WV Higginbotham Obituaries 1960-1969
Transcribed by William Morris (Bill) Higginbotham
Misterhigg@aol.com
Charleston, WV
1999
Wetzel Republican, Thursday 02/18/1960
Clark L. Higginbotham (1877-1960) WV
(Clark L.) Clyde Higginbotham, 82, of Smithfield, died Wednesday, Feb. 10, 1960, in the Wetzel County Hospital after a lingering illness. He was born Sept. 2, 1877, and was a member of the Church of Christ. He is survived by six sons, Ray of Jacksonburg, Carl of Pittsburgh, Ralph of Folsom, Earl of Elyria, O., Dale of Mobley and Ross of Mannington; two daughters, Mrs. Virginia Gump of Farmington and Ruth at home; two brothers, William of Hastings and Lloyd of New York; 35 grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. The body was removed to the home of his son, Dale, at Mobley and services were held there Saturday at 2 p.m. with Minister Raymond Norris officiating. Burial was in the Mt. Herman Cemetery.
Beckley Post Herald 02/23/1960
Barbara Letitia Higginbotham Rader (1881-1960) VA/WV
Maxwellton-Mrs. Barbara Higginbotham Rader, 79, died at the
C&O Hospital Monday afternoon following a long illness. A resident of Maxwellton
for 45 years, she was a member of the
She is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Earl Kidd, Maxwellton; two sisters, Mrs. Raymond Bright, and Mrs. Cecil Rogers, both of Frankford; and two brothers, William M. and Oscar D., also of Frankford; and four grandchildren.
Services will be conducted Wednesday at 11 a.m. at the
The body will remain at Wallace and Wallace Funeral Home
until funeral time. Burial will be in
Charleston Gazette-Mail, Sunday 03/13/1960
Bobby Lee Higginbotham (1937-1960) WV
Front page headline: Rites Set For Two Victims of Collision
Service arrangements have been made for two young men who were fatally injured late Friday in a grinding two-car collision in the 2600 block of U. S. 60 in St. Albans.
Service for Bobbie Lee Higginbotham, 23, of 311 ½ 10th St., Dunbar, will be conducted Tuesday. James Robert Deal, 22, of Poca, will be buried today.
The Higginbotham funeral will be at 2 p.m. in the Nitro Nazarene Church by Rev. Earl G. Hissom. Burial will be in Cunningham Memorial Park, St. Albans.
Service for Deal will be held at 3 p.m. in Gatens Funeral Home chapel at Poca by Rev. David Lett. Burial will be in Ortin Heights Cemetery, RFD 1, Nitro.
The two men were passengers in a car driven by Freddie (Buddy) Eplin, 22, of Lincoln Dr., South Charleston.
Their car, traveling west on U. S. 60, jumped the center island at St. Albans and swerved into the path of a car driven by Ralph Casto, 42, of 1803 Summers Ave., South Charleston, police said.
Police said the Casto vehicle hit the Eplin-driven auto broadside, demolishing both cars.
Casto suffered multiple injuries. His son, John, 17, received a severe scalp laceration while another passenger in the Casto car, Ray Runion, 17, had facial lacerations. The three were reported in satisfactory condition at Thomas Memorial Hospital.
Eplin suffered multiple injuries and was reported in fair condition.
Deal was dead on arrival at the hospital. Higginbotham died early Saturday of internal injuries.
Higginbotham, a construction worker, is survived by his mother, Mrs. Ruby Higginbotham of Dunbar; two brothers, George Jr. of Nitro and Eugene of RFD 17; and his grandmother, Mrs. Sena Higginbotham of Nitro.
The body is at Cooke and Pauley Funeral Home, Nitro, and will be taken to the church an hour before the service.
Deal, unemployed, is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Deal of Poca; a brother, Eugene at home; four sisters, Mrs. Betty Thornton and Mrs. Rosalie Deweese of Bellsville, Ohio, and Mrs. Lora Singleton and Mrs. Della May King of Poca; and his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Sanders and Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Deal of Poca.
No charges have been filed in the accident and police are continuing their investigation.
