WV Higginbotham Obituaries 1970-1979

Transcribed by William Morris (Bill) Higginbotham

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Charleston, WV

Wetzel Democrat, Tuesday 01/20/1970

William Ralph Higginbotham (1913-1970) WV

William Ralph Higginbotham, 56, a resident of 504 Highland Ave., Follansbee, W.Va., died at his home, Jan. 8, 1970. He was born Nov. 11, 1913, the son of Clark and Clarinda Showalter Higginbotham, in Jacksonburg. He was a Protestant, served with the Army in World War II and was a coal miner by trade.

Wetzel Democrat, Tuesday 02/03/1970

William Edgar Higginbotham (1888-1970) WV

William E. Higginbotham, 81, of Hastings, W.Va., died Sun. Jan. 25, at Wetzel Co. Hospital, New Martinsville. He was born in Wetzel Co., Aug. 24, 1888, son of Washington and Hallie Ann White Higginbotham. He was a member of Long Valley Baptist Church. Surviving are his widow, Blanche Lemasters Higginbotham; 2 daughters, Mrs. Edna Williams of Weirton, and Mrs. Erma Rose Leek of Hastings; 2 sons, Melvin of Weirton, and Glen of Alvy, W.Va.; 15 grandchildren; and 16 great-grandchildren. 1 son and 3 daughters preceded him in death. Friends were received at the Palmer Funeral Home where services were held at 2 p.m. Wednesday with the Rev. M. L. Amundson officiating. Interment in K. of P. Cemetery, Hastings.

Charleston Gazette, Sunday 05/24/1970

Ella Higginbotham Caraway (1902-1970) WV

Mrs. Ella Caraway, 67, of 1803 B Oakridge Dr., Charleston, Saturday in St. Francis Hospital. Retired employee of Daniel Boone Hotel, member of Bible Center Church and lifelong resident of Charleston. Surviving: daughter, Mrs. Georgia Dean of Charleston; son, Frank Hornsby of Portland, Conn.; brothers, Benny, Manuel and Robert Higginbotham all of Charleston and Russell of Boston, Mass. Callers after 6 p.m. today at Bartlett-Burdette Funeral Home.

Charleston Gazette, Thursday 05/28/1970

Lorenzo Clyde Higginbotham (1893-1970) WV

Higginbotham, Clyde—Service 2 p.m. Friday, Cross Creek United Methodist Church at Buffalo, the Rev. William Hatfield. Church Cemetery. Mr. Higginbotham, 77, of Buffalo, died Tuesday at home. Retired construction worker, World War I veteran. Surviving: widow, Sarah; foster daughters, Miss Goldie Walker at home, Mrs. Sylvia Hartley and Mrs. Nina Mallet, both of Red House; sister, Mrs. Mary Higginbotham of Charleston; brothers, Kenny of Buffalo, Gilbert of Charleston, B. M. of Red House, Charles of Big Chimney. Raynes Funeral Home, Buffalo.

Charleston Gazette, Tuesday 06/09/1970

Eric Gregory Higginbotham (1970-1970) WV

Higginbotham, Robert Eric—The three-day-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Lee Higginbotham of 4926 Washington St., W., Charleston, died Monday at Thomas Memorial Hospital. Also surviving: grandparents, Mr. And Mrs. Warren Crites of Nitro; great-grandparents, Mr. And Mrs. Newman L. Whitman of Summersville, Robert Crites of Milton, Mr. And Mrs. Bob L. Higginbotham and Mrs. Eunice Higginbotham, all of Nitro. Service 2 p.m. today, Cooke-Pauley Funeral Home, Nitro, the Rev. Kenneth Ball. Cunningham Memorial Park, St. Albans.

Charleston Gazette, Saturday 06/19/1970

Eva Isabelle Higginbotham Higginbotham (1884-1970) WV

Higginbotham, Eva I.—Service 2 p.m. Saturday, Red House United Brethren Church, the Rev. Homer Hicks and the Rev. Sherman Walker. Haven of Rest Memorial Gardens at Hometown. Body to church an hour before the service. Mrs. Higginbotham, 86, of Eleanor, Putnam County, died Wednesday at Southern Hills Hospital. Member of Red House United Brethren Church. Surviving: daughter, Mrs. Gladys Sheridan of Eleanor; son, Otho of Eleanor; sisters, Mrs. Myrtle Jeffries of Red House, Mrs. Emma Smith of Nitro; brother, Alva Higginbotham of Nitro. Raynes Funeral Home, Buffalo.

Beckley Post-Herald, Monday 09/21/1970

Rev. James Archie Higginbotham (1891-1970) VA/WV African-American

Rites Incomplete For Minister, 79

The Rev. James A. Higginbotham, 79, of 122 Sour St., East Park, died in a local nursing home at 5 p.m. Sunday after a long illness.

He was born in Amherst County, Va., a son of the late Thomas and Viney Lee Higginbotham.

He served as pastor of the Pleasant Valley Baptist Church at Carlisle at the time of his death and has pastored various other churches in the New River District over the past 50 years. He was vice president of the New River Ministers and Deacons Union, was a trustee of the West Virginia State Baptist Convention, a member of the Just Right Masonic Lodge No. 27 of Harlem Heights, a veteran of World War I, and a retired coal miner.

Survivors include his widow, Vernie Luck Higginbotham; three granddaughters; one stepdaughter, Mrs. J. Douglas Anderson of Dunbar.

The body is at Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor pending completion of arrangements.

Beckley Post-Herald, Tuesday 09/22/1970

Rev. James Archie Higginbotham

Funeral services for the Rev. James A. Higginbotham, 79, of 122 Sour St., will be conducted at 2 p.m. Thursday in the New Hope Baptist Church with the Revs. W. A. Jones, Warren Lewis and Ray Washington officiating. Burial will follow in Greenwood Memorial Park.

He died Sunday at 5 p.m. in a local nursing home following a long illness.

Friends may call at the Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor between 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. Wednesday.

Charleston Gazette, Friday 11/20/1970

Opha Jackson Higginbotham (1906-1970) WV

Higginbotham, Opha J.—64, of 1236 12^th St., Nitro, dead of a heart attack on arrival at Thomas Memorial Hospital. Retired painter for Kanawha County Board of Education, member of Fifteenth Street Church of God in Nitro. Surviving: widow, Mabel; brother, Cecil A. of Red House; sister, Mrs. Ollie Painter of Nitro. Gatens Funeral Home, Poca.

(Buried 11/20/1970 at Cunningham Memorial Park, St. Albans, WV)

Charleston Gazette, Friday 12/04/1970

Rebecca Jane Christian Higginbotham (1885-1970) WV

Higginbotham, Mrs. Rebecca Jane—86, of 1512 15^th St., Nitro, Thursday in Thomas Memorial Hospital. Member of St. Paul’s United Methodist Church in Nitro. Surviving: sons, Jess L. Coen of Cincinnati, Ohio, Joseph W. Coen of Port Neches, Tex. Service 11 a.m. Saturday, St. Paul’s United Methodist Church, Nitro, the Rev. Harold Goodpastor. Maple Hill Cemetery, Bluefield, Va. Cooke-Pauley Funeral home, Nitro. Callers after 4 p.m. today. Body to church an hour before the service.

Huntington Herald-Dispatch, Saturday 12/05/1970

Susan Gilbert Higginbotham (1898-1970) WV

Mrs. Susan Higginbotham, 72, of 423 14^th St., died Friday at the home of a daughter, Mrs. Emma B. Hill, 567 W. 9^th Ave. Funeral services will be conducted Monday at 10 a.m. at the Grace Gospel Church by the Rev. Charles Sheers and the Rev. Melvin Efaw. Burial will be in Woodmere Memorial Park. Pallbearers will include Bob Buskirk, Bill Morrison, Ernie Plybon, Carrol White, Gaylord Sheers and Gene Swann. Born Feb. 17, 1898, at Lookout, W. Va., she was a daughter of the late Daniel and Zelda Gilbert. Additional survivors include two sons, Emery Higginbotham of St. Albans and Troy Higginbotham of Altoona, Pa.; two brothers, Frank Gilbert of Seth and Walter Gilbert of Huntington; a sister, Mrs. Mary Jackson of Marion, Ohio; and five grandchildren and a great-grandchild. The body is at the Reger Funeral Home, where friends may call after 10 a.m. today. It will be taken to the church an hour before the services.

Fairmont Times-West Virginian, Sunday 12/20/1970

Donald Lee Higginbotham (1928-1970) WV

Donald Lee Higginbotham, 42, of 115 Fairview St., died suddenly Saturday morning in a doctor’s office in Mannington. He was born Sept. 15, 1928, son of James and Minnie Straight Higginbotham.

He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Bertha Moore Higginbotham and two daughters, Mrs. Kenneth (Donna) Efaw of Mannington and Virginia Lee, at home; one grandson, Donald Alan Efaw; one brother, Clem of New Cumberland; four sisters, Mrs. Ernest (Lelia) Syphers, Mrs. William (Helen) Hendershot and Mrs. Delbert (Marie) Moran, all of Mannington; Mrs. Edward (Opal) Pope of Newell, Ohio.

He was a member of the Dent’s Run Baptist Church, A. F. and A. Masons Lodge 31, the Eastern Star and was an employee of Morgan Auto Parts.

Friends may call at the W. F. Jones Funeral Home in Mannington after 1:30 p.m. today.

Fairmont Times, Monday 12/21/1970

Higginbotham—Donald Lee, 42, 115 Fairview St., Mannington, died Saturday morning. Friends may call at the W. F. Jones Funeral Home in Mannington where funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday with Dr. Clyde J. Wright officiating. Burial will be made in Mannington Memorial Park. Mannington Lodge No. 31 A. F. and A. Masons will hold graveside rites.

Charleston Gazette, Friday 01/22/1971

Delma Mink Higginbotham (1910-1971) WV

Higginbotham, Mrs. Delma—Service 1 p.m. Saturday, Wriston Baptist Church, the Rev. H. E. Querry. Witchers Creek Cemetery at Witchers Creek. Mrs. Higginbotham, 61, of Rt. 2, Fayetteville, died Wednesday in Oak Hill Hospital. Member of Wriston Baptist Church. Surviving: husband, Robert; daughters, Mrs. Irene McLaughlin of Kenner, La., Mrs. Barbara Jean Morris and Mrs. Elizabeth Beal, both of Fayetteville, Mrs. Ellen Simms of Detroit; sons, Cecil of Alexandria, Va., Robert Jr. of Orlando, Fla.; brother, James Arthur of Oak Hill. B. C. Hooper Funeral Home, Montgomery. Body to church an hour before the service. Callers after 3 p.m. today.

Charleston Gazette, Friday 01/22/1971

Hazel Mae McDaniel Higginbotham (1893-1971) WV

Higginbotham, Mrs. Hazel Mae—Service 2 p.m. Saturday, Calvary Baptist Church at Oak Hill, the Rev. Jim Franklin. High Lawn Memorial Park, Oak Hill. Mrs. Higginbotham, 77, of Oak Hill, died Wednesday in Pine Lodge Extended Care Center, Beckley. Member of Calvary Baptist Church at Oak Hill. Surviving: sons, Charles of Columbus, Ohio, John David of Oak Hill; daughters, Mrs. Lillian McKinney of Oceana, Mrs. Helen Thomas of Oak Hill, Mrs. Mary Bennett of New Ellentown, S. C., Mrs. Hazel Chambers of Kensington, Md., Mrs. Jesse Houchins of Beckley; brothers, Max McDaniels of Charleston, Deward McDaniels of Cleveland, Ohio, Howard McDaniels of Meadow Bridge. The family will receive friends from 6 p.m. until 9 p.m. today at Tyree Funeral Home, Oak Hill. Body to church an hour before the service.

Charleston Gazette, Friday 02/19/1971

Lucius Lorenzo Higginbotham (1887-1971) WV African American

Higginbotham, Lucius L. "Hicks"—83, of 110 117^th St., Chesapeake, Thursday in Charleston Memorial Hospital. Retired miner for Kelleys Creek Colliery Co. at Ward, member of Bethlehem Baptist Church of Chesapeake. Surviving: widow, Alice B.; daughter, Miss Josephine Higginbotham of Chesapeake; son, Charles B. of Long Branch, N.J., William L. of Columbus, Ohio. Preston Funeral Home.

Charleston Gazette-Mail, Sunday 02/21/1971

Higginbotham, Lucius L. "Hicks"—Service 1 p.m. Monday, Bethlehem Baptist Church, Chesapeake, the Rev. Emmitt Mitchell and the Rev. Henry Moon. Ward Cemetery. Mr. Higginbotham, 83, of 110 117^th St., Chesapeake, died Thursday in Charleston Memorial Hospital after a long illness. Body to church an hour before service. Callers after 7 p.m. today at Preston Funeral Home.

The Charleston Gazette 06/05/1971

Rhoda Edna Higginbotham Persinger (1910-1971) WV

Mrs. Rhoda Persinger, 60, of Shrewsbury, died Friday in McMillan Hospital, Charleston. Attended Belle Nazarene Church. Shrewsbury native.

Surviving: husband, Clarence Franklin "Fats" Persinger; daughter, Mrs. Frances Crowder of Belle; son, John F. of Lexington, Ky.; father, Ira F. Higginbotham of Rand; sisters, Miss Nora Higginbotham of McConnelsville, Ohio, Mrs. Dora Whitley of Cedar Grove, Mrs. Lucille Truman of Gauley Bridge, Mrs. Helen Groah of Titusville, Fla.; brothers, Ira and Bill, both of Coatesville, Pa., Albert of McConnelsville, Robert of Rand.

Service 1:30 p.m. Monday, Cooke Funeral Home, Cedar Grove, the Rev. T. James Boshell. Montgomery Memorial Park, London. Callers after 6 p.m. Sunday.

Hinton Daily News, Monday 06/28/1971

Robert Eugene Higginbotham (1892-1971) WV

Higginbotham Funeral Today

Funeral services were held today at 2 p.m. at the Ronald Meadows Funeral Parlors for Robert E. Higginbotham, 79, of James Street who died Saturday at 7:20 a.m. in the Hinton Hospital following a long illness.

Rev. W. R. McCoy officiated at the service and burial followed in Restwood Memorial Estates.

Born at Elgood, Mercer County, June 8, 1892, he was a son of the late Robert H. and Nannie Skeens Higginbotham and had been a resident of Hinton for the past 45 years.

He was a retired employee of Chesapeake and Ohio Railway, a member of the Brotherhood of Railway Carmen of America, a veteran of World War I, a member of the American Legion and a member of the Central Baptist Church, Hinton.

Surviving are his wife, Willie Huff Higginbotham; a son, Eugene of Los Angeles, Calif.; a sister, Mrs. Maude Morehead, Princeton.

Members of the Men’s Bible Class of the Central Baptist Church served as pallbearers.

Charleston Gazette, Monday 08/23/1971

Francis Addison Higginbotham (1885-1971) WV

Buffalo—Francis A. Higginbotham, 85, of Rt. 1, Buffalo, Putnam County died Saturday at home after a long illness.

Mr. Higginbotham was a retired coal miner.

Surviving: son, Arnold, address unknown; brother, Anderson of Dunbar; half-brothers, Webb of Huntington, Lud of Columbus, Ohio, Okel of Sissonville, David of Buffalo and Orvel Higginbotham, address unknown; half-sisters, Mrs. Zelma Harrison, Mrs. Lola Fields, Mrs. Beulah Skeens and Mrs. Lillian Fields, all of Sissonville, Mrs. Dovie Fugate and Mrs. Ruby Roberts, both addresses unknown.

Service will be held 1 p.m. Tuesday at the Raynes Funeral Home in Buffalo. Burial will be in the Grandview Memorial Park in Dunbar.

Friends may call after 3 p.m. today.

Charleston Gazette 09/30/1971

Laura Ann Watson Higginbotham Ellis (ca1885-1971) VA/WV African-American

Mrs. Laura A. Ellis, 86, of 5022 Kanawha Blvd., Rand, died Wednesday at home.

