North Carolina Marriages

Date Bride Age Groom Age County City  
07/29/1902 Retta Hickenbottom 27 William Broadway 29 Rowan Gold Hill Colored
09/10/1897 Dora L. Etheridge   John F. Higginbotham   Pasquotank Elizabeth City  
05/25/1903 Mary Myers Higginbotham 19 Ambrose Rucker Coffey 23 Caswell Pelham  
04/18/1904 Mabel Christine Higginbotham 19 William Parr Barnes 28 Caswell Pelham  
04/21/1909 Annie Lee Owens 18 David Vernon Higginbotham 21 Pasquotank Elizabeth City  
01/02/1910 Gladys Susan Campbell 18 Samuel Valentine Higginbotham 21 Caswell Yanceyville  
06/18/1914 Lena Raleigh Graham 20 Robert Andrew Higginbotham 21 Richmond Rockingham  
05/23/1917 Christaline Webster 22 Guy H. Higginbotham 25 Richmond Rockingham  
06/30/1918 Eleanor Hart Stafford 27 Arthur A. Higginbotham 29 Buncombe    
12/14/1918 Elsie Italia Patteson 21 George Robert Higginbotham 33 Guilford    
03/20/1919 Emma Mae Higginbotham 18 Edward Carl Braun 21 Pasquotank Elizabeth City  
08/28/1920 Zona Marie LaFon Higginbotham 32 Soloman Arthur Tucker 30 Halifax Halifax  
10/08/1921 Mattie Hairston 21 Petris Allen Higginbotham 22 Rockingham   Colored
08/16/1922 Laura Louise Connolly Beckley 48 Ernest C. Higginbotham 59 Catawba Hickory  
09/28/1922 Henrietta Higginbotham 41 John Drakeford 48 Rowan Salisbury Colored
06/09/1923 Nita Exum Woodard 25 Paris Claude Higginbotham 27 Buncombe Asheville  
08/07/1926 Gertrude Hickenbottom 18 Stout Douglas 25 Forsyth   Colored
02/16/1928 Anna Olivia Higginbotham 19 William J. Knight 25 Camden South Mills  
12/11/1929 Sarah Elizabeth Tennant 16 John Seals Higginbotham 22 Wake Raleigh  
05/24/1930 Ruth Virginia Higginbotham   Miles L. Thompson   Camden South Mills  
01/11/1931 Margaret Ella Higginbotham 22 George Lloyd Owen 33 Granville Oxford  
08/03/1933 Annie Bertha Higginbotham 18 Charles M. Norris 21 Camden South Mills  
08/04/1934 Margaret Martha Moore 21 David Vernon Higginbotham Jr. 21 Pasquotank Elizabeth City  
10/19/1934 Virgie Lee Parker 18 William Rossr Higginbotham 21 Camden South Mills  
05/18/1936 Evelyn Linda Higginbotham 21 Linwood Bogart Dale 22 Northampton Jackson  
03/20/1937 Bertie Lee Higginbotham 38 William Joseph Shaw 39 Cumberland Cross Creek  
09/18/1937 Evelyn Johnson 19 Charles Francis Higginbotham 21 Camden South Mills  
11/29/1938 Sadie Gwendolyn Higginbotham Yow 20 Reuben F. Chitty 25 Forsyth Winston-Salem  
01/01/1941 Shirley O. Higginbotham 21 Ben Franklin White 21 Camden South Mills Colored
07/22/1941 Vina V. Parker  18 Fred Higginbotham 23 Camden South Mills  
12/03/1942 Florence Elizabeth Higginbotham 19 Howard James Bailey 22 Onslow New River  
06/19/1943 Frances Higginbotham   Clyde S. Morris   Rowan Salisbury  
10/06/1943 Anne Elizabeth Sheehan 23 Charles Francis Higginbotham 27 Pasquotank Elizabeth City  
02/17/1944 Marion Elizabeth Higginbotham 19 Russell A. Reney 23 Onslow Camp Lejeune  
02/19/1944 Faye Elizabeth Andrews   Norman Earl Higginbotham   Scotland Laurinburg  
06/24/1944 Catherine Kay Jordan 18 James Tillman Higginbotham 23 Camden South Mills  
12/20/1945 Mary Alice Manning 26 James Henry Higginbotham 28 Cumberland Fayetteville  
06/15/1946 Faye Carolyn Higginbotham 21 John W. Murray 21 Forsyth Winston-Salem  
