jo Eva Higginbotham, both of Poca.
ASBURY, Emory—Service will be at 1 p.m. tomorrow at the Nitro Church of God, Rev. William S. Jenkins officiating. Burial rites will be at the Asbury cemetery on Second Creek will be in charge of the Powder City Post 9248, VFW. Surviving are two daughters, Brenda Joyce and Barbara Jean, both of Poca; his parents, Mr. And Mrs. Armie Asbury of Red House; five sisters, Mrs. Eloise Hively of Nitro, and Ethel, Ella Jean, Loeta and Linda, all of Red House; and three brothers, Freddie of Nitro, and Leonard and Larry, both of Red House. The body is at Gatens mortuary in Poca.
Times West Virginian, Sunday 08/01/1948
Minnie Beryl Bartholow Higinbotham (1891-1948) WV
Headline: Minnie Higinbotham Succumbs Saturday
Mrs. Minnie B. Higinbotham, 57, died yesterday in her home, 412 Maple Avenue. She was born Aug. 31, 1891 in Fairmont to Charles and Amy Viola Vandine Bartholow, both deceased.
Survivors are her husband, Samuel Higinbotham, and the following children, Edward Samuel, at home; Ethel Viola Poling, Fairmont; Eugene, Idamay; Helen Shores, Annapolis, Md.; Joseph, Robert, Wanda Lou Sapp and James, all in this city and Donald, who is in the U. S. Navy. One daughter, Rosemary, is deceased.
Brothers and sisters remaining are James Bartholow, Fairmont; Edna Iveson, Detroit, Mich.; Rose Eck, Detroit; Lindsley Bartholow and Lydia Ahern, both of Fairmont. There are 10 grandchildren.
She was past president of the Veterans of Foreign Wars auxiliary and was a member of Central Christian Church.
Services will be at 2 o’clock Tuesday in Central Christian Church. Burial will be in Woodlawn by R. C. Jones. The body will be taken to the residence by 2:30 o’clock today.
West Virginia News, Thursday 12/02/1948
Elizabeth Conley Higginbotham (1885-1948) WV
Mrs. Elizabeth Higginbotham, 63, of Rupert, died Friday, Nov. 26, 1948, in a Ronceverte hospital, after a long illness. She was a former resident of Charleston and her body was taken there for funeral and burial.
Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Paul Dean of Rupert and Mrs. Ella Carway of Charleston; six sons, Arnold of Boston, Mass., Robert of Powellton, Monroe of Weston, Henry of Spencer, Benny of Charleston, and Emanuel Higginbotham of Riverview, and 11 grandchildren.
Charleston Daily Mail, Thursday 02/10/1949
Ernest C. Higginbotham (1861-1949) WV
Headline: Hardware Man Taken by Death
Following a four months’ illness, Ernest C. Higginbotham, 87, died Wednesday night in a Charleston hospital. He resided at 20 Monongalia St.
Mr. Higginbotham was born Aug. 29, 1862 at Letart, the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Higginbotham. He had been associated with the Loewenstein and Baird Hardware concerns and in later years after retirement from the business, was interested in real estate.
For 40 years Mr. Higginbotham had been a member of the Central Methodist Church. His family was prominent in the Kanawha valley. The body is at the Wilson mortuary.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Laura Higginbotham, and one daughter, Mrs. Harold Allen of Charleston.
Wetzel Democrat, Thursday 04/21/1949
Silas Byron Higginbotham (1868-1949) WV
Silas Byron Higginbotham, 80, died Thursday April 14th at his home at Big Run. Funeral services were held at the late home, Sunday afternoon at 2:00 o’clock in charge of the Rev. J. C. Penick. Burial was in Big Run Cemetery.
Surviving are three sons, Bert of Pine Grove; Lawrence of Mt. Pleasant, Mich.; and Francis of Akron; two daughters, Mrs. Maude Cutting of Akron and Mrs. Audra Cooper of Big Run.
Morgantown Dominion News, Wednesday 06/01/1949
Sarah Ann Phillips Higginbotham (1886-1949) WV
Mrs. Sadie Higginbotham, 63, of Edna, died Monday at 2 p.m. at Heiskell Memorial Hospital.
Surviving are the husband, Albert Higginbotham; three sons, Walter Higginbotham of Edna, Charles Higginbotham of Fort Grand, and Sherman Higginbotham of Rivesville; two daughters, Mrs. Mary Devor of Edna, and Juanita Higginbotham at home; one brother, Frank Phillips of Littleton; two sisters, Mrs. Minnie Lemley and Mrs. Nora Burch of Littleton; nine grandchildren.
Bluefield Daily Times, Monday 08/01/1949
Andrew Wily Higginbotham (1861-1949) WV
Andrew Higginbotham, 88, died Saturday evening at the home of a son, Dewey A. Higginbotham, Railroad Avenue, Princeton. He had been in ill health for the past three years.
Mr. Higginbotham was born May 22, 1861. His wife, the former Miss Docia Hazelwood, and four children preceded him in death.