She was a member of Levi First Baptist Church in Rand.

Surviving: daughters, Mrs. Rosa Booker, Miss Esther Higginbotham, Miss Arnor Higginbotham, Mrs. Mayme Gilbert and Miss Lillie Ellis, all of Rand, Mrs. Mollie Ann Straughter of Los Angeles, Calif.; sons, John Higginbotham and Robert Ellis, both of Rand; sisters, Mrs. Daisy Watson of Charleston, Mrs. Lucy Massie of Atlantic City, N.J.; 14 grandchildren; 19 great-grandchildren; two great-great-grandchildren.

The body is at Preston Funeral Home.

Charleston Daily Mail, Wednesday 10/13/1971

Tytyne Atmonia Logan Higginbotham (1902-1971) WV African American

Retired Logan Teacher Taken

Logan—Mrs. Tytyne Higginbotham, a teacher in Logan County for 42 years, died Saturday in a Beckley Hospital.

Mrs. Higginbotham, of Shamrock in Logan County, last taught at Earling Grade School.

A graduate of Bluefield State College, she was a member of St. Phillips Baptist Church of Cora, a past bacillus of the Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority, a past president of the county and state Federated Women’s Club and an officer of the Crippled Children’s Society.

Surviving: husband, Tetris (Petris); son, Henry Tetris of Seattle, Wash.; sister, Mrs. Nina Smith of Beckley.

Service will be 2 p.m. Sunday in St. Phillips Baptist Church in Cora with the Rev. J. T. Mann officiating. Burial will be in Guyan Memorial Gardens at Godby.

Friends may call after 6 p.m. Saturday at Pond Funeral Home in Logan.

Nina Eugenia Higginbotham Perdue (1900-1971) WV

Mrs. Nina Eugenia Perdue of Shady Spring died at 4:15 p.m. Thursday in a local hospital following a long illness.

Born at Buffalo, she was a daughter of the late Charles O. Higginbotham and Sarah Elizabeth Cornell.

She belonged to the Coal River Baptist Church.

Surviving are her husband, Charles A. Perdue; three sisters, Mrs. Hattie Boland of Hinton, Mrs. Laura Thompson of Columbus, Ohio, and Mrs. Lila Blackburn, Baltimore, Md.

Funeral services will be conducted at 1 p.m. Sunday in the Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home Peace Chapel with Dr. Kenneth L. Swank officiating. Entombment will follow at the mausoleum at Sunset Memorial Park.

Friends may call at the funeral home after 5 p.m. today.

Parkersburg Sentinel, Monday 11/01/1971

Raymond Hickenbottom (1910-1971) WV

Funeral services for Raymond Hickenbottom, 61, of 2611 New York Ave., who died Saturday morning at the St. Joseph’s Hospital after a long illness, will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Kimes Funeral Home, with the Rev. C. William Bollinger officiating. Burial will be in the Mt. Olivet Cemetery.

He was born September 10, 1910, in Wood County. He was a member of the Stephenson Memorial United Methodist Church, a veteran of World War II, and was employed at the Reps Furniture Co. for over 20 years.

He is survived by his wife, Dolores Hickenbottom; two sons, Franklin Leep and John Leep, of Vienna; one daughter, Mrs. Louverna Powell of Torch, O.; eight grandchildren; three sisters, Mrs. Hazel Hurst and Mrs. Blanche Freed, of Parkersburg, and Mrs. Audra Adams of New England; and one aunt, Mrs. S. L. McPherson of Port Orange, Fla.

Friends may call at the funeral home.

Charleston Gazette, Monday 11/22/1971

Rev. Robert Franklin Higginbotham (1884-1971) WV

Ex-Pastor’s Rite Slated For Tuesday

Service is being held 2 p.m. Tuesday in the Cook Funeral Home for the Rev. Robert Franklin Higginbotham, founder and retired pastor of the Cedar Grove Baptist Temple, who died Saturday in Charleston Memorial Hospital after a long illness.

Mr. Higginbotham, 86, of Cedar Grove was a native of Paradise, Putnam County and operated the R. F. Higginbotham and Co. in Cedar Grove.

He was also a former barber and postal mail route driver.

Surviving are daughters, Mrs. Garnett Hudnall and Mrs. Pearl Phalen, both of Cedar Grove; seven grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.

The Rev. Jim Franklin will officiate. Burial will be in Woodland Cemetery at Cedar Grove.

Friends may call after 7 p.m. today.

Charleston Gazette, Tuesday 12/28/1971

Stephanie Dawn Higginbotham (1970-1971) WV

Stephanie Dawn Higginbotham, 19-month-old daughter of Mr. And Mrs. Charles Higginbotham, of 5216 Indiana Ave., South Charleston, died Monday in Charleston Memorial Hospital after an illness.

Also surviving: grandparents, Mrs. And Mrs. F. C. Higginbotham and Mr. And Mrs. John Sampson, all of South Charleston.

The body is at the Snodgrass Funeral Home, South Charleston.

Charleston Gazette, Wednesday 12/ 29/1971

Higginbotham, Stephanie Dawn—Service will be 10 a.m. Thursday in Davis Creek Church of the Nazarene with the Rev. Herbert Slaughter officiating. Burial will be in Elk Hills Memorial Gardens. The 19-month-old daughter of Mr. And Mrs. Charles Higginbotham of 5216 Indiana Ave., South Charleston, died Monday in Charleston Memorial Hospital. Corrections: grandparents, Mr. And Mrs. S. C. Higginbotham of South Charleston and Mr. And Mrs. Donald Sampson of Elkview. Friends may call from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. today at Snodgrass Funeral Home in South Charleston.

Charleston Gazette, Wednesday 02/02/1972

Christopher Lloyd Higginbotham (1972-1972) WV

Buffalo—The infant son of Albert L. and Patricia Cook Higginbotham of Buffalo, died Tuesday in Thomas Memorial Hospital.

Also surviving: grandparents, Mrs. Iva Higginbotham of Buffalo, Charles and Doris Cook of Nitro.

The body is at Raynes Funeral Home in Buffalo.

Fairmont Times, Monday 03/13/1972

Heber Clark Higginbotham (1893-1972) WV

H. C. (Pete) Higginbotham, 78, of Franklin Street, Mannington, died Sunday afternoon in Fairmont General Hospital. He was born May 25, 1893, near Mannington, a son of the late Lewis W. and Sarah Virginia Baker Higginbotham.

Survivors include his widow, Lulu D. Hildreth Higginbotham; a half sister, Opal Straight, Dent’s Run; three brothers, Lee, Ralph, and James, and four sisters, Bertha Floyd, Clara Christy, and Vinnie Hayes and Tillie Higginbotham, are deceased.

He was a retired farmer, a veteran of World War I, a member of VFW, the Modern Woodmen of World, and the Dent’s Run Baptist Church.

Friends may call at the W. F. Jones Funeral Home after 7 p.m. today.

Fairmont Times, Monday 03/13/1972

Higginbotham—H. C. (Pete), 78, of Franklin Street, Mannington, died Sunday afternoon in Fairmont General Hospital. Friends may call at the W. F. Jones Funeral Home in Mannington after 7 p.m. today. Funeral services will be held a 1:30 p.m. Wednesday in the funeral home with Dr. Clyde J. Wright officiating. Burial will be made in Mannington Memorial Park.

Charleston Gazette , Thursday 05/04/1972

Sarah Catherine Watkins Higginbotham (1885-1972) WV

Mrs. Sarah Catherine Higginbotham, 87, of 2337 3rd Ave., Nitro, died Tuesday in Thomas Memorial Hospital after a long illness.

She was a native of Putnam County and a member of the Church of God at Nitro.

Surviving: sons, Willard F., Hansford N., Virgil D., and James W. of Miami, Fla.; daughters, Mrs. Della Ogburn and Mrs. Virginia Sandy of Nitro; brother, Will Watkins of Nitro.

Cooke and Pauley Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Friends may call after 6 p.m. today.

Charleston Daily Mail, Friday 05/12/1972

Lacy Allen Higginbotham (1921-1972) WV

Lacy A. Higginbotham, 50, of 1318 13^th St., Nitro, died Thursday night in Charleston General Hospital after a long illness.

He was a production leader of the staple department of the FMC American Viscose Division at Nitro, having 30 years service. Mr. Higginbotham was a World War II veteran and a member of the Church of God at Nitro.

Surviving: wife, Margaret Price Higginbotham; son, Larry Allen of Elgin A.F.B., Florida; daughter, Mrs. Joanne Vance of Nitro; mother, Mrs. Rosa Higginbotham of Nitro; brothers, Chancey of Nitro, Charles of St. Albans.

Service will be held Saturday at 2 p.m. at Church of God at Nitro with the Rev. Harold Goodpastor officiating. Burial will be in Tyler Mountain Memory Gardens.

Friends may call today after 6 p.m. at the funeral home.

Charleston Gazette, Thursday 05/18/1972

Millard Percy Higginbotham (1903-1972) WV/FL

MIAMI, Fla.—Millard Percy Higginbotham, 67, of Miami, formerly of Charleston, W. Va., died Wednesday in a Miami hospital.

Surviving: wife, Alma; sons, Charles and Jimmy, both of Charleston, Okey of St. Albans, Roger and Paul, both of Miami; daughters, Mary Lou, Mrs. Phyllis Smith and Mrs. Delores Bowles, all of Miami; brothers, Hubert of Carbon, W. Va., Arlie of Barberton, Ohio; sister, Masel of Barberton.

The body is at the Van Orsdel Funeral Home, Miami.

Pocahontas Times 05/25/1972

David M. Higginbotham (1922-1972) WV

David Higgenbotham, 49, of Huntersville, died Friday, May 19, 1972, at his home of an apparent heart attack.

Born at Harts Run, June 1, 1922, he was a son of the late Wash and Belle Higgenbotham.

He was a member of the Methodist Church.

Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Virginia Potter Higgenbotham, and one niece, Mrs. Martha Plumley, of Abraham.

Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon in the Cummings Creek United Methodist Church by the Rev. Samuel Schoolcraft, with burial in the Beaver Creek Cemetery.

Charleston Gazette-Mail, Sunday 05/21/1972

David M. Higgenbotham

Huntersville—Mr. David Higgenbotham, 49, of Huntersville, Pocahontas County, died Friday at his home in Huntersville.

He was a laborer and a member of the Methodist Church and was born at Harts Run.

Surviving: wife, Virginia Potter Higgenbotham of Huntersville.

Service will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Cummings Creek Methodist Church with the Rev. Sam Schoolcraft officiating. Burial will be in Beaver Creek Cemetery. The body is at Van Reenen Funeral Home.

Charleston Gazette, Wednesday 06/21/1972

Goldie Thaxton Jones Higginbotham (1900-1972) WV

Mrs. Goldie Jones Higginbotham, 72, of Legg Star Route, Sissonville, died Tuesday in Charleston Memorial Hospital after a short illness.

She was a member of Parsons Chapel Advent Christian Church.

Surviving: husband, Ivan; sons, Warren Jones and Robert Jones, both of Charleston; stepdaughter, Mrs. Eloise Harrison of Route 4 Charleston; stepson, Golden Higginbotham of Sissonville; sisters, Miss Temple Thaxton and Miss Lena Thaxton, all of Charleston; five grandchildren.

The body is at Cunningham Funeral Home, where visitors may call after 6 p.m. today.

Charleston Gazette, Thursday 06/22/1972

Higginbotham, Mrs. Goldie Jones—Service will be held at 1 p.m. Friday at Parsons Chapel Advent Christian Church, Sixth Avenue, with the Rev. Bertram Young and the Rev. Roy Shaffer officiating. Burial will be in John Beane Cemetery, Sissonville. Mrs. Higginbotham, 72, of Legg Star Route, Sissonville, died Tuesday in Charleston Memorial Hospital. The body is at Cunningham Funeral Home.

Charleston Gazette 07/05/1972

Virginia May Gobel Higginbotham (1930-1972) WV/IN

Mrs. Virginia May Higginbotham, 41, of Goshen, Ind., formerly of Decota on Cabin Creek , died Monday in a Goshen hospital shortly after arrival. The cause of death is undetermined.

She was a member of Wevaco Baptist Church.

Surviving: husband, Hubert; daughters, Mrs. Saundra Marlow of Goshen, Miss Judy Lynn Higginbotham at home; sons, David W. of Elkhart, Ind., Wesley of Goshen, Gary Eugene at home; mother, Mrs. Rosie Gobel of Ohley; sisters, Mrs. Marjorie Kelley of Cleveland, Ohio, Mrs. Margaret Hayes of Tonawanda, N.Y., Mrs. Donna McFail of Belle; brothers, Jack Gobel, Mitchell Gobel and Thurman Gobel, all of Cleveland, Ohio, George and Melvin Gobel of Goshen, Ind.; two grandchildren.

Service will be Thursday at 1 p.m. at Pryor Funeral Home, East Bank. Burial will be in Montgomery Memorial Park, London.

Friends may call after noon Wednesday.

Bluefield Daily-Times, Thursday 07/20/1972

William Davis Higginbotham (1924-1972) WV

William "Snooks" Higginbotham, 48, of 203 Thorn St., Princeton, died Wednesday in a Princeton hospital after a long illness.

Born in Princeton, he was a son of the late Thomas J. and Macie Thorn Higginbotham.

Survivors include two sisters, Melrose and Ruby Higginbotham of Princeton; and one brother, T. J. Higginbotham of Princeton.

Funeral services will be conducted Friday at 2:30 p.m. at Kee Street United Methodist Church with Rev. Craig on Bluefield-Princeton Road.

The body will be taken from Memorial Funeral Directory to the residence today at 4 p.m. where friends may call, and will be taken to the church one hour prior to services.

Pallbearers: Charlie Thorn, Mitchell Thorn, Blaine Kessinger, Dustin Pettrey and Robert and Cecil Williams. Women of the church will carry flowers.

Bluefield Daily-Times, Friday 07/21/1972

Higginbotham, William (Snooks), 48, of 203 Thorn St., Princeton; Today at 2:30 p.m. at Kee Street United Methodist Church, Princeton, with Rev. Craig Michel and Rev. Roby Belcher officiating. Burial will follow in Roselawn Memorial Gardens on the Bluefield-Princeton Road. Pallbearers: Charlie Thorn, Mitchell Thorn, Blaine Kessinger, Dustin Pettrey, Robert Williams and Cecil Williams. Women of the church will carry flowers. Memorial Funeral Directory is in charge of the arrangements.

Charleston Daily Mail 07/28/1972

Sarah Medora Marshall Higginbotham McCall (1877-1972) WV

Buffalo-Mrs. Sarah Dora Higginbotham McCall, 94, of Grimms Landing, Mason County, died Thursday night at her home after a long illness.

Surviving: son, Elben Higginbotham of Grimms Landing; daughter, Mrs. Nellie Jewett of Columbus, Ohio; sister, Mrs. Aurilla Hall of Bancroft.

Friends may call at the home today after 5 p.m.

Raynes Funeral Home here is in charge of arrangements.

Charleston Daily Mail 08/23/1972

Ernest Claybourne Higginbotham (1933-1972) WV/OH African-American

Ernest Claybourne Higginbotham, 39, of Columbus, Ohio, formerly of Charleston, died Monday at his home of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, according to a member of the family.

He was an employee of Columbus Housing Authority and was a Korean War veteran.

Surviving: wife, Jacqueline; son, Ernest, Jr.; father, Frank Higginbotham of Rand; brothers, Harold of Pensacola, Fla., Frank Jr. of Charleston; sister, Mrs. Carolyn Hicks of Charleston.

Service will be held Saturday at 10 a.m. in Gay Tabernacle in Columbus. Burial will be in Columbus.

McKnabb Funeral Home, Columbus, is in charge of arrangements.

Beckley Post Herald and Register, Sunday 08/27/1972

Earl J. Higginbotham (1912-1972) WV

Earl Higginbotham, 59, 103 Hinton Road, Princeton, died at 6:30 a.m. Saturday in a Beckley Hospital after a long illness.