06/27/1946 Doris Ennis Miller 27 Lawrence F. Higginbottom 27 Camden South Mills  
01/11/1947 Christine Steed Cassada 25 Andrew Jackson Higginbotham 23 Cumberland Fort Bragg  
03/05/1947 Iris J. Higinbothom 21 Earl T. Barnie 24 Alleghany Sparta  
12/31/1947 Johnnie Elizabeth Higginbotham 17 Israel Guerrero 32 Pasquotank Elizabeth City  
04/23/1948 Peggy Byrle Higginbotham 21 Jack R. Frederick 21 Guilford Greensboro  
10/29/1949 Johnnie Elizabeth Higginbotham 17 Primo Olaez Familiar 22 Pasquotank Elizabeth City  
10/26/1950 Johnnie Elizabeth Higginbotham 19 Arturo Domingo 21 Wake Raleigh  
06/18/1951 Elna Elizabeth Higginbotham 19 William Grady Thompson 26 Henderson Hendersonville  
08/12/1951 Lorraine McGovern 22 Joseph M. Higginbottom 23 Onslow Camp Lejeune  
11/10/1951 Katherine Faye Higginbotham 20 Ralph Roman Lemon 25 Craven Cherry Point  
08/09/1952 Molly Faye Tweedy 23 James Daryl Higginbotham 24 Davidson Lexington  
06/06/1953 Joyce Irene Higginbotham 22 Alexis Ravenez Nicolas Jr. 25 Forsyth Winston-Salem  
08/17/1954 Betty Lou Melton 18 Michael Anthony Higginbotham 21 Bertie Windsor  
09/06/1954 Doris Elizabeth Higginbotham 20 Alvin Wade Rice 22 Buncombe Black Mountain  
05/13/1955 Annette Owen McLeese 24 Monjet Edward Higginbotham 32 Mecklenburg Charlotte  
05/26/1956 Patricia Anne Gregg 26 Roy Alfred Higginbotham 28 Gaston Gastonia  
06/04/1956 Marion Elizabeth Teats 20 Marshall Chapman Higginbotham Jr. 21 Pasquotank Elizabeth City  
05/04/1957 Rowena Frances Seldomridge Haynes 35 James Allen Higginbotham 41 Pasquotank Elizabeth City  
12/22/1957 Mary Emma Stone 23 Robert Don Higginbotham 26 Franklin Franklinton  
01/09/1958 Helen Mary Kane 23 Manson Earl Higginbotham 22 Onslow    
06/26/1958 Faye Higginbotham 20 Ellis Autry Dawsey 21 Columbus Lake Waccamaw  
09/26/1958 Bernice Marie Edmondson Thompson 23 John Crockett Higginbotham III 22 Guilford Morehead  
12/30/1958 Barbara Christine Summerlin Myers 24 Charles William Higginbotham 27 Onslow Camp Lejeune  
01/22/1959 Iris Faye Price 18 Bobby Gene Higginbotham 21 Hertford Winton  
03/06/1960 Barbara Ann Brenaman 20 Patrick Anthony Higginbotham 23 Camden South Mills  
06/30/1960 Linda Louise Ange 15 Upton Samuel Higginbotham Jr. 18 Halifax Halifax  
03/02/1961 Barbara Ann Brenaman 21 Patrick Anthony Higginbotham 23 Camden South Mills  
07/15/1961 Rose Alice Brodeur 19 John Wayne Hickenbottom 19 Pasquotank Elizabeth City  
12/30/1961 Sheila Dawn Higginbotham 18 Robert Ralph Hearn 21 Alleghany Sparta  
11/21/1962 Judith Pamela Arthur 20 Upton Samuel Higginbotham Jr. 21 Pasquotank Elizabeth City  
09/06/1963 Evalyn Higginbottom 20 Michael Padraic McCarthy 19 Durham Durham  
10/28/1963 Betty Jean Forbes   Hollis Burl Higginbotham   Alleghany Sparta  
06/27/1964 Martha Ann McBrayer 28 Paris Claudee Higginbotham Jr. 35 Forsyth Winston-Salem  
08/14/1964 Danna Faye Hendrix 17 James Vencenzo Higginbotham 21 Haywood Waynesville  
02/20/1965 Margie Frances Persinger Bagby 35 Amos Howard Higginbotham 22 Camden South Mills  
02/22/1965 Tena Alexandria McClaskey   Lawrence Blaine Higginbotham   Alleghany Sparta  
05/05/1965 Judith Lee Savage 19 Joseph Henry Higginbotham III 23 Gaston Gastonia  
01/19/1966 Linda Sue Higginbotham 19 David Bruce Rathbun 24 Pasquotank Elizabeth City  