Charleston Gazette, Tuesday 04/19/1960
Paul Dunn Higginbotham (1924-1960) WV/OH
Front page headline: Leap From Bridge Kills Ex-City Man
Charleston and South Charleston firemen were dragging the Kanawha River late Monday for the body of a Dayton, Ohio, man who leaped from the Patrick St. Bridge and apparently drowned.
The missing man was identified as Paul Dunn Higginbotham, 35, of 7820 Dogleg Rd., Dayton, a former Charleston resident.
Witnesses told authorities they saw Higginbotham, who was walking across the bridge from South Charleston, suddenly climb onto the guardrail near the center and jump.
A sister of the missing man, Mrs. Jennie Sieferman, also of Dayton, told police she was with her brother only minutes before he jumped.
Police said Mrs. Sieferman left her brother at the end of the bridge and caught a bus to South Charleston.
Higginbotham told her he was going to cross the bridge to catch a bus to Cedar Grove.
He had been ill for sometime, Mrs. Sieferman told police, and had been working as a painting contractor in Dayton for the past five years.
Higginbotham is also survived by his father, Brady L. Higginbotham of Dayton; four brothers, Clair and Charles of Dayton, Arnold of Charleston and Samuel of South Charleston; and two half-sisters, Mrs. O. O. Holmes of Charleston and Mrs. Claudia Abbott of Dayton.
Fairmont Times, Tuesday 04/26/1960
Lois Crawford Higinbotham (1887-1960) WV
Mrs. Lois Crawford Higinbotham, 73, wife of Fred R. Higinbotham, of 440 Monroe Street, died Monday morning in her home. She was born in Fairmont, Jan. 17, 1887, a daughter of the late Charles and Catherine Mugridge Crawford.
Mrs. Higinbotham was a member of the First United Presbyterian Church, the ladies auxiliary to the Brotherhood of Railcar Trainmen, and the Women of the Moose, Fairmont Chapter 475.
She is survived by her husband; two sons, Brooks Higinbotham of Fairmont, and Robert Higinbotham of Silver Springs, Md.; one granddaughter, Roxine Higinbotham of Silver Springs; one brother, Frank Crawford of Fairmont; and one half-sister, Mrs. Charles Robson, of Xenia, Ohio.
Friends may call at the R. C. Jones Funeral Home.
The Weirton Daily Times 05/06/1960
Elizabeth McBride Hickenbottom (1901-1960) OH/WV
Follansbee-Mrs. Elizabeth McBride Hickenbottom, 58, a
resident of
She was born April 23, 1901 in
Mrs. Hickenbottom was educated in the Follansbee schools and attended the Nazarene Church of Follansbee. She was married to Edward Hickenbottom June 1925.
Surviving are two sons, Eugene T. McBride, Follansbee, and
Thomas E. Hickenbottom at home; her mother, Mrs. Margaret McBride, at the
Riverview Nursing Home in
Five grandchildren also survive.
Friends will be received at the James Funeral Home at
Services will be held at the funeral home on Monday at 2 p.m. with Rev. L. C. Provance of the Nazarene Church of Follansbee officiating.
Interment will be made in
Mrs. Ella Emma Higinbotham West, 81, 102 Alta Vista Avenue, died at 4:30 p.m. Sunday in Fairmont Emergency Hospital. She was born in Fairmont, Feb. 8, 1879, a daughter of the late James L. and Mary Worth (Work) Higinbotham. She was the widow of Clarence E. West.
Survivors include sons, Leona B. West and Fred E. West, both of Fairmont; two brothers, Sam Higinbotham, Fairmont, and Fred Higinbotham, Shinnston and five grandchildren; a son and a daughter are deceased.
She was a member of the Church of the Nazarene.
Friends may call at the R. C. Jones Funeral Home after 5 p.m. today. Funeral plans are incomplete.