He was employed as a car man for the Norfolk and Western Railroad Co. A member of Car Man Local No. 139, American Legion Post 154 and the Athens United Methodist Church, he was a World War II veteran.

Born at Gardner, he was a son of the late Andy and Doshie Hazelwood Higginbotham.

Surviving are his wife, Leola Gertrude Higginbotham; a son, Earl J.; a foster son, James Rose, and two foster daughters, Mrs. Susie Anderson and Mrs. Sharon Rose, all of Athens; two sisters, Mrs. Media Duncan and Mrs. Murl Duncan and two brothers, Dewey and Grady, all of Princeton; and two grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held a 2 p.m. Monday at the Memorial Funeral Directory Chapel, Princeton, with the Rev. Maurice Miller in charge. Burial will be in Athens Cemetery, Athens.

Friends may call at the funeral home from 4 p.m. until 9 p.m. today.

Pallbearers will be James Mayberry, Leonard Beckett, Charlie Oxley, H. S. Wiley, James Foster, Eddie Kessinger, Joe Coburn and Robert McGuire.

Charleston Gazette, Tuesday 09/26/1972

William Clinton Higginbotham (1889-1972) WV

William Clinton Higginbotham, 82, of 212 Easter Rd., Nitro, died Monday at the home of a son, William Higginbotham of Eskdale, after a long illness.

He was a retired miner.

Also surviving are daughters, Mrs. Vivian Lett of Sissonville, Mrs. Juanita Cobb of Liberty; sons, Letcher of Melbourne, Fla., Elmer and Leff of Nitro, Kermit of Paris, Ohio, Robert of Poca; brothers, Ivan of Sissonville, Clarence of Columbus, Ohio, Shirley of Melbourne, Fla.; 35 grandchildren; 45 great-grandchildren.

Gatens Funeral Home at Poca is in charge of arrangements.

Friends may call after 5 p.m. today.

Charleston Gazette, Wednesday 09/27/1972

Higginbotham, William Clinton—Service will be 2 p.m. today at Gatens Funeral Home, Poca, with the Rev. John Burgess officiating. Burial will be in Slater Cemetery of Trace Fork. Mr. Higginbotham, 82, of 212 Easter Rd., Nitro, died Monday at the home of a son in Eskdale.

The Charleston Gazette 10/05/1972

Beulah Virginia Higginbotham Riggs (1895-1972) WV

Huntington - Mrs. Beulah Higginbotham Riggs, 77, of Huntington died Tuesday in a Huntington hospital.

She was a member of the First Presbyterian Church in Huntington and formerly a member of the Huntington Women's Club.

Surviving: sons, Thomas J. Jr., of Providence, R. I., Stephen of Huntington; daughter, Mrs. Ray K. Sullivan of Huntington; nine grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.

Service will be 11 a.m. Friday at Klingel-Carpenter Funeral home in Huntington with Dr. L. P. Jones and the Rev. E. D. Witherspoon officiating. Burial will be in Ridgelawn Memorial Park.

Friends may call at the funeral home from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. today.

West Virginia Daily News, Monday 10/23/1972

William Moore Higginbotham Sr. (1878-1972) WV

William Moore Higginbotham Sr., 94, of Frankford, died Friday, October 20, 1972 in Greenbrier Valley Hospital.

He was a former Member of the Greenbrier County Board of Education and a former member of Greenbrier Valley Soil Conservation Board and Shorthorn Breeders Association. He was a retired cattleman and farmer.

Mr. Higginbotham was a member and trustee of Frankford United Methodist Church and was a member of Greenbrier County Farm Bureau and Ruritan Club.

He is survived by a son, William Jr. of Frankford; sister, Mrs. Raymond Bright of Frankford; and four grandchildren.

Funeral services were held Sunday in Jack K. Wallace Funeral Home Chapel. Burial was in Rosewood Cemetery.

Charleston Gazette, Monday 11/27/1972

Grace Evelett Edens Higginbotham (1884-1972) WV

Mrs. Grace E. Higginbotham, 88, of 731 Campbells Creek Dr., died Sunday in a Spencer Hospital after a long illness.

Surviving: sons, H. F. Van Bibber of Charleston, Ira Lance of Ballard; brother, L. E. Edens of Charleston; sisters, Mrs. Sanoma Casdorph of Dunbar, Mrs. Tracy Jeffers of Charleston, Mrs. Clair Kiser of Spencer; 14 grandchildren; 28 great-grandchildren.

Service will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Cunningham Funeral Home with the Rev. Marvin Haynes and the Rev. O. G. Mickey officiating. Burial will be in Markle Cemetery in Clay County. Friends may call after noon today.

Charleston Daily Mail 01/06/1973

Fern Virginia Jordan Higginbotham (1928-1973) WV/OH

Mrs. Fern Jordan Higginbotham, 45, of Beaver, Ohio, formerly of Charleston, died Thursday in an automobile accident in Ohio, while en route to visit a daughter, Mrs. Wilma Taylor, of Columbus, a member of the family said.

Also surviving: husband, C. O. Higginbotham; daughters, Mrs. Janet Shilling of Ohio, Debbie at home; sons, Thomas and Robert of Ohio, Floyd and Rex at home; parents, Mr. and Mrs. Hoy Jordan of Charleston Rt. 4; sisters, Mrs. Verdeen Halley, Mrs. Helen Edens, Mrs. Adona Holmes, Mrs. Phyllis Bailey, Mrs. Barbara Britton, Mrs. Frances Landers, Mrs. Judy Reed, all of Charleston; brother, Kermit Jordan of Charleston.

Service and burial will be held Sunday in Beaver, Ohio, with Hammerstein Funeral Home in charge.

Wheeling Intelligencer, Monday 02/19/1973

Wilmont Gene Higenbothum (1915-1973) OH/WV

Higenbothum, Wilmont, 57, of 183 Tom Dr., Weirton, died Saturday at Weirton General Hospital. He was born April 9, 1915, in Costonia, O., son of the late John and Harriet Brown Higenbothum. He was a retired foreman of Weirton Steel Division; a member of Resurrection Lutheran Church of Weirton. Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Dorothy Fike Higenbothum; one daughter, Mrs. Robert (Roxana) Pierson of Lancaster, Pa.; one son, Jan Wilmont Higenbothum of Philadelphia, pa.; one sister, Mrs. Nancy Pankeratz of Cleveland, O. Friends received at Steel and Wolfe Funeral Home, Penco Rd., Weirton, 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Monday where services will be held Tuesday at 1 p.m. with the Rev. J. Lowell Knauff officiating. Interment in Chapel Hill Memorial Garden, Weirton.

Charleston Gazette-Mail, Sunday 05/13/1973

Segious Alice Higginbotham (1896-1973) WV

Miss Alice Higginbotham, 76, of Rt. 1, St. Albans, died Saturday in Thomas Memorial Hospital after a short illness.

She was a member of the First Baptist Church and the Watson Bible Class, Daughters of America, a committeewoman for the Republican party, saleslady at Cox, Thornton's and Bassitt Stores.

Surviving: sister, Mrs. Ruth Henley of St. Albans; brother, Perle of Red House.

Service will be 2 p.m. Monday in the First Baptist Church, St. Albans, with the Rev. S. Robert Weaver officiating. Burial will be in Teays Hill Cemetery.

The body is at Bartlett Funeral Home, St. Albans where friends may call from noon to 9:30 p.m. today.

Charleston Gazette-Mail, Sunday 05/20/1973

Leander Anderson Higginbotham (1884-1973) WV

Leander Anderson Higginbotham, 89, of 517 17^th St., Dunbar, died Saturday at his home.

He was a retired employee of the Kanawha Board of Education, a lifelong resident of Kanawha County and a resident of Dunbar for 50 years.

Surviving: brothers, P. Webb of Huntington, Orville of Clendenin, Ludd of Columbus, Ohio, David of Buffalo and Okel of Sissonville; sisters, Mrs. Zelma Boggess, Mrs. Lola Fields and Mrs. Beulah Skeen, all of Sissonville, Mrs. Dova Fugate of Charleston, Mrs. Ruby Roberts of Hurricane and Mrs. Lillian Fields of Rt. 5, Charleston.

The body is at Keller Funeral Home, Dunbar, where friends may call after 5 p.m. today.

Arrangements are incomplete.

Charleston Gazette, Monday 05/21/1973

Higginbotham, Leander Anderson—Service will be 11 a.m. Tuesday in Keller Funeral Home, Dunbar, with the Rev. Gene Burdette officiating. Burial will be in Grandview Memorial Park. Mr. Higginbotham, 89, of 1232 Fletcher Ave., Dunbar, died Saturday at his home.

Friends may call at the funeral home.

Charleston Gazette, Saturday 06/23/1973

Petris Allen Higginbotham (1903-1973) WV African American

Shamrock—Petris Allen Higginbotham, 69, of Shamrock, Logan County, died Friday in Logan General Hospital.

He was a retired miner and was a member of St. Phillips Baptist Church at Cora. Mr. Higginbotham lived in Logan County 50 years.

Surviving: wife, Helen L.; son, Petris Jr. of Seattle, Wash.; step-daughter, Miss Rena Tolliver of Shamrock; step-son, Thomas Tolliver Jr. of Shamrock; sisters, Mrs. Annie Brown of Beckley, Mrs. Myrtle McKinney of Omar; brother, Raymond Higginbotham of Dayton, Ohio.

The body is at Chapman Funeral Home, Logan.

Charleston Gazette-Mail, Sunday 06/24/1973

Higginbotham, Petris Allen—Service will be 1:30 p.m. Monday in St. Phillips Baptist Church, Cora, with the Rev. J. T. Mann officiating. Burial will be in Forest Lawn Cemetery, Pecks Mill. Mr. Higginbotham, 69, of Shamrock, Logan County, died Friday in Logan General Hospital.

The body is at Chapman Funeral Home, Logan, where friends may call after 6 p.m. today and will be taken to the church one hour before the service.

Parkersburg News, Sunday 07/15/1973

Friend Robert Hickenbottom (1896-1973) OH/WV

Funeral services will be conducted at 11 a.m. Tuesday at the Spencer Funeral Home in Belpre for Friend Robert Hickenbottom, 77, of Belpre Rt. 1, who died Friday night at Camden-Clark Memorial Hospital following an extended illness.

The Rev. Paul Higgins and the Rev. Walter Frost will officiate and interment will be in the Rock Hill Cemetery near Flushing, O.

He was born in Woodsfield, O., March 4, 1896, son of the late George and Harriet Burdette Hickenbottom. A resident of Belpre for the last 24 years, he was a member of the Lodell United Methodist Church at Rockport. A member of the CIO Local No. 35, he had been employed at the A. B. Chance Co. and the Camden-Clark Memorial Hospital.

Surviving are his widow, Luvada Smith Hickenbottom; two daughters, Mrs. Jean Snider of Belpre and Amelia Hickenbottom of Parkersburg; two sons, R.P Hickenbottom of Williamstown and F.D. Hickenbottom of Melbourne, Fla.; 12 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.

Preceding Mr. Hickenbottom in death were three brothers and threes sisters.

Friends may call at the funeral home after 2 p.m. today.

Charleston Gazette 07/28/1973

Marshall Orbie Higginbotham (1918-1973) WV

Marshall O. Higginbotham, 55, of 1713 Claire St., died Friday at this home after a long illness.

He was a former employee of the City Street Department.

Surviving: wife, Delma; daughter, Mrs. Deanie Ellis of Charleston; mother, Mrs. Ann Higginbotham of South Charleston; sister, Mrs. Peggy Ellis of Cincinnati, Ohio; brother, Jesse of Bingham City, Utah.

Friends may call after noon today at Elk Funeral Home.

Bluefield Daily Telegraph 08/27/1973

John Crockett Higginbotham II (1894-1973) WV/OH/FL

John Higginbotham, 78, of Sarasota, Fla., died in Sarasota Saturday following a short illness.

He had resided in Sarasota since retiring in 1960. He was a grandson of John and Elizabeth Allen Higginbotham, early settlers of Bluefield and was the last surviving member of the John C. and Daisy Johnston Higginbotham, residents of Bluefield in the early 1900’s.

He was born in Bluefield and later resided in Athens. A 1915 graduate of Concord College, he had lived for some years in Portsmouth, Ohio and later moved to McDowell County. He had been an elementary and secondary schoolteacher in Mercer and McDowell County schools but later was widely known in this area as a sales representative for mining supplies.

Surviving are his widow, Chloe Adair Higginbotham; one daughter, Mrs. George F. Bauer, Jr. of Middletown, Ohio; two sons, John Higginbotham IV of Greensboro, N.C., and Commander Allan Bane Higginbotham, stationed with the US Navy in Vienna, Va.; and nine grandchildren.

Graveside rites will be conducted Tuesday at 2:30 p.m. at the Walnut Grove Cemetery in Bluefield with his brother-in-law, Rev. Merril M. Brammer of Muskegon, Mich., officiating. The family requests that contributions be made to the Athens Methodist Church of to a favorite charity. Mercer Funeral Home in Bluefield is in charge of arrangements.

Charleston Gazette, Tuesday 09/11/1973

Barbara Bell Jividen Higginbotham (1910-1973) WV

Point Pleasant—Mrs. Barbara Higginbotham , 63, of Point Pleasant, died Sunday in Pleasant Valley Hospital here after a long illness.

She was a member of Leon United Methodist Church.

Surviving: husband, William S.; sisters, Mrs. Louise Sommer of St. Cloud, Fla., Mrs. Lulu Jividen and Mrs. Kathleen McDermitt of Point Pleasant, Miss Freda Jividen of Barboursville; brother, W.B. Jividen of Leon.

Service will be 2 p.m. today at Crow-Hussell Funeral Home here with the Rev. Ira Wellman and the Rev. William Kope officiating. Burial will be in Kirkland Memorial Gardens at Point Pleasant.

Fairmont Times, Saturday 09/22/1973

Rose Belle Randall Higinbotham (1880-1973) WV

Mrs. Rose R. Higinbotham, 93, of 73 Rebecca St., Shinnston, died at 7:10 p.m. Friday in St. Barbara’s Nursing Home. She was born April 19, 1880 at Pine Bluff, near Shinnston, a daughter of the late George Franklin and Sarah Carolina Shinn Randall.

She was a widow of Charles Harry Higinbotham, who died in 1954. Higinbotham was superintendent of the Owings Mine No. 32 for many years.

Survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Margaret Reed of Shinnston; four grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. A son, George Higinbotham, president of Consolidated Coal Co., died in 1967, and a daughter, Mrs. Ellen Thorne, also died in 1967.

She was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Shinnston, a member of the Eastern Star, a member of the DAR, and a member of the Colonial Dames. She was the first chairman of the American Red Cross in Shinnston and served in the post during both World War I and World War II.

Mrs. Higinbotham was a member of the Shinnston Woman’s Club and a former president of the club, and a member of the Shinnston Garden Club.

The body is in the Harmer Funeral Home in Shinnston. Funeral plans are incomplete.

Times-West Virginian, Sunday 09/23/1973

Higinbotham—Mrs. Rose R., 93, of 73 Rebecca St., Shinnston, died at 7:10 p.m. Friday in St. Barbara’s Nursing Home. The body is in the Harmer Funeral Home where friends may call after 11 a.m. Sunday. Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Monday in the funeral home. The Rev. James Gainer will officiate and burial will be in the Masonic Cemetery at Shinnston.

Wetzel Democrat, Monday 10/15/1973

Zanie Martin Higginbotham (1892-1973) WV

Mrs. Zanie M. Higginbotham, 81, of 707 North Eighth Ave., Paden City, died Thursday at Wetzel County Hospital, New Martinsville. She was a member of Wesleyan Church, Paden City. Surviving are three daughters, Mrs. Hazel Lemasters of Paden City, Mrs. Edith Noland of New Martinsville, and Mrs. Wanda Pyles of Proctor, W. Va. Friends were received at Mowery-Trowbridge Funeral Home, Paden City, after 7 p.m. Friday, where services were held Sunday at 2 p.m. Interment in Glen Haven Memory Gardens, Paden City.