11/22/1966 Jo Anne Worley 18 Donald Wade Higginbotham 23 Pasquotank Elizabeth City  
09/26/1966 Ruth Arganbright 67 Rupert Higginbotham 71 Gaston Gastonia  
02/21/1967 Carolyn Sue Higginbotham   Leroy Jennings   Alleghany Sparta  
03/11/1967 Joan Marie Holland 18 William Earl Higginbotham 25 Pasquotank Elizabeth City  
09/01/1967 Donna Eileen Mick 20 Charles Francis Higginbotham III 19 Pasquotank Elizabeth City  
09/16/1967 Barbara Carol Higginbotham 18 Ronald Leon Byrd 19 Camden South Mills  
10/21/1967 Betty Lou Higginbotham 19 Garland Lennard Rouse 24 Lenoir Kinston  
12/08/1967 Ruth Gray 19 Roosevelt Higginbotham 43 Gates Gatesville Colored
02/05/1968 Wendy Joan Higginbotham 18 Charles Houston Jr. 18 Forsyth   Negro
03/30/1968 Melody Lynn Petracca 17 Ronald Eugene Hickenbottom 21 Onslow    
08/08/1968 Mary Alice Hall 21 Larry Guy Higginbotham 24 Guilford Greensboro  
08/09/1968 Donna Pearl Williams            
08/11/1968 Donna Gay Higginbotham 19 Harry Wade Angel 20 Guilford Greensboro  
08/20/1968 Myra Annette Tyree Higginbotham 25 Jimmy Larry Dismuke 19 Durham Durham  
09/28/1968 Sandra Gail Little 17 Jay Preston Higgenbottom 20 Anson Lanesboro  
10/15/1968 Kathleen Gregory Wyant 19 Charles Francis Higginbotham III 20 Pasquotank Elizabeth City  
05/29/1969 Janice Sue Higginbotham 18 Jerry LaMance Ambler 20 Onslow    
06/21/1969 Peggy Sims Pomeroy 20 Larry Edward Higginbotham 24 Buncombe Biltmore  
07/30/1969 Linda Faye King 18 Roger Lynn Higginbotham 22 Yancey    
07/14/1970 Leatha Elizabeth Gosnell Lance 65 Ray Worton Higginbotham 61 Henderson Hendersonville  
08/15/1970 Joyce Ann Higginbotham 18 Roger Owen Bennett 21 Davidson    
09/12/1970 Ann Lee Jackson 18 Lamah Lee Higginbotham Jr. 27 Camden Camden  
05/05/1971 Freda Irene Higginbotham   Jerry Allen Forshey   Alleghany Sparta  
10/11/1971 Meloday Ann Higginbotham 17 William Raymond Barlow 19 Pasquotank Elizabeth City  
09/16/1972 Joyce Ann Lewis 21 James Earl Higginbotham 24 Pasquotank Elizabeth City  
11/06/1972 Joan Marie Higginbotham 24 Otis Jefferson Lankford 34 Pasquotank Elizabeth City  
03/17/1973 Alice Idella Harrin 25 Fred Wesley Higgenbottom 24 Buncombe Asheville  
06/12/1973 Ossie Elizabeth Boggess   Clarence Osborne Higginbotham Jr.   Alleghany Sparta  
10/07/1973 Betty Gail Higginbotham 18 James Robert Johnson 24 Johnson    
11/21/1974 Geneva Renee Higginbotham 23 Samuel Pettit Vanderslice 50 Pasquotank Elizabeth City  
12/23/1974 Susan Marie Hickenbottom 17 Gerald Bland Young 33 Pasquotank Elizabeth City  
01/04/1975 Donna Leezia Edwards 16 Michael Wayne Higginbotham 19 Mitchell    
08/09/1975 Teresa Ellen Thurman 17 Richard Earl Higgenbottom 20 Buncombe Asheville  
09/09/1977 Mary Huggins Higginbotham 39 Davis Drew Cairns 49 Halifax Halifax  
12/10/1977 Ramona Louise Hensley 27 Keith Douglas Higginbotham 23 Hertford Ahoskie  
05/23/1981 Dorothy Janice Higginbotham 37 Tilton Lee Willcox 55 Pamlico Oriental  
01/07/1983 Mary Kathryn Glenn 27 Carl Gene Higginbotham 37 Pasquotank Elizabeth City  
06/06/1983 Robin Rae Creamer 17 David Ralph Higginbotham Jr.  23 Onslow Jacksonville  
06/13/1983 Melody Lynne Stone 22 Michael David Higgenbottom 24 Nash    
01/18/1984 Allison Loraine Higginbotham 29 Robert Lee Kalkbrenner 52 Onslow Jacksonville  