Surviving children include Dewey and Grady Higginbotham, Princeton, Earl Higginbotham, Athens, Mrs. Roy Duncan and Mrs. Harvey Duncan, both of Princeton RFD. Also surviving are 17 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Funeral service will be conducted from the Kee Street Methodist Church Tuesday at 2 p.m. by the Rev. Z. F. Mayberry, pastor. Burial will follow in the Higginbotham Cemetery at Pettrey.
The body will be removed today at 1 p.m. from the Memorial funeral directory, Princeton, to the home of the son, Dewey.
Pallbearers will be Roy Stowers, Jack French, Lawrence Fink, Atlee White, Bill Caldwell and Sam Wright.
Friends and relatives will serve as flower bearers.
Tyler County Journal, Thursday 08/11/1949
Thomas Winifred Higginbotham (1915-1949) WV
Headline: Rider Meets Death In Crash At 4-H Camp Road Curve
Funeral services were held yesterday at the Campbell-Frame Funeral Home in Sistersville for Thomas Winifred Higginbotham, 34, who was fatally injured in a taxi cab accident early Sunday morning. Following the rites the body was taken to the Higginbotham family cemetery, near Pine Grove, for burial. Brother Lawrence O. Gardner, pastor of the Sistersville Church of Christ, officiated.
Mr. Higginbotham was riding in a Sistersville City Cab, driven by Robert Grimm of the city in transporting a passenger to his home, when the accident occurred on Route 18 at the end of the swinging bridge, opposite the 4-H camp, near Middlebourne shortly after midnight Saturday. He was accompanying Grimm "just for the ride" and not as a passenger. Investigating officer, Deputy Sheriff Gordon Wick, reported that the vision of the driver was obscured by an isolated fog pocket in a deep curve. This is reportedly the third highway fatality occurring in the identical spot over a period of some years.
The driver suffered bruises and lacerations and received treatment in the Sistersville General hospital. The passenger, Warren Bennett, of Muddy Creek was uninjured. Mr. Higginbotham died of a broken neck while enroute to the hospital.
Mr. Wick reported that the taxi was almost completely demolished.
Deceased was born in Wetzel county, a son of the late Francis Higginbotham and Mary D. Higginbotham of Sistersville. Besides his mother he is survived by five sisters, Miss Bernice Higginbotham and Mrs. R. L. Brookover of Sistersville, Mrs. Walter Fluharty and Mrs. Thomas Utt of Hastings, Mrs. Andy C. Morris of Artesia, New Mexico, one brother, Andy, of Dewitte, Mich., two half-brothers, William Watson of Cambridge, Ohio, and P. L. Bartlett of Clarksburg and one half-sister, Mrs. Annie Delaney of Proctor.
He was an electrician by trade and until a few weeks ago employed by the Sistersville Tank and Boiler Works. He served with the Sea Bees during the war and was stationed in the Pacific Theatre of Operations for 26 months.
Charleston Daily Mail, Tuesday 11/29/1949
Dr. Charles Thomas Higginbotham (1884-1949) WV
Dr. Charles Thomas Higginbotham, 65, of South Charleston, a veterinarian with the state and federal governments since 1921, died at his home, 111 Forest Av., Monday after a heart attack.
Dr. Higginbotham was a member of the Darlington Methodist church in South Charleston, Charleston Lodge 153, AF&AM, Beni Kedem shrine and Charleston Lodge 202, BPOE.
Surviving are the widow, Mrs. Bessie Higginbotham, a daughter, Mrs. Leander Arey of South Charleston; and two sons, Andrew of Baltimore, Md., and Charles T. Jr. of Sunnybrook, Md.
The body is at Snodgrass mortuary in South Charleston with funeral arrangements incomplete.
Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 2 p.m. at the Snodgrass chapel. Rev. O. H. Dorsey will officiate and burial will be in Cunningham Memorial Park, with Masonic Lodge No. 153 in charge.
Charleston Daily Mail, Saturday 12/17/1949
Sallie Maude Barger Higginbotham (1875-1949) AV
Rev. Mark Farran will conduct funeral services Sunday at 2:30 p.m. at the Wilson mortuary chapel for Mrs. Sallie Maude Higginbotham, 74, who died Friday at the home of a daughter, Mrs. H. R. Waybright, 903 Woodward Dr.
Mrs. Higginbotham was a member of the Longdale chapter, Order of the Eastern Star at Winona, and of the Methodist church at Ohley.
A native of Fincastle, Va., Mrs. Higginbotham will be buried in the family plot at Clifton Forge, Va.
The Hurricane Breeze, Friday 12/23/1949
Mervin Higginbotham (1880-1949) WV
Mervin Higginbotham, age 69, a farmer of Hurricane Route 2, died at his home last Friday, following a short illness of pneumonia.
He had no immediate survivors.
Funeral services were conducted at the Mt. Moriah Baptist Church Sunday afternoon at 1:30 p.m. with Rev. Homer Curry and Rev. F. M. Riddle officiating. Burial was in the church cemetery.