Charleston Gazette, Monday 11/05/1973

Hubert William Higginbotham Sr. (1911-1973) WV

Hubert William Higginbotham, 62, of Rand died Sunday in Charleston Memorial Hospital.

He was a retired miner for the Carbon Fuel Co.

Surviving: wife, Loraine; son, Hubert Jr. of Boynton Beach, Fla.; daughters, Mrs. Ada Huffman, Mrs. Joe Hodge and Mrs. Dean Green, all of Goshen, Ind., Mrs. Robert Conway of St. Albans, Mrs. Richard Sothen of Boynton Beach, Fla.; brother, Arley of Barberton, Ohio; sister, Mrs. Dallas Skinner of Barberton, Ohio.

The body is at Pryor Funeral Home, East Bank.

Charleston Gazette, Tuesday 11/06/1973

Higginbotham, Hubert William—Service will be 1 p.m. Wednesday in Pryor Funeral Home, East Bank, with the Rev. Jesse Woodward officiating. Burial will be in Montgomery Memorial Park in London. Mr. Higginbotham, 62, of Rand, died Sunday in Charleston Memorial Hospital. Additional survivors: 19 grandchildren; 5 great-grandchildren. Friends may call after 1 p.m. today.

Columbus, OH Dispatch, Wednesday 12/12/1973

Cecil Everett Higginbotham (1905-1973) WV/OH

Cecil E. Higginbotham, age 68, 2350 Delaven Dr., Tuesday, Riverside Hospital. Retired Pressman from Spencer Walker Printing Co. Member of Columbus Baptist Temple and Local 62 Printing Pressman’s Union. Survived by wife, Ruth; sons, Bob, Herb and Tommy; daughter, Mrs. Joseph Buchanan, all of Columbus; 11 grandchildren; 5 great-grandchildren; sister, Ocie Childers, Antioch, Ill. Funeral service Friday 1 p.m. Columbus Baptist Temple. Pastor Richard Hankins officiating. Friends may call Schoedinger Linden, 2741 Cleveland Ave. Wednesday 7-9 p.m., Thursday 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Interment Union Cemetery.

Charleston Daily Mail 01/23/1974

Minnie Frances Jackson Higginbotham (1883-1974) WV/OH

Buffalo-Mrs. Minnie Frances Higginbotham, 90, of Albany, Ohio, formerly of Hometown, Putnam County, died Tuesday at the home of a daughter, Mrs. Clara Reedy of Albany.

She was a member of Cross Creek United Methodist Church in Buffalo.

Also surviving: daughters, Mrs. Georgia Whittington of Brookville, Fla., Mrs. Mildred Jeffers of Dexter, Ohio, Mrs. Naomi Glassburn of Bidwell, Ohio; sons, Alfred of Lynchburg, Va., Milford of Leesburg, Va., Charles and Harold of Dunbar, Arnold of Miami, Fla.

Services will be held Thursday at 2 p.m. in Cross Creek United Methodist. Burial will be in Buffalo Memorial Park, Buffalo.

Friends may call after 4 p.m. at Raynes Funeral Home, Buffalo.

Charleston Gazette-Mail, Sunday 02/24/1974

Ira Francis Higginbotham (1880-1974) WV

Ira Francis Higginbotham, 93, of 5806 Starling Dr., Rand, died Saturday in Charleston Memorial Hospital after a short illness.

He was a native of Paradise, Putnam County, a former resident of Ward, a 13-year resident of Rand and a retired coal miner for Cannelton Coal Co.

Surviving: sons, Robert F. of Rand, Ira L. of Parkersburg, Pa. and Albert C. of Gauley Bridge; daughters, Mrs. Dora Whitely of Cedar Grove and Miss Nora Higginbotham of McConnelsville, Ohio, Mrs. Lucille Truman of Gauley Bridge and Mrs. Helen Groah of Titusville, Fla.; 23 grandchildren; 33 great-grandchildren; one great-great-grandchild.

Service will be 1 p.m. Monday at Stevens-Grass Funeral Home, Malden, with the Rev. Arnold Belcher officiating. Burial will be in Montgomery Memorial Park.

Friends may call after 2 p.m. today.

Charleston Daily Mail 03/16/1974

Alice Walker Higginbotham (1898-1974) WV/FL

Buffalo - Mrs. Alice Walker Higginbotham, 76, of Rockledge, Fla., formerly of Buffalo, died Wednesday in Florida.

Surviving: husband, Sherley.

Service will be Sunday at 2 p.m. in Walker Chapel Church at Robertsburg with the Rev. Belford Jividen and the Rev. Guy Garrison officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery.

Friends may call today after 2 p.m. at Raynes Funeral Home, Buffalo.

Charleston Gazette, Saturday 05/25/1974

Jonathan Earl Higginbotham (1903-1974) WV

Buffalo—Jonathan Earl Higginbotham, 70, of Buffalo, died Friday at home.

He was a retired 48-year employee of Penn Central Railroad.

Surviving: wife, Ada Esther Higginbotham; daughter, Mrs. Helen Herdman of Buffalo; sons, Ernest and Harold Lee, both of Buffalo, Earl Denver of Nitro, Kenneth Charles of Columbus, Ohio; sisters, Mrs. Mary Hayes and Mrs. Emma Weaver, both of Grimms Landing, Mrs. Redia Bowers of Lancaster, Ohio; brothers, William and Lawrence, both of Alvado, Ohio, Ezra of Buffalo, Dencil of Point Pleasant; 15 grandchildren; two great-grandchildren.

Service will be 2 p.m. Monday in Raynes Funeral Home, Buffalo, with the Rev. Wayne Burch officiating. Burial will be in Buffalo Memorial Park.

Friends may call after 3:30 p.m. today.

Charleston Gazette-Mail 06/02/1974

Arnold Lawrence Higginbotham (1917-1974) WV

Arnold L. Higginbotham, 57, of 5114 Blue Bell Dr. Cross Lanes, died Saturday in Thomas Memorial Hospital.

He was retired employee of Associated Transport.

Surviving: wife, Ruby; sons, Arnold of Phoenix, Ariz., Robert of Louisville, Ky., and Ralph of Eleanor; brothers, Claire and Charles, both of Dayton, Ohio, and Samuel C. of South Charleston; sisters, Mrs. Jean Sieferman of Dayton, Ohio, Mrs. Ernestine Holmes of Charleston and Mrs. Claudia Abbott of Russells Point, Ohio.

The body is at Snodgrass Funeral Home, South Charleston, where friends may call from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. today.

Charleston Gazette, Monday 07/15/1974

Ruben Elbin Higginbotham (1875-1974) WV

Point Pleasant—Ruben E. Higginbotham, 99, of Point Pleasant, Mason County, died Saturday in Fairhaven Nursing Home, Huntington.

He was a retired farmer and a member of Oma Chapel United Methodist Church.

Surviving: sons, William S. of Point Pleasant, Arthur and Carroll, both of Grimms Landing; two grandchildren; five great-grandchildren.

Service will be 2 p.m. Tuesday in Crow-Hussell Funeral home, Point Pleasant with the Rev. Ira Wellman officiating. Burial will be in Craig Cemetery, Grimms Landing.

Friends may call after 1 p.m. today.

Fairmont Times, Wednesday 10/09/1974

Frederick S. Higginbotham Sr. (1888-1974) WV

Fred Higginbotham, 85, of 41 Rebecca St., Shinnston, a retired foreman for the Consolidated Coal Co., died in a Clarksburg hospital at 10:20 a.m. Tuesday.

He was born Dec. 17, 1888, in Fairmont, a son of the late James Lamb and Mary Work Higginbotham. His first wife, Margaret Shaffer Higginbotham, is deceased.

Survivors include his second wife, Margaret Robey Higginbotham; a son, Frederick S Higginbotham, Four States; three daughters, Mrs. George (Vera) Sikinow, Route 1, Farmington; Mrs. Chester (Geralding) Southern, Shinnston; Mrs. John (Margie) Alkire, Raleigh, N.C.; two step children, Mrs. John B. (Marjorie) Stout, Pittsburgh; and Edward Bowman, Kingwood; 10 grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.

He was employed for 50 years at the Carolina Mine and the Owings Mine. He was a member of the First United Methodist Church, the Historical Society and the Senior Citizens Club of Shinnston.

Fairmont Times, Thursday 10/10/1974

Higginbotham—Fred, 85, of 41 Rebecca St., Shinnston, died at 10:20 a.m. Tuesday in a Clarksburg hospital. Friends may call at the Harmer Funeral Home in Shinnston after 3 p.m. Thursday. Funeral services will be held in the funeral home at 11 a.m. Friday with the Rev. William Vance Gainer and the Rev. Robert Dent officiating. Burial will be in the Shinnston Masonic Cemetery.

Charleston Gazette, Monday 11/18/1974

Benjamin Orville Higginbotham (1898-1974) WV

Benjamin Orville Higginbotham, 76, of Clendenin, formerly of Charleston, died Saturday in Memorial Division, Charleston Area Medical Center, after a short illness.

He was a Baptist and a retired barber with 52 years of service in the Charleston and Clendenin areas.

Surviving: Gladys Allen Higginbotham; daughters, Mrs. Juanita McLaren of St. Albans, Mrs. Phyllis Stevens of California, step daughters, Mrs. Tommy B. Humphreys of Clendenin, Mrs. Clyde Ramsey of Charleston; sons, Edwin and Robert of Lakewood, Calif., Russell of Norwalk, Calif.; sisters, Mrs. Lola Fields, Mrs. Beulah Skeens and Mrs. Zelma Boggess of Sissonville, Mrs. Lillian Fields and Mrs. Dovie Fugate of Charleston, Mrs. Ruby Roberts of Hurricane; brothers, Webb of Huntington, David of Buffalo, Okel of Sissonville, Lud of Ohio; 15 grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren.

Service will be 1 p.m. Tuesday in Myers Funeral Home, Elkview, with the Rev. Warren Statts officiating. Burial will be in Emma Chapel Cemetery, near Liberty, Jackson County.

Friends may call after noon today at the funeral home.

The Charleston Gazette 11/18/1974

Almeda May Higginbotham Bragg (1898-1974) WV/IL

Rockford, Ill.-Mrs. Almeda Mae Bragg, 75, of Rockford, formerly of Putnam County, W. Va., died Sunday in a Rockford hospital of an apparent heart attack.

Mrs. Bragg was a native of Putnam County, and formerly lived in Hometown and St. Albans, W. Va.

Surviving: husband, Eugene Elven; daughters, Mrs. Almedia Mae Hedrick of Hometown, W. Va., Mrs. Bernice Lacy of Garretts Bend, W. Va., Mrs. Kathlee Burgess of Logan, W. Va., Mrs. Rosa Lee Townsend of Rockford; sons, Clarence of Cleveland, Ohio, Clifford of Huntington, W. Va., Ira Lee of Poca, W. Va., Charles and Lewis, both of Rockford; sisters, Mrs. Bertie Wolfe of Nitro, W. Va., Mrs. Carrie Trador of Hometown, W. Va., Mrs. Lennie Craig of Red House, W. Va.; brothers, Luther and Otis Higginbotham of Charleston, W. Va; 43 grandchildren; 30 great-grandchildren.

The body will be returned to Gatens Funeral Home in Poca, W. Va.

Charleston Daily Mail 11/19/1974

Ivory Gibson Higginbotham (1906-1974) WV

Mrs. Ivory Higginbotham, 68, of 1585 Pansy Drive, died yesterday at her home after a short illness.

She was a member of the Everlasting Gospel Tabernacle.

Surviving: husband, Hubert; step-sons, Linzey of Nitro, Darrell of Red House, Hubert of Indiana, Hershel of Arizona; foster son, Charles Holstein of Charleston; step-daughters, Mrs. Freda Noffsinger of Red House, Mrs. Mildred Randolph of Red House, Mrs. Helen Goff of South Charleston, Mrs. Kathalee Deal of Poca; Mrs. Dicie Harrison of Gypsum, Ohio, Mrs. Maxine Randolph of Colonial Heights, Va.

Service will be held Wednesday at 2 p.m. at Cunningham Funeral Home with the Rev. D. W. Durst officiating. Burial will be in Spring Hill Cemetery.

Friends may call today at the funeral home.

Charleston Daily Mail 12/19/1974

Nora L. Higginbotham Anania (1884-1974) WV

Mrs. Lora Higginbotham Anania, 90, of Charleston, died Wednesday in the General Division of the Charleston Area Medical Center.

She was a member of the Open Door Apostolic Mission Church in Charleston.

Surviving: sister, Mrs. Judy Warren of St. Marys, Ohio; brother, Romeo Higginbotham of Zanesville, Ohio.

The body is at Raynes Funeral Home, Buffalo.

Charleston Daily Mail 12/23/1974

Don Alton Higginbotham (1934-1974) WV/VA

Arlington, Va.-Don Alton Higginbotham, 40, of Arlington, formerly of Charleston, W. Va., died Saturday in the Arlington Hospital after a short illness.

He was a real estate broker in Arlington, and former member of the National Guard.

Surviving: wife, Lynn; daughter, Donna at home; sons, Jay and Andrew at home; parents, Dr. and Mrs. A. E. Higginbotham of West Virginia; brother, Rex of California; sister, Mrs. Jan Mitri of Illinois.

Service will be held Tuesday at 11 a.m. at the Murphy Funeral home here. Burial will be in Columbia Gardens at Arlington.

Charleston Gazette, Saturday 01/04/1975

Minnie S. Steele Higginbotham (1885-1975) WV

Mrs. Minnie S. Higginbotham, 89, who lived with a daughter, Mrs. Macel E. Boles of 511 18^th St., Dunbar, died Friday in Thomas Memorial Hospital.

She was a member of First United Methodist Church in Dunbar and lived in Dunbar 47 years. Mrs. Higginbotham was a native of Red House.

Also surviving: daughter, Mrs. Rosalie Raines of Canton, Ohio; sister, Mrs. Charlotte Null of Liberty; three grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; two step-great-grandchildren.

Friends may call after 1 p.m. Sunday at Keller Funeral Home, Dunbar.

Charleston Gazette, Saturday 05/10/1975

Bernard Morton Higginbotham (1891-1975) WV

Red House—Bernard Morton "Mose" Higginbotham, 84, of Rt. 1, Red House, Putnam County, died Thursday in Thomas Memorial Hospital.

He was a retired construction worker.

Surviving: wife: Ernie; Stepsons, David Webster of San Antonio, Tex., Clyde Lilly of Cincinnati, Ohio; stepdaughters, Mrs. T.R. Kessell of Winfield, Mrs. Wanda Ziegler and Mrs. Reba LeMay, both of Lexington, Ky.; sister, Mary Higginbotham of Charleston; brothers, Charles and Gilbert, both of Charleston, Kenna of Buffalo; seven step-grandchildren; nine step-great-grandchildren.

Service will be 1:30 p.m. Sunday in Cross Creek Church in Buffalo with the Rev. Jerry Ranson officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery.

The body will be taken to the church an hour before the service.

Friends may call at Raynes Funeral Home, Buffalo.

Charleston Gazette-Mail, Sunday 05/18/1975

Grace Marie Cornell Higginbotham (1899-1975) WV

Point Pleasant—Mrs. Grace Marie Cornell Higginbotham, 75, of Point Pleasant, formerly of Southside, Mason County, died Friday in Pleasant Valley Hospital after a sudden illness.

She was a member of the Harmony Baptist Church in Southside.