05/26/1984 Theresa Howard Parker 24 Patrick Anthony Higginbotham Jr. 23 Hertford Ahoskie  
01/26/1986 Muriel Cassandra Higginbotham 25 Rex Coley 30 Wayne   Black
10/25/1987 Susan Marie Balducci Fish 34 John Scott Higginbotham 32 Wake Raleigh  
07/07/1988 Andrea Bonita Higginbotham 27 Vernell Grantham 25 Wayne   Black
06/03/1989 Sherry Lynn Higginbotham Jenkins 27 Kenneth Lee Osborn 25 Wake Cary  
07/28/1989 Nancy Almonta Swain Spruill 50 John Thomas Higginbotham 47 Forsyth Kernersville  
04/18/1990 Linda Marie Nunez 22 James Arthur Higginbotham 26 Wake Raleigh  
11/10/1990 Helen Eloise Elm 22 Ralph Roy Higginbotham 22 Onslow Camp Lejeune  
10/04/1991 Sherri Michele Mason Smith 26 Bruce James Higginbotham 25 Chatham Haywood  
11/02/1991 Amy Meredith King 23 Haines Carter Higginbotham 28 Gaston Gastonia  
02/09/1992 Tracy Michelle Higginbotham 24 James Harold Crabb 29 Onslow    
06/20/1992 Elizabeth Jean Higginbotham   Michael Alan Everson   Mecklenburg Charlotte  
05/29/1993 Deborah Marlene Penson 26 Jefferson Howard Higginbotham 25 Rutherfordton Rutherfordton  
07/30/1994 Sarah Elizabeth Higginbotham 25 Barry Michael Koski 31 Forsyth Winston-Salem  
08/20/1994 Stacie Bernice Higginbotham 18 James Christopher Edwards 21 Franklin    
08/27/1994 Susan Lynne Key 28 Bruce Carter Higinbothom 30 Forsyth Winston-Salem  
10/05/1994 Susan Jeanene Higginbotham Sherman   Jessie Jenkins Smith   New Hanover Harnett  
03/03/1995 Kathy Jean Terral 28 Shane Higginbotham 1938 Davidson    
03/31/1995 Kathleen Marie Higginbotham 34 Alan Roy Boudreau 37 Onslow Jacksonville  
04/02/1995 Dianne Isabel Higginbotham 42 John Davidson Cheesborough 44 Henderson Hendersonville  
06/10/1995 Amith Faith Higginbotham 21 Jason Ross Page 21 Wake Raleigh  
06/23/1995 Pamela Rene Musselwhite 34 David Austin Higginbotham 37 Wake Raleigh  
10/14/1995 Nicole Suzanne Bettini 22 Joseph Henry Higginbotham IV 24 Forsyth Clemmons  
07/20/1996 Emma Louise Hickingbotham   David Bryan Bennett   Durham Durham  
11/23/1996 Melissa Ann Higginbotham 27 Eric Nash Smith 35 Wake Raleigh  
06/28/1997 April Yvette Higginbotham 30 Carl Lee McCormick 25 Wake Cary Black
01/29/1999 Karen Lea Higginbotham Beard 43 Gary Dwight Byrd 42 Forsyth Winston-Salem  
02/13/1999 Aldine Ruth Potter Higginbotham 75 Edward Stanley Jakubowski  76 Henderson Hendersonville  
06/16/2001 Carissa Lynn Sayers 31 Gary Lee Hickenbottom 27 Randolph    
12/02/2001 Amber Autumn Currie 18 Ronald Larry Higginbottom Jr. 22 Scotland    
02/23/2002 Christina Louise Bennett 19 Tony Purvis Higginbotham 31 Wake Raleigh African American
07/27/2002 Latasha Shinea Higginbotham 22 Shelly Bernard Ford III 23 Wayne Goldsboro  
08/17/2002 Linda Ann Ayers 25 Christopher John Higginbotham 25 Wake Raleigh  
12/01/2003 Melanie Elaine Luques 22 Christopher Brian Higginbotham 23 Wake Raleigh  
02/14/2004 Carolyn Spinks   Gary Dale Higginbotham   Durham Chapel Hill  
08/28/2004 Carly Anne Tipton 30 Aaron Scott Higginbotham 43 Wake Holly Springs  
10/22/2004 Megan Lane Shroyer 21 Richard Todd Higginbotham 27 Watauga Boone  
07/23/2005 Lisa Morris Regensburg 45 Jeffrey Higginbotham 44 Wake Raleigh  
07/17/2010 Mary Marlowe Higginbotham   Eric Kurt Scholler   Cleveland Kings Mountain  

