Amherst
City Public Cemetery
Amherst, Amherst Co. VA
Tombstones transcribed by William Morris Higginbotham
Misterhigg@aol.com
5/13/1998
(Parenthesis added by transcriber for clarification)
BARNES, Mabel Christine HIGGINBOTHAM
Wife of William Parr Barnes
1885-1905
(Daughter of Fletcher Hargrove and Margaret
Brown HILL
HIGGINBOTHAM)
BROWN, William Clark
1881 – 1952
(Husband of Mary Lou HIGGINBOTHAM BROWN)
BROWN, Mary Lou HIGGINBOTHAM
1898 - 1985
"His wife"
(Daughter of Fletcher Hargrove and Margaret
Brown HILL
HIGGINBOTHAM)
(Wife of William Clark BROWN)
COLEMAN, Ida R. HIGGINBOTHAM
Wife of John R. Coleman
Sept
15, 1879
Oct 14, 1956
(Daughter of James W. & Laura SALE HIGGINBOTHAM)
COLEMAN, John R.
Aug 19, 1906
Feb 4, 1971
(Husband of Ida R. HIGGINBOTHAM COLEMAN)
HIGGINBOTHAM, Annie Evelyn LITTLE
May 5, 1886
Apr 23, 1974
(Wife of James Henry HIGGINBOTHAM)
HIGGINBOTHAM, Brown Hill
“Son of Maggie & Fletcher HIGGINBOTHAM”
Feb 12 - Apr 7, 1900
HIGGINBOTHAM, Curtis Lee
February 21, 1884 – January 29, 1965
(Husband of Loula Layne ALLEN HIGGINBOTHAM)
HIGGINBOTHAM, Cyrie Paxton
“Daughter of Maggie & Fletcher HIGGINBOTHAM”
1889 - 1973
HIGGINBOTHAM, Cyrus
"Son of Maggie & Fletcher HIGGINBOTHAM"
July 12 - 14, 1889
HIGGINBOTHAM, Esley Myers
November 3, 1886
October 4, 1954
(Son of Fletcher Hargrove & Maggie Brown HILL
HIGGINBOTHAM)
(Husband of Lelia Edna WHITE HIGGINBOTHAM)
HIGGINBOTHAM, Esley Myers HIGGINBOTHAM, Jr.
February 4, 1914
January 4, 1975
(Son of Esley Myers & Lelia Edna WHITE HIGGINBOTHAM)
(Husband of Glennie BASS HIGGINBOTHAM)
HIGGINBOTHAM, Fletcher Hargrove
June 28, 1858 – March 12, 1947
(Son of Rufus Anderson & Sarah Elizabeth HARGROVE
HIGGINBOTHAM)
(Husband of Margaret Brown Hill and Eleanor
C. Coffey)
HIGGINBOTHAM, Frank E.
July 26, 1885 - January 22, 1937
(Son of James W. & Laura SALE HIGGINBOTHAM)
(Husband of Lizzie P. ???? HIGGINBOTHAM)
HIGGINBOTHAM, Frank E.
“Son of F. E. & L. P. HIGGINBOTHAM”
Born Apl 12, 1916
Died June 26, 1916
"Gone but not forgotten"
HIGGINBOTHAM, Glennie BASS
October 3, 1916
July 4, 1996
(Wife of Esley Myers HIGGINBOTHAM, Jr.)
HIGGINBOTHAM, Henry Hargrove
July 13, 1913
Oct 10, 1992
"In God's care"
(Son of James Henry & Annie Evelyn LITTLE HIGGINBOTHAM)
(Husband of Mabel DRUMHELLER HIGGINBOTHAM)
HIGGINBOTHAM, James Henry
May 8, 1886
March 24, 1968
(Son of Fletcher Hargrove & Maggie Brown HILL
HIGGINBOTHAM)
(Husband of Annie Evelyn LITTLE)
HIGGINBOTHAM, James W.
Apr 10, 1853
Oct 27, 1927
(Son of James H. & Margaret Mary WARE HIGGINBOTHAM)
(Husband of Laura SALE HIGGINBOTHAM)
HIGGINBOTHAM, Laura
Elphine SALE
Feb 14, 1861
July 5, 1918
(Wife of James W. HIGGINBOTHAM)
HIGGINBOTHAM, Lelia Edna WHITE
Aug 8, 1886
June 30, 1978
(Daughter of Andrew Jackson & Virginia Phillips HUDSON
WHITE)
(Wife of Esley Myers HIGGINBOTHAM)
HIGGINBOTHAM, Lizzie P.
October 31, 1884
March 4, 1957
(Wife of Frank E. HIGGINBOTHAM)
HIGGINBOTHAM,
Loula Layne ALLEN
July 20, 1880 – April 9, 1949
(Wife of Curtis Lee HIGGINBOTHAM)
HIGGINBOTHAM,
Ida Mabel DRUMHELLER
Sept 11, 1915
Feb 9, 1997
(Wife of Henry Hargrove HIGGINBOTHAM)
HIGGINBOTHAM, Maggie Brown HILL
January 18, 1860 – February 12, 1900
"His wife"
(Wife of Fletcher Hargrove HIGGINBOTHAM)
HIGGINBOTHAM, Morris Kline
October 13, 1907 – March 17, 1980
(Son of Eddie Morris & Minnie Maude KLINE HIGGINBOTHAM)
HIGGINBOTHAM, Odelia
F. HARVEY
June 14, 1910 -
HIGGINBOTHAM, Thomas Joseph
Dec 4, 1911
May 13, 1966
(Son of Fletcher Hargrove & Eleanor Coffey Stratton
HIGGINBOTHAM)
(Husband of Estaline SIRCY HIGGINBOTHAM)
HIGGINBOTHAM, Samuel Claude
“Son of Maggie & Fletcher HIGGINBOTHAM”
Feb - Sept, 1893
HIGGINBOTHAM, Virginia Brent
Jan 14, 1912 - Jan 6, 1920
(Top of stone)
"At rest"
(Bottom of stone)
"Weep not father and mother for me
For I am walking in glory for thee."
(Daughter of Esley Myers & Lelia Edna White
HIGGINBOTHAM)
HIGGINBOTHAM, William Hill
Virginia
World War II
May 7, 1921
April 11, 1945
OWEN, Maggie Ela HIGGINBOTHAM
Feb 14, 1908
Oct 20, 1993
(Daughter of Fletcher Hargrove and Eleanor Coffey Stratton
HIGGINBOTHAM)
(Wife of Lloyd OWEN)
PARR, Mary Cyrene “Carrie” HIGGINBOTHAM
October 24, 1908 – June 12, 1952
(Daughter of Eddie Morris & Minnie Maude KLINE
HIGGINBOTHAM)
(Wife of Edward Virgil PARR)