Surviving: daughters, Mrs. Nellie Newell and Mrs. Cora Baird of Southside, Mrs. Dorothy Clonch of Gallipolis, Ohio, Mrs. Maggie Sheppard of Henderson, Mrs. Zora Rawson of Middleport, Ohio, Mrs. Linda Dunn of Pomeroy, Ohio; sons, Ray and Alvin of Southside, Carroll of Henderson, Paul of Gallipolis, Ohio, Robert of Point Pleasant, John of Buffalo; sisters, Mrs. Myrtle Thomas of Point Pleasant, Mrs. Melva Mitchell of Gallipolis, Ohio; half-sisters, Mrs. Ruby Whittington and Mrs. Faye Jeffers of Buffalo, Mrs. Louise Gillenwater and Mrs. Anna Lee Tony of Sod; half-brothers, Stanley Cornell of Charleston, Leonard Cornell of Lancaster, Ohio, Billy Cornell of Michigan, Paul Cornell of Sod; 39 grandchildren; 30 great-grandchildren.

Service will be 1:30 p.m. Monday in Wilcoxen Funeral Home, Point Pleasant, with the Rev. Fred McCallister and the Rev. James Bunn officiating. Burial will be in Beech Hill Cemetery, Southside.

Friends may call after 4 p.m. today at the funeral home.

Charleston Gazette, Thursday 05/29/1975

Mary Kathryn Hoover Higginbotham (1893-1975) WV

Rainelle—Mrs. Mary Kathryn Higginbotham, 81, of Rainelle, died Tuesday in a Fairlea nursing home after a long illness.

She had been a resident of Rainelle for 46 years. She was a member of the Rainelle United Methodist Church and the Rainelle Woman’s Club.

Surviving: daughter, Mrs. Mary Kathryn Ocheltree of Rainelle.

Service will be 1:30 p.m. today in United Methodist Church with the Rev. H. Randolph Kidd Jr. officiating. Burial will be in End of the Trail Cemetery.

The body is in Wallace and Wallace Funeral Home in Rainelle.

Charleston Gazette-Mail, Sunday 06/01/1975

Ida Mae Allen Higginbotham (1894-1975) WV

Buffalo—Mrs. Ida Mae Higginbotham, 80, of Buffalo, Putnam County, died Saturday in Thomas Memorial Hospital, South Charleston, after a long illness.

She was a member of the Mount Zion United Methodist Church on Jim Ridge in Putnam County.

Surviving: daughter, Mrs. Wanda Stone of Buffalo; sisters, Mrs. Lizzie A. Harmon of Leon, Mrs. Millie Bonnett of Given; one grandchild.

Service will be 2 p.m. Monday in Mount Zion United Methodist Church with the Rev. Otie Gay officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery.

Friends may call after 4 p.m. today at Raynes Funeral Home in Buffalo. The body will be taken to the church one hour before service.

Bluefield Daily Telegraph, Friday 07/18/1975

Raymond Hubbard Higginbotham (ca1915-1975) WV African-American

Raymond Higginbotham of Bluefield died Tuesday in a Bluefield hospital following a long illness.

He was a son of the late Will and Mary Higginbotham.

Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Edna Higginbotham; three sons, Raymond Higginbotham, Jr. of Goldsboro, N.C., Ernest Higginbotham of Washington, D.C., and Billy Higginbotham of Bluefield; and three grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held a 2 p.m. Saturday at the Sinkford and Richardson Funeral Chapel in Bluefield. Burial will follow in Restlawn Memorial Gardens at Littlesburg. Friends will be pallbearers and will carry flowers.

Friends may call at the funeral home from 6 until 9 p.m.

Charleston Gazette, Wednesday 08/06/1975

Lillie May Webb Higginbotham (1904-1975) WV

Mrs. Lillie M. Higginbotham, 71, of 1903 Fourth Ave., died Tuesday in the General Division of CAMC.

She was a charter member of the First Pentecostal Church in Charleston.

Surviving: husband, Gilbert; daughters, Mrs. Mary Simon of Downey, Calif., Miss Eva Higginbotham of Charleston; two grandchildren; two great-grandchildren.

Friends may call after 6 p.m. today at the Long-Fisher Funeral Home, Charleston.

Charleston Gazette, Thursday 08/07/1975

Higginbotham, Mrs. Lillie M.—Service will be 11 a.m. Friday in the First Pentecostal Church in Charleston with the Rev. D. W. Durst officiating. Burial will be in Cunningham Memorial Park, St. Albans. Mrs. Higginbotham, 71, of 1903 Fourth Ave., died Tuesday in General Division of CAMC. Additional survivors: sisters, Mrs. Minnie Hillibner of Evansville, Ind., Mrs. Daisy Cook of Charleston. Friends may call at Long-Fisher Funeral Home, Charleston.

Charleston Gazette, Thursday 08/14/1975

Mattie R. Stover Higginbotham (1893-1975) WV

Mrs. Mattie Higginbotham, 82, of 1311 13^th St., Nitro, died Tuesday at home.

She was a member of the First Baptist Church at Nitro.

Surviving: husband, Alva L.; daughter, Mrs. Blaine Walker of Nitro; sisters, Mrs. Minnie Craigo of Red House, Mrs. Rosa Pauley of Huntington.

Service will be 11 a.m. Friday in Gatens Funeral Home in Poca with the Rev. Don Myers officiating. Burial will be in Cunningham Memorial Park.

Charleston Gazette, Monday 09/22/1975

Gallack Charles Higginbotham (1908-1975) WV African-American

Charles "Gat" Higginbotham, 68, of Washington, D.C., formerly of Rand, died Saturday in the Memorial Division of CAMC after a long illness.

He was a member of the Levi Baptist Church, Rand. Mr. Higginbotham was a retired construction worker in Washington, D.C.

Surviving: sisters, Mrs. Bess Taylor of Charleston, Mrs. Ruby Sales and Mrs. Vivian Minor, both of Rand, Mrs. Della Jones of Washington, D.C., Mrs. Katherine Patterson of Bluefield; brothers, Kinkle, Roy, and Clarence Higginbotham, all of Rand, Woodrow and Patrick, both of Washington, D.C.

Preston Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Charleston Gazette, Wednesday 09/24/1975

Higginbotham, Charles—Service will be 1 p.m. Thursday in Preston Funeral Home with the Rev. J.C. Ealy officiating. Burial will be in Spring Hill Cemetery. Friends may call after 1 p.m. today at the funeral home. The family will accept friends from 7:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. today at the funeral home. Mr. Higginbotham, 68, of Washington, D.C., formerly of Rand, died Saturday in Memorial Division, CAMC, after a long illness.

Fairmont Times West Virginian Friday 10/17/1975

William L. Higinbotham (1913-1975) WV/VA

Lt. Col. (Ret.) William L. Higinbotham, 62, formerly of Bellview, died Thursday in Walter Reed Hospital after a short illness. He had been residing at Bowling Green, Va. He was born in Fairmont, Aug. 4, 1913, a son of the late Mona and Lawrence Higinbotham.

Survivors include his widow, Fern Carpenter Higinbotham; and a brother, John Higinbotham of Fairmont.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Monday in Arlington National Cemetery. Mr. and Mrs. John Higinbotham will go the Arlington for the services.

The Charleston Gazette 11/03/1975

India Allen Higginbotham Bright (1893-1975) WV

Mrs. India Higginbotham Bright, 82, of Frankford, Greenbrier County, died Saturday in Greenbrier Valley Hospital, Fairlea, after a long illness.

She was a former schoolteacher, a member of the Frankford Presbyterian Church and was a charter member of the Frankford Home Demonstration Club.

Surviving: husband, Raymond E. Bright; daughter, Mrs. Nancy Bright Wilson of Frankford; 3 grandchildren, 2 great-grandchildren.

Service will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday in Jack K. Wallace Funeral Home, Lewisburg, with the Rev. Dean Veltman and the Rev. Jack Arbuckle officiating. Burial will be in the Rosewood Cemetery, Lewisburg. Friends may call after 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. today at the funeral home. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests donations be made to the Frankford Presbyterian Church or the Frankford Cemetery fund.

Charleston Daily Mail, Saturday 11/08/1975

Henry F. Higginbotham (1907-1975) WV

Henry Higginbotham, 68, of Charleston died Friday in a Spencer hospital after a long illness.

Surviving: brothers, Robert Higginbotham, Bennie Higginbotham, Manuel Higginbotham, of Charleston.

Service will be held Monday at 11 am at the Bartlett-Burdette Funeral home chapel with burial in Spring Hill Cemetery.

Friends may call Sunday afternoon at the funeral home.

Charleston Gazette, Saturday 11/29/1975

Lottie Ellen Freideveaux Higginbotham (1881-1975) WV

Buffalo—Mrs. Lottie Ellen Higginbotham, 94, of Buffalo, died Wednesday at home.

She was a member of Buffalo Baptist Church.

There are no known survivors.

Service will be 3:30 p.m. Sunday in Buffalo Baptist Church with the Rev. Clifford Curry officiating. Burial will be in Buffalo Memorial Park.

Friends may call after 2 p.m. today.

The body will be taken to the church 1 p.m. Sunday from Raynes Funeral Home, Buffalo.

Charleston Gazette-Mail, Sunday 12/14/1975

Pearl Lee Surface Higginbotham (1900-1975) WV

Mrs. Pearl Lee Higginbotham, 75, of Big Chimney, died Friday in the General Division of CAMC after a seven-week illness.

Surviving: husband, Charles; daughters, Mrs. Ruby Rock of Elkview, Mrs. Reba Barker of Stockbridge, Mich.; stepdaughters, Mrs. Macil Fields of Elkview, Mrs. Mabel Huffman of Big Chimney; sisters, Mrs. Hazel Lemmon and Mrs. Georgia Field of Charleston, Mrs. Dormia Haynes of Big Chimney.

Service will be 10 a.m. Monday in Albert Myers and Son Funeral Home, Elkview, with the Rev. Billy Dunn officiating. Burial will be in Sunset Memorial Park, South Charleston.

Friends may call from 4 to 9 p.m. today at the funeral home.

Charleston Gazette, Friday 01/02/1976

Bertha Lee Mae Quinn Higginbotham (1908-1976) WV

Mrs. Bertha L. Higginbotham, 67, of 183 East Point Dr., died Wednesday in the General Division of CAMC after a long illness.

She was a retired employee of the State Department of Highways. She was a member of Salines Presbyterian Church at Malden.

Surviving: husband, Emanuel; sons, Emanuel Ray and John Albert of Charleston; daughters, Mrs. Myrtle Leach and Mrs. Helen Walz of Scott Depot, Mrs. Violet Goff of Cross Lanes, Mrs. Marjorie Litton of Hurricane; brothers, John Quinn of Charleston and Delbert Quinn of Richmond, Va.; sister, Mrs. Nellie Frazier of Charleston; 18 grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren.

Service will be at 2 p.m. Saturday in the United Christian Church, Simmons Creek, with the Rev. John R. Dodd and the Rev. Zack Hunt officiating. Burial will be in Simmons Creek Cemetery.

The body is in Fidler-Frame Funeral Home, Belle.

Times-West Virginian, Monday 01/12/1976

Frederick S. Higginbotham II (1915-1976) WV

Frederick S. Higginbotham II, 50, of Enterprise, died unexpectedly at 5:45 p.m. Sunday at Four States. He was born June 7, 1915, at Carolina, a son of the late Frederick and Margaret Shaffer Higginbotham.

Survivors include his widow, Frances Bart Higginbotham; a son, Dr. Frederick S. Higginbotham III, Reston, Va.; his stepmother, Mrs. Margaret Higginbotham of Shinnston; three sisters, Mrs. George (Vera) Sikinow, Carolina, Mrs. Chester (Geraldine) Southern, Shinnston, and Mrs. John (Marjorie) Alkire, Virginia.

He was a veteran of World War II.

Friends may call at the Harmer Funeral Home in Shinnston after 7 p.m. today.

Times-West Virginian, Tuesday 01/13/1976

Higginbotham—Frederick S. II, 50, of Enterprise, died Sunday at Four States. Friends may call at the Harmer Funeral Home in Shinnston after 7 p.m. Monday, where funeral services will be held Wednesday at 10:30 a.m. Burial will be in the Shinnston Masonic Cemetery. The Rev. John J. Mobley will officiate.

The Charleston Gazette 02/26/1976

Emma Jane Higginbotham Weaver (1915-1976) WV

Robertsburg-Mrs. Emma J. Higginbotham Weaver, of Robertsburg, died Tuesday at home after a long illness.

She was a member of the Oma Chapel United Methodist Church at Grimms Landing.

Surviving: husband, Pearley; daughter, Mrs. Carolyn Coleman of Buffalo; sisters, Mrs. Mary Hayes of Grimms Landing, Mrs. Effie Bowers of Lancaster, Ohio; brothers, Ezra Higginbotham of Buffalo, Dencil Higginbotham of Point Pleasant, William and Lawrence Higginbotham of Alvada, Ohio; two grandchildren.

Service will be at 2 p.m. Friday in Raynes Funeral Home, Buffalo, with the Rev. Bryce Douglas officiating. Burial will be in Buffalo Memorial Park.

Friends may call after 2 p.m. today.

Charleston Gazette 03/02/1976

Belva Rae Cunningham Higginbotham (1926-1976) WV/FL/TX

Houston, Tx - Mrs. Belva Rae Higginbotham, 49, of Houston, formerly of Spencer, WV died Friday in Houston after a long illness.

She was a member of St. Giles Presbyterian Church.

Surviving: husband, Richard H. Higginbotham; daughters, Mrs. Julia Lynn Evans of Statesboro, GA, Mrs. Janet K. Greco and Miss Rachel Higginbotham of Houston; sons, Richard H. Jr. and Shawn Allen of Houston; mother, Mrs. Madeline Cunningham of Spencer.

Service will be held Thursday at 2 p.m. in Vandale Funeral Home, Spencer, with the Rev. Lester Walker officiating. Burial will be in Eventide Cemetery.

Friends may call Tuesday after 6 p.m. at the funeral home.

Charleston Gazette, Monday 03/08/1976

Okel Otmer Higginbotham (1910-1976) WV

Okel O. Higginbotham, 65, of Sissonville, died Sunday at the home of a daughter, Mrs. Othor Harrison of Poca.

He was a retired farmer and a member of Trace Fork Baptist Church.

Also surviving: wife, Berdie B.; daughters, Mrs. Dessel Farrish of Beckley, Mrs. Joeva Higginbotham of Poca; sisters, Mrs. Beulah Skeen, Mrs. Zelma Boggess, Mrs. Lola Fields of Sissonville, Mrs. Lillian Fields and Mrs. Dova Fugate, both of Charleston, Mrs. Ruby Roberts of Hurricane; brothers, David of Buffalo, Webb of Huntington, Ludd of Columbus, Ohio; 17 grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren.

The body is in Gatens Funeral Home, Poca.

Charleston Gazette, Tuesday 03/09/1976

Higginbotham, Okel—Service will be 1 p.m. Wednesday in Gatens Funeral Home, Poca, with the Rev. Warren Anderson and the Rev. David Cox officiating. Burial will be in Higginbotham Cemetery, Trace Fork. Mr. Higginbotham, 65, of Sissonville, died Sunday at the home of a daughter at Rt. 1, Poca. Friends may call after 4 p.m. today.

Morgantown Dominion Post, Sunday 04/04/1976

Walter Higginbotham (1908-1976) WV

Walter Higginbotham, 64, of Rt. 1, Core, died Saturday morning at the University Hospital.

He was born Dec. 25, 1909, in Morgantown, the son of the late Albert and Sarah Ann Higginbotham.

He was a coal miner by profession.

He is survived by two brothers, Charles Higginbotham of Gary, Ind., Sherman Higginbotham of Core; two sisters, Mrs. Woneda Cutright and Mrs. Mary Devore, both of Morgantown.

He was preceded in death by his parents, two brothers, and one sister.

Morgantown Dominion Post, Monday 04/05/1976

Higginbotham, Walter, 64, of Rt. 1, Core, died Saturday, April 3, 1976, at the University Hospital. Friends will be received from 7-9 p.m. Monday, 10 a.m.-noon, 3-5 and 7-9 p.m. Tuesday and 9-11 a.m. Wednesday at the Williams Home for Funerals, when funeral services will be held at the funeral home chapel with the Rev. Benny Higginbotham officiating. Burial will follow in Beverly Hills Memorial Gardens.