 

Bluefield (WV) Daily Telegraph 01/21/1962

Shelia Dawn Higginbotham & Robert R. Hearn

 

The Gastonia Gazette 03/07/1965

Joseph Henry Higginbotham III & Judith Lee Savage

Couple Plans a May Wedding

Mr. and Mrs. Joe D. Savage announce the engagement of their daughter, Judith Lee, to Joseph Henry Higginbotham III, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph H. Higginbotham Jr. of Lynchburg, Va.

The wedding will take place in May.

A graduate of Altavista High School at, Altavista, Va., Judith attends Radford College in Virginia.

Henry is a graduate of E. C. Glass High School in Lynchburg and Virginia Polytechnic Institute at Blacksburg where he was vice president of Sigma Mu Sigma and also an officer in the Lynchburg Club of VPI. Upon graduation he was associated with Sears and Roebuck Co. at Charlotte. He is serving with the U. S. Army and is enrolled in the Air Defense Officers Course at Ft. Bliss, Texas.

 

 

 

Playground Daily News (Ft. Walton Beach, FL) 10/26/1967

Betty Lou Higginbotham & Garland L. Rouse

 

 

The Star Online 11/09/2009

Mary Marlowe Higginbotham & Eric Kurt Scholler

Mr. and Mrs. John James Higginbotham of Gastonia proudly announce the engagement of their daughter, Mary Marlowe Higginbotham, to Eric Kurt Scholler.

A July 17, 2010 wedding is planned at First Presbyterian Church of Kings Mountain.

About the bride-elect: Marlowe is the granddaughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Earl Marlowe of Kings Mountain and the late Mr. and Mrs. George Higginbotham of Macon, Ga. She graduated valedictorian from Gaston Day School in 2005 and graduated valedictorian from North Carolina State University, summa cum laude, in 2009. She is a member of Phi Eta Sigma and Beta Gamma Sigma honor fraternities and the honor society of Phi Kappa Phi. She is currently attending the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Kenan-Flager Business School. She will graduate with a Master of Accounting degree in May 2010. She will be employed in the fall of 2010 by Greer & Walker LLP of Charlotte. Marlowe is a member of the Col. Frederick Hambright chapter of the DAR of Kings Mountain. She was presented in June 2005 at the Junior Charity League Debutante Ball of Shelby.

About the future bridegroom: Eric is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Kurt Scholler of Cramerton. He is the grandson of the late Mr. and Mrs. Ramon A. Welborn of Hagerman, N.M., Mr. Walter Scholler of Aachen, Germany and the late Mrs. Hilde Scholler of Aachen, Germany. He graduated valedictorian from Gaston Day School in 2001, graduated from North Carolina State University, cum laude, in 2006 with a B.S. degree in Polymer & Color Chemistry and a minor in statistics and graduated in 2008 with a M.S. degree in Textile Chemistry and a minor in textile management. He was an ITT fellow and a member of Phi Lambda Upsilon-honors chemistry fraternity. He is employed as an Economic Analyst at FC Stone, LLC, International Assets-Fiber & Textiles of Nashville, Tenn.

Their engagement was formally announced at an engagement party given by Mr. and Mrs. James A. Champion of Kings Mountain and Ms. Sarah Wall Sunday of Mooresboro. On Oct. 10, 2009 the beautifully appointed party was held at the Champion home in Kings Mountain. It was attended by family and friends.

 

 

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