Charleston Gazette, Thursday 05/27/1976

Mary Frances Jenkins Higgenbotham (1909-1976) WV

Mrs. Frances Jenkins Higgenbotham, 67, of Rt. 5, Charleston, died Wednesday in St. Francis Hospital. She was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ, Latter-Day Saints, Mormon, and was a lifelong resident of Kanawha County.

Surviving: husband, Clayton; daughter, Mrs. Marguerite Brown of Charleston; stepdaughter, Mrs. Teressa Moore of Proctor; stepson, Carl Higgenbotham of Sisters, Ore.; sister, Mrs. Margaret Craze of Charleston.

Service will be 11 a.m. Friday in Bartlett-Burdette Funeral Home with Elder Steven Atkinsson officiating. Burial will be in the Jenkins Cemetery, Kanawha Two-Mile.

In lieu of flowers donations may be made to the American Cancer Fund.

Friends may call from 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. today.

The Charleston Gazette 05/30/1976

Roger Elliott Higginbotham (1941-1976) WV/FL

Cecelia Weddle Higginbotham (ca1945-1976) WV/FL

Wave For Help Fails to Save Ex-City Woman

Miami, Fla. - A former Charleston, W. Va. woman waved frantically at a policeman from the rear seat of a car driving down a street here Thursday, but was unable to save her own life because within seconds she was shot three times in the chest.

The policeman who saw Mrs. Cecelia Ann Higginbotham, 31, waving to him told a reporter for the Miami Herald that within seconds he heard five gunshots from the vehicle.

Investigating, the officer learned that Mrs. Higginbotham had been shot by her husband, Roger Higginbotham, 33, who then shot himself twice. He also died.

Police said the two were scheduled to have a hearing in divorce court the following day. Both lived in Miami, but had been separated. They apparently met by mutual agreement that day, police said.

Mrs. Higginbotham was a native of Bluefield, W. Va.

Surviving: daughters, Melissa Ann, Angela Lynn, both of Miami; mother, Mrs. Mary Forrlin of North Beach, Md.; brothers, Blaine Weddle of Owensville Ky., Ronald Weddle of Miami, Fla.; sister, Mrs. Rosa Lee McFadden of Miami, Fla.

Graveside service will be 3:30 p.m. Monday in Peters Cemetery, Dothan. The body is being sent to Dodd-Payne Funeral Home, Fayetteville.

The Charleston Gazette 06/29/1976

Howard Wilson Higginbotham (1912-1976) WV/OH

Waverly, Ohio - Howard W. Higginbotham, 63, of Waverly, formerly of Kanawha County, W. Va., died yesterday in A pike County hospital, apparently of a heart attack.

Surviving: wife, Orpha Akers Higginbotham; son, Howard Douglas of Blanchester, Ohio; daughters, Mrs. Kenneth Jones of Prosperity, W. Va., Mrs. Kenneth Rogers of Wakefield, Ohio, Mrs. Leroy Jennings of Circleville, Ohio, Miss Helen Higginbotham of Portsmouth, Ohio; brother, Wilbur of South Charleston, W. Va.; sisters, Mrs. Dola Parsons of Brounland, W. Va., Mrs. Nora Hudson and Miss Mary Higginbotham of Charleston, W. Va.

Service will be 11 a.m. Wednesday in Boyer Funeral Home in Waverly, with the Rev. R. G. Humble officiating. Burial will be in Waverly Evergreen Cemetery.

Friends may call 2 p.m. today at the funeral home.

Charleston Gazette, Wednesday 07/07/1976

Mary Elizabeth Higginbotham (1892-1976) WV

Miss Mary Elizabeth Higginbotham, 84, of Allen’s Route, Sissonville, died Tuesday in General Division of CAMC after a long illness.

She was a member of Allen’s Chapel Methodist Church and a lifelong resident of Sissonville.

Surviving: brother, Dr. Cecil M. Higginbotham of Dunbar; and several nieces and nephews.

Service will be 11 a.m. Thursday in Long-Fisher Funeral Home, Pocatalico, with the Rev. M. Vaughan Fisher officiating. Burial will be in Emma Chapel Cemetery, Liberty.

Friends may call from 7 to 9 p.m. today at the funeral home.

Bluefield Daily Telegraph, Tuesday 08/24/1976

Lucy Higginbotham Mann (1907-1976) WV

Illness Claims Mrs. Lucy Mann

Mrs. Lucy Higginbotham Mann, widow of Bluefield investment broker, James E. Mann and sister of Dr. Upshur Higginbotham of Bluefield, died Monday at her home at 530 Parkway, Bluefield, after a long illness. She was 69.

A former teacher with the Mercer County Board of Education and Bluefield College, she was a member of the First Presbyterian Church in Bluefield. Born in Charleston, she was a daughter of the late Upshur and Roberta Kessler Higginbotham. She attended public schools in Oklahoma and graduated from Monticello Seminary and West Virginia University.

Mrs. Mann was a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution, the Colonial Dames and Delta Kappa Gamma.

Her husband preceded her in death in April of last year.

Survivors include one son, James E. Mann of Charlottesville, Va.; one sister, Mrs. Mary Katherine Adams of Kingsport, Tenn.; one additional brother, Henry Higginbotham of Elkins; and four grandchildren.

Funeral services will be conducted Wednesday at 11 a.m. at Mercer Funeral Home Chapel in Bluefield with Rev. Richard Rouquie officiating. Entombment will follow in Monte Vista Park Cemetery Mausoleum.

Pallbearers: James Brown, Jack Spear, Al Modena, Robert Lux, Ed Shumate, and Mirto Corte.

The family requests that memorial contributions be made to the First Presbyterian Church in Bluefield and the American Cancer Society.

Friends may call at the funeral home today from 5 to 9 p.m.

Charleston Daily Mail 09/07/1976

Avilee N. Higginbotham Baldwin (1893-1976) WV

Mrs. Avilee H. Baldwin, 83, of Charleston Rt. 5, who leaves 185 survivors, died Monday in Riverside Nursing Home after a long illness.

She was a member of the Faith Gospel Tabernacle.

Surviving: sons, N. Baldwin of Charleston Rt.4, Ivan O. Higginbotham of Sissonville; stepsons, W. Roy and Wilbur T. Baldwin of Sissonville; daughters, Mrs. Lonia Burford of Tuppers Creek, Mrs. Nellie Jones of Coopers Creek, Mrs. Julia Hill of Alum Creek, Mrs. Ruth Fadely of Cross Lanes; stepdaughters, Mrs. Ernie Carpenter of Tuppers Creek, Mrs. Ocie Smith of Grapevine; brothers, Enos Higginbotham of Athens, Sidgel Higginbotham of Sissonville; sisters, Mrs. Alma Phillips of Kentuck, Mrs. Sadie Dean of Charleston; 24 grandchildren; 147 great-grandchildren.

Friends may call today after 7 p.m. at Cunningham Funeral Home.

Charleston Daily Mail 09/11/1976

Robert William Higginbotham (1904-1976) WV

Robert William Higginbotham, 72, of 2 Goddard Road, died Friday in Charleston General Hospital following a long illness.

He was a retired miner and Baptist. He had been a resident of the Charleston area all his life.

Surviving: brothers, Bennie, Emanuel and Russell Higginbotham of Charleston.

Friends may call Monday after 4 p.m. at Bartlett-Burdette Funeral Home.

Charleston Gazette, Monday 09/27/1976

Frank Benjamin Higginbotham Sr. (1898-1976) WV

Buffalo—Frank Higginbotham Sr., 78, of Buffalo, Putnam County, died Saturday in Thomas Memorial Hospital, South Charleston.

He was a retired employee of Union Carbide Corp. at South Charleston. Mr. Higginbotham was a member of Buffalo United Methodist Church.

Surviving: wife, Vivian Hall Higginbotham; sons, Frank Jr. of South Charleston, Thomas C. of Toledo, Ohio, James L. of Chicago, Ill., R. Wayne of Jacksonville, Fla.; 18 grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; one great-great-grandchild.

Service will be 2:30 p.m. Wednesday in Raynes Funeral Home, Buffalo, with the Rev. Timothy L. Bias officiating. Burial will be in Buffalo Memorial Park. Friends may call after 5 p.m. today at the funeral home.

Bluefield Daily Telegraph, Saturday 10/02/1976

James Thomas Higginbotham (1910-1976) VA/WV

James T. Higginbotham, 66, of 726 Tazewell Ave., Bluefield, Va., died Friday morning in a Bluefield hospital following a short illness.

Born in Richlands, he was a son of the late Beverly and Eliza Higginbotham. He was a retired employee of the Tazewell County School Board and previously had operated a garage. He was a member of the First Methodist Church in Bluefield, Va., where he was president of the Men’s Bible Class. He was also a member of Harman Masonic Lodge No. 222, Beni Kedem Temple in Charleston, and the American Legion. He was a veteran of World War II.

Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Elinor Higginbotham; one daughter, Mrs. Keith Sawyer of Christiansburg, Va.; two sisters, Mrs. George Hess of Richlands and Mrs. Randolph Blackwell of Knoxville, Tenn.; three brothers, Joe Higginbotham and Gene Higginbotham, both of Richlands, and Bob Higginbotham of Bluefield, Va.

Funeral services will be held at 2:30 p.m. today at the First United Methodist Church in Bluefield, Va., with the Rev. Robert Hudson officiating. Burial will follow in Grandview Memory Gardens on the Bluefield-Tazewell Road.

Pallbearers: James Lampert, Bundy Beard, Eddie Fortune, Bob Gillenwater, Joe Wallace, Mont Bush, Gil Gillenwater and O.E. Pafford.

Friends may call at Graham Funeral Home today from noon until 1 p.m. and at the church one hour prior to the service.

Charleston Gazette, Tuesday 11/09/1976

Pearl Lee Higginbotham Norman (1891-1976) WV

Mrs. Pearl H. Norman, 84, of 334 Mill Creek Rd., died Monday in Mountain State Nursing Home after a long illness.

Surviving: daughter, Mrs. Maxine Brathor of Charleston; brothers, Malcolm M. Higginbotham of Charleston, Chester Higginbotham of Huntington; one grand-daughter.

Service will be 11 a.m. Wednesday in Hafer Funeral Home, Elkview, with the Rev. Veldon B. Lynn officiating. Burial will be in Anderson Cemetery, Mill Creek Road. Friends may call from 7 to 9 p.m. today at the funeral home.

Charleston Gazette, Monday 12/20/1976

Clara Edna Deal Higginbotham (1906-1976) WV

Mrs. Clara Edna Higginbotham, 70, of Red House, Putnam County, died Sunday in Thomas Memorial Hospital after a short illness.

She was a member of the Hometown Church of God Mission.

Surviving: husband, Cecil; daughters, Mrs. Kathryn Scott of Hometown, Mrs. Pauline Britton of Luling, La.; foster son, George Rhodes of Hometown; sisters, Mrs. Della Null of Red House, Mrs. Creasy Ellen Hamilton of Dunbar, Mrs. Vada Santrock of Hometown, Mrs. Myrtle Craft of Reedsville, Ohio; brother, Haven Deal of Red House; two grandchildren.

Service will be 2 p.m. Wednesday in Paradise Church of God Mission, near Red House, with the Rev. James Davis and the Rev. Arnie Persinger officiating. Burial will be in Center Point Cemetery. Friends may call from 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. today and Tuesday at Gatens Funeral Home, Poca.

Charleston Gazette, Tuesday 01/04/1977

Lillian Virginia Higginbotham Waybright (1908-1977) WV

Mrs. Herbert R. “Lillian” Waybright, 68, of 903 Woodward Dr., died Monday in St. Francis Hospital after a long illness.

She was a member of Central United Methodist Church.

Surviving: four brothers-in-law.

Service will be 11 a.m. Wednesday in Wilson Funeral Home with the Rev. E. Roy Morton officiating. Burial will be in Floral Hills Cemetery. Friends may call from 6 to 9 p.m. today at the funeral home.

Charleston Gazette, Saturday 02/26/1977

Alton Ernest Higginbotham (1902-1977) WV

Ansted—Dr. Alton Ernest Higginbotham, 74, of Ansted, died Friday at home after a short illness.

He was a dentist in Gauley Bridge for the past 36 years and a member of St. Paul’s United Methodist Church at Ansted. A graduate of Louisville College of Dentistry, Dr. Higginbotham was a member of the Masons, the Scottish Rite Bodies, the Shrine, the Elk Lodge, the New River Dental Society, and the West Virginia and American Dental Associations.

Surviving: wife, Lillie; daughter, Mrs. Jan Mitri of Matoon, Ill.; son, Dr. Rex M. Higginbotham of Albany, Calif.; five grandchildren.

Service will be 2 p.m. Sunday in Joe Combs Funeral Home, Ansted, with the Rev. Lowell O’Dell officiating. Burial will be in Restlawn Memory Gardens, Ansted. Friends may call from 2 to 9 p.m. today at the funeral home. The family requests flowers be omitted.

Charleston Gazette 03/01/1977

Cecil M. Higginbotham (1895-1977) WV

Dr. Cecil M. Higginbotham, 81, of 1333 Myers Ave., Dunbar, died Monday at home after a short illness.

A 40 year resident of Dunbar, he practiced optometry there for 35 years and was a member of the First Church of God on Main Street in Charleston.

Surviving: wife, Irene.

Service will be 1 p.m. Wednesday in First Church of God, Main Street, Charleston, with the Rev. Albert Donaldson and the Rev. James E. Harvey officiating. Entombment will be in Tyler Mountain Memory Gardens Mausoleum. Friends may call from 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. today at Keller Funeral Home, Dunbar. Long and Fisher Funeral home, Charleston, is in charge of arrangements.

Bluefield Daily Telegraph, Friday 04/01/1977

Billy Jack Higginbotham (1936-1977) WV

B.J. (Jack) Higginbotham, 41, of Gardner, died Thursday morning in a Princeton hospital following a short illness.

Born at Bethel, he was a son of Dewey A. and Mary Edith Gearheart Higginbotham of Gardner. He was an employee of the Norfolk & Western Railway car shops in Princeton and was a member of the Brotherhood of Railway Carmen and the Lilly Grove Community Church.

Surviving in addition to his parents are his widow, Mrs. Mable Carper Higginbotham; four daughters, Donna Whittaker, Teresa Whittaker, Jackie Higginbotham and Tammy Higginbotham, all of the home; and three sisters,, Miss Georgia Higginbotham and Mrs. Lorene Pettrey, both of Gardner, and Mrs. Loretta Dinger of Topeka, Kan.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at the George W. Seaver Chapel in Princeton with the Rev. Doug Williams and Rev. James Coburn officiating. Burial will follow in Roselawn Memorial Gardens on the Bluefield-Princeton Road.

Friends may call at the funeral home from 5 until 9 p.m.

Charleston Gazette, Thursday 04/14/1977

Oma B. Sigman Higginbotham (1900-1977) WV

Mrs. Oma B. Higginbotham, 77, of Charleston Rt. 4, died Wednesday in General Division, CAMC, after a long illness.

She was a Methodist and a lifelong resident of the Charleston area.

Surviving: son, Shelton G. of Charleston; sister, Mrs. Ivy Cunningham of Lanham; brothers, Fred Sigmon of Oceana, Homer Sigmon of Dunbar, Ranson Sigmon of Red House Ridge.

Friends may call from 6 to 9 p.m. today and from 2 to 4 p.m. and 6 to 9 p.m. Friday at Bartlett-Burdette Funeral home. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made to a favorite charity.

Charleston Gazette, Friday 04/15/1977

Higginbotham, Mrs. Oma—Service will be 11 a.m. Saturday in Bartlett-Burdette Funeral Home with the Rev. Carroll Jones officiating. Burial will be in Page Cemetery, Charleston Rt. 4. Friends may call from 2 to 4 p.m. and 6 to 9 p.m. today at the funeral home. Mrs. Higginbotham, 77, of Charleston, died Wednesday in General Division, CAMC, after a long illness.

Times-West Virginian, Monday 05/16/1977

Thomas Charles Higginbotham (1910-1977) WV

Thomas Charles Higginbotham, 66, of 170 Circle Dr., died Sunday at 6:15 p.m. at East Fairmont Personal Care Center. He was born in Chiefton on Oct. 8, 1910, a son of the late Haymond H. Higginbotham and Anna B. Tucker. His first wife, Violet Way Higginbotham preceded him in death.

Survivors include his widow, Alma Low Haines; five step-brothers, George Tucker of Core, Junior and Clyde, both of Mt. Morris, Pa., Harold of Fairmont and Leroy of Rivesville; two sisters, Mrs. John (Mabel) Hertzel of Rivesville and Mrs. Vern (Lillian) Miller of Erie, Pa.; three nieces and seven nephews.

He was a retired employee of the Federal No. 1 mine, where he had worked as an electrician. He also had worked at the Bethlehem Mine at Dakota and the Consol Mine at Williamson. He was a member of the United Mine Workers of America Local No. 4047.

Friends may call after 7 p.m. Monday at Frey Home for Funerals. Other arrangements are incomplete.

Times-West Virginian, Wednesday 05/18/1977

Higginbotham Service

Thomas C. Higginbotham, 66, of 170 Circle Drive died Sunday.

Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 11:30 a.m. in the Frey Home for Funerals with the Rev. James Shepherd officiating. Interment will be held in Beverly Hills Memorial Gardens near Morgantown.

Charleston Daily Mail 06/01/1977

Ocia Cordelia Higginbotham King (1896-1977) WV

Poca-Mrs. Ocia Cordelia King, 86, of Poca, died today in Thomas Memorial Hospital after a short illness.

Surviving: daughters, Mrs. Avalee Null, Mrs. Jean Stone and Mrs. Ella May Carter of Poca, Mrs. Della Faye Saunders of Wadsworth, Ohio; sons, Houston and Roy of Poca, Chester of Wadsworth, Ohio; sister, Mrs. Bertha Cobb of Page; William Higginbotham of Page and Carl Higginbotham of Dunbar.

Gatens Funeral Home, Poca, is in charge of arrangements.

Charleston Gazette, Wednesday 07/13/1977

Joan Elizabeth Higginbotham (1944-1977) WV

Miss Joan Elizabeth Higginbotham, 32, of Rt. 7, South Charleston, died Tuesday at home after a short illness.

She attended the Church of God.

Surviving: parents, Mr. And Mrs. Wilbur Higginbotham; brother, Randall of South Charleston; grandmother, Mrs. Lyda Pauley of St. Albans.

Service will be 11 a.m. Thursday in Curry Funeral Home, Alum Creek, with the Rev. Delcie Snodgrass officiating. Burial will be in Graceland Memorial Park, Ruthdale. Friends may call from 7 to 9 p.m. today at the funeral home.

Charleston Gazette, Monday 07/25/1977

Perry Webster Higginbotham (1893-1977) WV

Huntington—Perry Webster Higginbotham, 83, of Huntington, died Friday at home.

He was a retired employee of Huntington Alloys, Inc. He was born in Jackson County.

Surviving: daughter, Mrs. Ruby Melba of Huntington; sons, Don of Huntington, Ernest of Ona; sisters, Mrs. Lola Fields, Mrs. Beulah Skeens, Mrs. Zelma Boggess, all of Sissonville, Mrs. Lillian Fields, Mrs. Dova Fugate of Charleston, Mrs. Ruby Roberts of Hurricane; brothers, Ludd of Columbus, Ohio, David of Buffalo.

Service will be 2 p.m. Tuesday in Henson Mortuary, Huntington, with the rev. Harry Baker officiating. Burial will be in Ridgelawn Memorial Park. Friends may call after 2 p.m. today at the funeral home.

Charleston Daily Mail 08/17/1977

Dolly Shower Higginbotham Tracy (1895-1977) WV

Erbacon - Mrs. Dolly Higginbotham Tracy, 77, of Erbacon, Webster County, died Monday in Webster Memorial Hospital, Webster Springs, after a short illness.

Surviving: husband, Vernon; sisters, Mrs. Grace Dunlap of Dyer, Mrs. Nora Huffman of Fort Walton Beach, Fla., Miss Lydia Wilt of Guardian; brother, Dan Wilt of Cowen.

Service will be held Thursday at 10 a.m. in Collins Funeral Home, Cowen, with the Rev. Roger McCauley officiating. Burial will be in Beverly Hills Memorial Gardens, Laurel Point.

Friends may call today from 5 to 9 p.m. at the funeral home.

Charleston Daily Mail 09/16/1977
Ruby Eugenia Higginbotham Sales (1902-1977) WV African-American
Mrs. Ruby Eugenia Sales, 74, of 4915 Church Drive, Rand, died Thursday in Charleston General Hospital after a long illness.
She was a 50 year member of the Levi First Baptist Church in Rand and the Willing Hands.
Surviving: daughters, Mrs. Nancy Phiffer and Mrs. Ruby Davison of Charleston, Miss Mary Sales and Mrs. Peggy Taylor of Washington, D. C., Mrs. Pamela Wills of Rand; sons, Charles of Chillicothe, Ohio, James John and Manuel of Rand, Nicholas of Forest Hill, Md.; sisters, Mrs. Bessie Taylor of Charleston, Mrs. Della Jones of Washington, Mrs. Vivian Minor of Rand, Mrs. Catherine Patterson of Bluefield; brothers, Kinkle Higginbotham, Roy Higginbotham and Clarence Higginbotham of Rand, Woodrow Higginbotham and Patrick Higginbotham of Washington.
Preston Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements

Bluefield Daily Telegraph, Wednesday 11/09/1977

Mary Edith Gearheart Higginbotham (ca1900-1977) WV

Mrs. Mary Edith Higginbotham, 77, of Gardener Road, Princeton, died Monday night at a Princeton hospital after a long illness.

Born at Speedway, she was a daughter of the late Will and Ruth Hall Gearheart. A lifelong resident of Mercer County, she was a member of the Lilly Grove Community Church. She was preceded in death by three sons.

Survivors include her husband, Dewey A. Higginbotham; three daughters, Georgie Higginbotham of the home, Mrs. Lorene Pettrey of Gardener and Mrs. Loretta Dinger of Topeka, Kan.; one sister, Mrs. Nellie Keaton of Charleston; 14 grandchildren; and 15 great-grandchildren.

Funeral services will be conducted Thursday at 2 p.m. at George W. Seaver Chapel in Princeton with the Rev. Paul Hall officiating. Burial will follow in Roselawn Memorial Gardens on Bluefield-Princeton Road.

Pallbearers: David White, Willis Mathena, Jack Blankenship, Victor Joyce, Clyde Church and Bobby Higginbotham.

Friends may call at the funeral home today from 5 to 9 p.m.

Charleston Gazette, Thursday 01/05/1978

Ezra George Higginbotham (1910-1978) WV

Buffalo—Ezra G. Higginbotham, 67, of Buffalo, Putnam County, died Tuesday in Pleasant Valley Hospital, Point Pleasant, after a short illness.

He was retired from Penn Central Railroad.

Surviving: wife: Kathryn; daughter, Mrs. Anna Workman of Eleanor; son, Gary of Buffalo; sisters, Mrs. Mary Hayes of Grimms Landing, Mrs. Effie Bowers of Lancaster, Ohio; brothers, Dencil of Point Pleasant, William and Lawrence, both of Alvada, Ohio; six grandchildren.

Service will be 2 p.m. Friday in the Oma Chapel Church with the Rev. Herman Jordan officiating. Burial will be in Tucker Cemetery, Grimms Landing. Friends may call after 3 p.m. today at Raynes Funeral Home, Buffalo.

Charleston Gazette, Saturday 02/25/1978

Gilbert Clayton Higginbotham (1900-1978) WV

Gilbert C. Higginbotham, 77, of 1903 Fourth Ave., died Friday in St. Francis Hospital after a long illness.

He was retired from Lory Lumber Co. and a member of the First Pentecostal Church.

Surviving: daughters, Mrs. Mary Simon of Downey, Calif., Eva at home; sister, Mary of Charleston; brothers, Charles of Elkview, Kenna of Buffalo; two grandchildren; five great-grandchildren.

Friends may call from 7 to 9 p.m. today and 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Sunday at Long and Fisher Funeral Home, Charleston.

Charleston Gazette, Wednesday 04/05/1978

Chester M. Higginbotham (1911-1978) WV

Huntington—Chester M. Higginbotham, 66, of Huntington, formerly of Charleston, died Monday in St. Mary’s Hospital, Huntington, after a long illness.

He was retired.

Surviving: wife, Callie; daughter, Carol Stemann of Cincinnati; son, James of Tracy, Calif.; brother, M.M. Higginbotham of Charleston.

Service will be 11 a.m. Thursday in Indian Fork Primitive Baptist Church, Culloden, with Elder Woodrow Lake officiating. Burial will be in Page Cemetery, Kelleys Creek. Friends may call after 1 p.m. today at Allen Funeral Home, Hurricane.

Charleston Gazette-Mail, Sunday 05/07/1978

Vivian Marie Hall Higginbotham (1901-1978) WV

Buffalo—Mrs. Vivian Hall Higginbotham, 77, of Buffalo, formerly of South Charleston, was dead on arrival Saturday at Thomas Memorial Hospital, South Charleston, of an apparent heart attack.

She was a member of Buffalo United Methodist Church.

Surviving: sons, Frank Jr. of South Charleston, Thomas C. of Toledo, Ohio, James L. of Chicago, Ill., R. Wayne of Jacksonville, Fla.; sisters, Mrs. Gail Spalding, Mrs. Winifrede Casto, Mrs. Wyatt Swindler, Mrs. Wanda Martin, all of Battle Creek, Mich.; brothers, Clayton Hall and Joseph W. Hall, both of Battle Creek, Mich.; 18 grandchildren; 13 great grandchildren; two great-great-grandchildren.

Service will be 2 p.m. Tuesday at Raynes Funeral home, Buffalo, with the Rev. Timothy L. Bias officiating. Burial will be in Buffalo Memorial Park. Friends may call after 7 p.m. today at the funeral home.

Charleston Gazette, Saturday 05/13/1978

Harvey Arnold Higginbotham (1911-1978) WV

Harvey Arnold Higginbotham, 66, of 141 Fourth St., Dunbar, died Thursday in General Division, CAMC, after a short illness.

He was an employee of Owens-Illinois.

Surviving: wife, Elizabeth; stepson, Gary Lee Kiser of Charleston; daughter, Mrs. Carol French of St. Albans; three grandchildren.

The body will be cremated. Keller Funeral home, Dunbar, is in charge of arrangements.

Charleston Gazette-Mail, Sunday 05/28/1978

Roy Arbra Higginbotham Sr. (1916-1978) WV African-American

Roy A. Higginbotham, 61, of 5419 Church Drive, Rand, died Saturday in General Division, CAMC, after a short illness.

He was an employee of Union Carbide for 32 years. A resident of Rand for 27 years, he was a World War II veteran and was a member of Levi Baptist Church, the American Legion, and the NAACP.

Surviving: wife, Mildred; sons, Roy Jr., Dennis and Andre, all at home; daughters, Wilma at home, Velma of Washington, D.C.; brothers, Kinkle and Clarence, both of Rand, Woodrow and Patrick, both of Washington; sisters, Mrs. Bess Taylor of Charleston, Mrs. Della Jones of Washington, Mrs. Vivian Minor of Rand, Mrs. Catherine Patterson of Bluefield.

Harden-Harden Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Bluefield Daily Telegraph, Front Page, Monday 07/24/1978

Upshur Higginbotham (1910-1978) WV

Headline: Higginbotham Dies At 68

Dr. Upshur Higginbotham, a prominent Bluefield physician, died Sunday morning at St. Luke’s Hospital following a long illness. He was 68.

He retired as chief of staff of St. Luke’s in 1976, a position he had held for nine years. He continued his medical practice with St. Luke’s Medical Group until the time of his death.

A spokesman announced Sunday that the St. Luke’s Medical Group office will be closed Tuesday in his memory.

Born in Charleston, he was the son of the late Abel Parker Upshur Higginbotham and Roberta Kesler Higginbotham Scott. Residing most of his life in the Bluefield area, he attended Bluefield High School and was a graduate of Greenbrier Military Academy. He received his liberal arts education at West Virginia University and was a graduate of the Medical College of Virginia.

In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by one sister, Mrs. James E. (Lucy) Mann.

He was a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Bluefield and the American Heart Association. At the time of his death, he was residing at the Colonial Garden Apartments in Bluefield, Va.

Survivors include his wife, Catherine Crockett Higginbotham of the home; one daughter, Mrs. Richard Lee (Ann) Gibson of Nashville, Tenn.; three sons, Upshur Higginbotham Jr. of Shady Spring, John Thomas Higginbotham of Pittsburgh, Pa., and Henry Kesler Higginbotham II of Pulaski, Va.; one sister, Mrs. Harry (Mary Catherine) Adams of Kingsport, Tenn.; one brother, Henry Kesler Higginbotham I; and three grandchildren.

Funeral services will be conducted at Hawkins Chapel Tuesday at 11 a.m. with the Rev. Richard Rouquie officiating. Interment will follow at Monte Vista Park Cemetery.

The family will receive friends today from 6 until 9 p.m. at Hawkins Funeral Home in Bluefield.

Memorial donations may be made to the American Heart Association and the First Presbyterian Church of Bluefield.

Charleston Gazette, Thursday 08/10/1978

Gussie Eplin Higginbotham (1910-1978) WV

Mrs. Gussie E. Higginbotham of 115 132^nd St., Chesapeake, died Wednesday at home.

She was a member of Antioch Missionary Baptist Church in Baton Rouge, La., the Eastern Star and the White Shrine.

Surviving: husband, Curtis; daughter, Mrs. Jackie Vickers of Chesapeake; mother, Mrs. Hazel Johnson of Marmet; brothers, J.B. and Joe Eplin, both of Marmet, Ray Eplin of Chesapeake, Paul Eplin of Charleston; two grandchildren; one great-grandchild.

Service will be 2 p.m. Saturday in Leonard Johnson Funeral Home, Marmet, with the Rev. G. Forrest Sparks officiating. Burial will be in Marmet Cemetery. Friends may call from 7 to 9 p.m. Friday at the funeral home.

Charleston Gazette, Wednesday 08/16/1978

Esther Corene Higginbotham (1906-1978) WV African-American

Miss Esther C. Higginbotham, 71, of 5022 Kanawha Blvd., died Tuesday in General Division, CAMC, after a long illness.

She was a member of Levi Baptist Church in Rand.

Surviving: sisters, Mrs. Rosa Booker, Miss Arnor Higginbotham and Mrs. Maymie Gilbert, all of Rand, Mrs. Mollie Straughter of Inglewood, Calif.; half sister, Miss Lillie Ellis of Rand; brother, John of Rand; half brother, Robert Ellis of Rand.

Preston Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Charleston Gazette, Saturday 08/19/1978

Charles Bertram Higginbotham (1885-1978) WV

Charles B. Higginbotham, 93, of 120 N. Pinch Road, Elkview, died Thursday in Jackson General Hospital, Ripley.

Surviving: daughters, Mrs. Ruby Rock, Mrs. Macil Fields and Mrs. Mabel Huffman, all of Elkview, Mrs. Reba Barker of Michigan; sister, Mrs. Mary Fields of Charleston; brother, Kenny of Buffalo.

Service will be 2 p.m. today in Myers Funeral Home, Elkview. Burial will be in Sunset Memorial Park.

Charleston Gazette-Mail 09/03/1978

Pearl L. McCann Higginbotham Dorsey (1897-1978) WV

Cannelton-Mrs. Pearl M. Dorsey, 81, of Cannelton, died Saturday in Montgomery General Hospital after a long illness.

She was retired from Union Carbide at Alloy and was a lifelong resident of Fayette County.

Surviving: husband, Odbert; son, John L. Higginbotham of Macon, Ga.; daughters, Mrs. Mildred Fleming of Cannelton, Mrs. Betty Dorsey of Lumberport, Mrs. Flossie Crislip of Sutton; stepsons, James Dorsey of Cannelton, William and Odbert Dorsey Jr., both of Powellton, Delbert of Alta; stepdaughter, Mrs. Barbara Schoolcraft of Elkridge; half-sister, Mrs. Grace Whitney of Frederick, Md.; eight grandchildren; five great-grandchildren.

Service will be 1 p.m. Monday in O’Dell Funeral Home, Montgomery. Burial will be in Kanawha Valley Memorial Gardens, Glasgow. Friends may call after 6 p.m. today at the funeral home.

Charleston Gazette, Monday 10/16/1978

James Lewis Higginbotham (1921-1978) WV

James L. Higginbotham, 57, of 1617 Janet Place, South Charleston, died Sunday at home after a long illness.

He was office manager for Wright Thomas Equipment Co., and a member of Bream Memorial Presbyterian Church. He was a Navy veteran of World War II, a member of the Men of Bream and Kanawha Obedience Club.

Surviving: wife, Mary; sister, Mrs. Bobbie Oyler of Georgetown, S.C.

Friends may call from 4 to 9 p.m. today at Snodgrass Funeral Home, South Charleston.

Charleston Gazette, Monday 11/27/1978

Ivan Don Higginbotham (1920-1978) WV

Ivan Don Higginbotham, 58, of 2002 Violet St., died Sunday in General Division, CAMC after a short illness.

He was a disabled auto mechanic and a member of the VFW. He was a lifelong resident of Kanawha County and World War II veteran.

Surviving: wife, Bridgette, sons, Roger at home, Alan of St. Cloud, Fla.; parents, Mr. And Mrs. T. T. Boylen of Charleston; half brother, Arnold Theodore "Ted" Boylen of Charleston; three grandchildren.

Friends may call from 7 to 9 p.m. today at Cunningham Funeral Home.

Charleston Gazette, Tuesday 11/28/1978

Higginbotham, Ivan Don—Service will be 2 p.m. Wednesday in Davis Chapel Church with the Rev. Warren Anderson officiating. Burial will be in Jarrett Cemetery, Elkview. Mr. Higginbotham, 58, of 2002 Violet St., died Sunday in General Division, CAMC. Friends may call after 5 p.m. today at the home of his mother at 2004 Violet St. The body will be taken to the church one hour before the service. Cunningham Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Beckley Post –Herald, Thursday 12/21/1978

Ruby H. Woods Higginbotham (1904-1978) WV

Mrs. Ruby Woods Higginbotham, 74, of 524 Teel Road died in a local hospital at 2:30 a.m. Wednesday following a long illness.

Born May 3, 1904, at Pearisburg, Va., she was a daughter of the late James and Emma Gordon Woods.

Mrs. Higginbotham was a resident of Raleigh County for the past 10 years, prior to that she lived at Huntington. She was a member of the Methodist Church.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Heath C. Higginbotham, Oct. 17, 1958.

Survivors include two sons, Heath C. Jr. of Beckley and William J. of Huntington; one sister, Mrs. Mary Brotherton of Pearisburg; six grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.

Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday in the Melton Mortuary Chapel with Dr. Ross M. Evans officiating. Burial will be in Pearisburg.

Friends may call from 5 to 9 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home.

Charleston Gazette, Friday 03/02/1979

William Herbert Higginbotham (1894-1979) WV

William Herbert Higginbotham, 83, of Nitro died Thursday at home after a short illness.

He was a retired grocer and was a member of Antioch Baptist Church at Red House.

Surviving: sons, Hercel of Chandler, Ariz., Delbert of Liberty, Linzey of Nitro, Darrell of Red House; daughters, Mrs. Freda Noffsinger, Mrs. Mildred Randolph and Mrs. Kathlee Hedrick, all of Red House, Mrs. Edra Tillis of Cleveland, Ohio, Mrs. Maxine Randolph of Colonial Heights, Va., Mrs. Helen Goff of South Charleston, Mrs. Ollie Harris of Nitro; sisters, Mrs. Carrie Trador of Hometown, Mrs. Lennie Craig and Mrs. Bertie Wolfe, both of Nitro; brothers, Luther and Otis, both of Red House; 56 grandchildren; 118 great-grandchildren; three great-great-grandchildren.

Services will be 2 p.m. Saturday in Gatens Funeral Home, Poca, with the Rev. David Bragg and the Rev. Ruth Scarbro officiating. Burial will be in New Antioch Cemetery at Red House. Friends may call from 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. today at the funeral home.

Times-West Virginian, Sunday 03/04/1979

George Matthew Higginbotham (1913-1979) WV

George M. Higginbotham, 65, of 539 Monroe St., Fairmont, died Friday at his residence.

He was born on Nov. 25, 1913, near Mannington, a son of the late Wesley and Jennie Mike Higginbotham.

He is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Susie Jane Stevens of Ohio and Mrs. Catherine Martin of Fairmont; two brothers, William and John Higginbotham, both of Mannington; two sisters, Mrs. Margaret Efaw and Mrs. Hazel Baker, both of Mannington; one stepson; and several grandchildren.

Two sisters are deceased.

Friends may call at Masters Funeral home in Mannington after 4 p.m. Sunday. Funeral services will be held in the funeral home Monday at 1:30 p.m. with the Rev. Henry Matheny officiating. Burial will be in the Huey-Thorn Cemetery.

Charleston Gazette, Tuesday 03/20/1979

Rudolph Higgenbotham (1905-1979) WV African-American

Harvey—Rudolph Higgenbotham, 73, of Harvey, Fayette County, died Monday in Oak Hill Hospital after a long illness.

He was a retired coal miner, member of First Baptist Church of Harvey and Sunday school teacher at the church, member of King Hiram Abiff Lodge, past worship ship of Masonic Lodge, member of Usher Board of Harvey, Royal Arch King Syrus.

Surviving: wife, Rebecca; son, James of Columbus, Ohio; stepson, James Tucker of Cleveland, Ohio; brother, Lonnie of Beckley; half sister, Mrs. Helen Stevens of Glen Jean; one grandchild.

Ritchie-Johnson Funeral Home, Beckley, is in charge of arrangements.

Charleston Gazette, Thursday 03/22/1979

Higgenbotham, Rudolph—Service will be 2 p.m. Friday in the First Baptist Church of Harvey with the Rev. W.M. Brown, the Rev. A.L. Simms and the Rev. Robert Coles officiating. Entombment will be in Blue Ridge Memorial Mausoleum. Friends may call from 7 to 9 p.m. today at Ritchie-Johnson Funeral Home, Greentown. Mr. Higgenbotham, 73, of Harvey, Fayette County, died Monday in Oak Hill Hospital after a long illness.

Charleston Gazette, Thursday 04/19/1979

Roy Harold Higginbotham (1913-1979) WV

Poca—Roy H. Higginbotham, 69, of Poca, died Wednesday at home of an apparent heart attack.

Surviving: sisters, Mrs. Dorothy Grimm of Point Pleasant, Mrs. Dorothy McKown of Tampa, Fla.; brothers, Curtis of Venice, Fla., Carrol of Bishop, Calif.

Gatens Funeral home, Poca, is in charge of arrangements.

Charleston Gazette, Saturday 04/21/1978

Higginbotham, Roy—Memorial service will be 11:30 a.m. Sunday in Ona Chapel, Arbuckle Creek, with the Rev. Charles Higginbotham officiating. Mr. Higginbotham, 69, of Poca died Wednesday at home of an apparent heart attack.

The Parkersburg News, Monday 05/14/1979

Luvada Jane Smith Hickenbottom (1901-1979) WV

Mrs. Luvada Hickenbottom, 78, of 1250 31^st St., died in Camden-Clark Memorial Hospital Sunday evening.

She was born in Jackson County, a daughter of the late Charles and Della Moore Smith. She had lived in East Liverpool, Ohio, and attended Pleasantview Church, Belpre, and was a member of Ben Fortney Rebekah Lodge 694, Belpre. She was a former employee of A.B. Chance Co., Parkersburg, and the Wood County Health Department.

Surviving are two sons, Robert P. Hickenbottom, Williamstown, and F.D. Hickenbottom of Melbourne, Fla.; two daughters, Amelia Hickenbottom, Parkersburg, and Mrs. Jean Snider of Belpre; 12 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren; two brothers, Jack Smith, Parkersburg and C.A. Smith of Nitro; two sisters, Mrs. Elizabeth Pearson and Mrs. Flora B. Peters, both of Parkersburg.

Her husband, Friend R. Hickenbottom, preceded her in death.

Funeral will be 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at Spencer Funeral Home with burial to be in Rock Hill Cemetery, near Flushing, Ohio. Friends may call at the funeral home after 7:30 p.m. today.

Bluefield Daily Telegraph, Monday 06/11/1979

Ada Wright Higginbotham (1881-1979) WV African-American

Mrs. James (Ada) Higginbotham, 98, of 132 Williams St. in Bluefield died Saturday afternoon in a Bluefield hospital following a long illness.

Born in Amherst Court House, Va., March 4, 1881, she was the daughter of the late Hiram and Pauline Wright. She attended the County School of Amherst and Virginia State College. Mrs. Higginbotham taught school in Amherst County for a number of years. She was a member of Court Street Baptist Church in Lynchburg, Va. and was a member of the church choir. She was married to James Leslie Higginbotham who preceded her in death.

Survivors include one son, Dr. Peyton R. Higginbotham of Bluefield; one granddaughter and one great-granddaughter.

Funeral services will be conducted Tuesday at 10 a.m. from the Sinkford and Richardson Funeral Home in Bluefield with Rev. J. Matthew Coleman officiating. Burial will follow in Amherst Court House, Va.

Friends will serve as pallbearers and flower bearers. Friends may call at the funeral home in Bluefield today from 6 to 9 p.m.

Times-West Virginian, Friday 06/15/1979

Lulu Dell Hildreth Higginbotham (1888-1979) WV

Mrs. Lulu Dell Higginbotham, 90, of Franklin Street, Mannington, died late Wednesday in her home. She was born July 1888 at Margaret, a daughter of the late Alva Henderson and Sarah Jane Garrett Hildreth. Her husband, Heber Clark (Pete) Higginbotham, died March 12, 1972.

Survivors include nieces and nephews, John E. Hildreth, Houston, Texas; Robert Hildreth, Danville, Calif.; Richard Hildreth, Sandy, Utah; Mrs. Hildreth, Bartlett, Tenn.; and Mrs. D.C. (Judy) Smith, Parker, Colo.; three sister-in-laws, Mrs. Isabelle Hildreth, Littleton, Colo.; Mrs. Fred (Opal) Straight, and Mrs. Mary Higginbotham, both of Mannington. Her only brother, Dr. Aubrey C. Hildreth, died in 1975.

She was a member of the Margaret United Methodist Church.

Friends may call at the Masters Funeral Home in Mannington where funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday. The Rev. Henry Matheny will officiate and burial will be made in Mannington Memorial Park.

Charleston Gazette, Saturday 06/30/1979

Geraldine Sayre Higginbotham (1921-1979) WV

Eleanor – Mrs. Geraldine "Jerry" Higginbotham, 58, of Eleanor, Putnam County, died Thursday at home after a short illness.

She was a resident of Eleanor and a retired cook for the Putnam Aging Program. She was a member of the Buffalo Church of Christ, the Forrest Rose Rebekah Lodge, Poca, the Upper Vandalia Historical Society and the West Virginia Extension Homemakers.

Surviving: husband, Otho; daughter, Mrs. Sharon E. Miller of Winfield; sons, Ronald E. Sr. of Eleanor, John L. at home; mother, Mrs. Anna Sayre of Nitro; sisters, Mrs. Pauline Barnett of Melbourne, Fla., Mrs. Jeanette Winter of Nitro, Mrs. Maxine Jordan of Red House; brothers, Franklin L. Sayre of Dunbar, Warren A. Sayre and Lawrence Sayre, both of St. Albans, Donald E. Sayre of Eleanor.

Service will be 2 p.m. today in Gatens Funeral Home, Poca, with George Erwin officiating. Burial will be in Tyler Mountain Memory Gardens.

Morgantown Dominion-Post, Saturday 10/27/1979

Sherman Higginbotham (1914-1979) WV

Sherman Higgenbotham, 65, of Rt. 1, Core, died at Monongalia General Hospital on Oct. 26, 1979.

He was born in Kilarm, W.Va., on May 1, 1914, a son of the late Albert and Sarah Ann Phillips Higgenbotham.

He was a retired coal miner. He was a Protestant by faith.

Survivors include his wife, Thelma Stewart Higgenbotham; two daughters, Mrs. Kay Bosley of Rt. 1, Core, and Mrs. Terry Simpson of Rt. 2; two sons, Jimmy of Clarksburg and Benny of Rt. 1, Core; one brother, Charles Higgenbotham of Morgantown; 14 grandchildren, and one great-grandchild.

He was preceded in death by one son, two brothers and one sister.

Morgantown Dominion-Post, Sunday 10/28/1979

Higgenbotham, Sherman, 65, of Rt. 1, Core, died at Monongalia General Hospital on Oct. 26, 1979. Friends may call at the Williams Home for Funerals from 7-9 p.m. Saturday, 10 a.m.-noon, 3-5 and 7-9 p.m. Sunday and 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Monday, the time of services at the funeral home chapel with the Rev. Robert Fox and the Rev. Earl Brotherton officiating. Burial will be in Beverly Hills Memorial Garden.

Times-West Virginian, Friday 11/30/1979

John E. Higinbotham (1915-1979) WV

John E. Higinbotham, 64, of 213 Murray Ave., died Thursday morning in Fairmont General hospital. He was born in Fairmont Aug. 22, 1915, a son of the late Lawrence and Mona Bell Higinbotham.

He is survived by his wife, Pauline Jenkins Higinbotham; two daughters, Mrs. Richard (Paula Lee) Coakley of Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida, and Mrs. James (Nancy Ann) Kincell of Rock Lake; and by six grandchildren.

A daughter, Anna Lee Higinbotham, and a brother, William L. Higinbotham are deceased.

He was an employee of the State Highway Department. He was a member of the Highland Avenue United Methodist Church and the Eagles.

Friends may call at the Frey Home for Funerals from 4-9 p.m. Friday and from 10-11 a.m. Saturday, the time of services in the funeral home with the Rev. Graham Robertson officiating. Interment will be in Woodlawn Cemetery.

Fairmont Times West Virginian, Monday 12/31/1979

Herbert Clay Higginbotham (1922-1979) WV/AL

Herbert Clay Higginbotham, 57, of Dora, Ala., died Saturday evening in his home. He was born March 30, 1922, at Mannington, a son of Mrs. Mary E. Caroll Higginbotham and the late Luther Lee Higginbotham.

He was preceded in death by his first wife, Gertrude McInturff Higginbotham in 1955, and his second wife, Dorothy Cooper Higginbotham.

Survivors include a daughter, Brenda, Dora; a son, Charles, Dora; two stepdaughters, Debbie White and Linda Watts, both of Dora; seven grandchildren; one step-grandson; three brothers, Okey L. Higginbotham, Marshall Lester Higginbotham and Joseph Higginbotham, all of Mannington; three sisters, Mrs. Carrie Burnfield, Mrs. Benjamin (Sarah) Burnfield, both of Warren, Ohio; Mrs. Rose Spencer, Laurel, Md. One sister, Lula, is deceased.

He was a veteran of World War II.

Friends may call at the Masters Funeral home in Mannington after 3 p.m. Tuesday. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Wednesday in the funeral home with the Rev. Steven W. Runnion officiating. Burial will be in Mannington Memorial Park.

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