Fairmont Times, Wednesday 07/06/1960
WEST—Mrs. Ella Emma Higinbotham, 81, 102 Alta Vista Avenue, died at 4:30 p.m. Sunday in Fairmont Emergency Hospital. Friends may call at the R. C. Jones Funeral Home until Wednesday noon when the body will be taken to the Church of Nazarene to lie in state until the funeral hour at 2 p.m. The Rev. O. C. Rushine will officiate and burial will be in Maple Grove Cemetery.
Charleston Daily Mail 08/15/1960
Pearl Higginbotham Riddle (1914-1960) WV/MD
A 46 year old former Charlestonian, Mrs. Pearl Riddle of Baltimore, Md., was fatally stricken there Friday with a heart attack.
Surviving are a son, Leaford McClanahan of Baltimore; four brothers, Bennie, Manuel and William Higginbotham of Charleston and Russell of Boston, Mass. and a grandchild.
Services were set for 11:30 this morning in Barlow-Bonsall Funeral Home in
Charleston, with the Rev. Earl Hissom officiating. Burial was to be in Spring
Hill Cemetery. Charleston Gazette, Thursday 11/10/1960 Ava Mae Fisher Higginbotham (1885-1960) WV Higginbotham, Mrs. Ava M—75, of 517 17th St.,
Dunbar, died Wednesday at her home after a long illness. She was a native of
Jackson County and had lived in Dunbar for the last 32 years. She was a member
of Pleasant View Methodist Church in Jackson County. Surviving are her husband,
L. Anderson Higginbotham; a brother, Bradford Fisher of Glenville; and two sisters, Mrs. Eva Staats of Fairplain and Mrs. Bernice Kee of Charleston. Service will be at 2
p.m. Friday in Keller Funeral Home chapel at Dunbar with Rev. Hobson Fisher
officiating. Burial will be in Grandview Memorial Park at Dunbar. Charleston Gazette, Wednesday 11/30/1960 Rosa Mabel Hinkle Higginbotham (1894-1960) WV Higginbotham, Mrs. Rosa Mabel—Service for Mrs. Higginbotham,
66, of Oak Hill, who died Monday in Oak Hill Hospital of a heart attack, will be
at 1 p.m. Thursday in Tyree Funeral Home with Rev. W. H. McDaniel officiating.
Burial will be in High Lawn Memorial Park at Oak Hill. She was a member of
Thurmond Order of Eastern Star. Surviving are three sons, Arnett of Red Star,
Billie of Oak Hill and Jackie of Wilmington, Del., four daughters, Mrs. Margie
Richmond of Thurmond, Mrs. Vermont Berry of Danese and Mrs. Hilma Combs and Mrs.
Shirley Tidwell, both of Wilmington, Del.; three brothers, D. A. Hinkle of
Ronceverte, R. B. Hinkle of Clifftop and L. W. Hinkle of Clintonville; a
sister, Mrs. Ida McClure of Thurmond; 18 grandchildren and two
great-grandchildren. The body will be taken from Tyree Funeral Home at Oak Hill
to the home of her son, Billie, at 4 p.m. today and returned to the funeral home
an hour before service. Thurmond Order of Eastern Star will conduct graveside
rites. The Buckhannon Record, Friday 02/24/1961 Lula Coleman Higginbotham (1880-1961) WV Miss Lula C. Higginbotham, 80, died of a heart condition
Sunday at 3:45 a.m. at her home at 65 South Kanawha Street. She had been in ill
health for several weeks. Miss Higginbotham was born July 1, 1880, a daughter of the
late Coleman C. and Ida Day Higginbotham. She is survived by her sister, Mrs.
Jessie Mathews, with whom she resided. Funeral services for Miss Higginbotham were held Tuesday at 2
p.m. at the Whitescarver-Rundio Funeral Home. The Rev. James H. Brennan, vicar
of the Church of the Transfiguration, the Buckhannon Episcopal Church, of which
Miss Higginbotham was a lifelong member, officiated. Interment was made in the
Heavener Cemetery. Charleston Gazette, Saturday 03/18/1961 Timmy Wayne Higginbotham (1961-1961) WV Higginbotham, Timmy Wayne—day-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert
G. Higginbotham of Poca died Friday in Thomas Memorial Hospital. Also surviving
are two sisters, Vickie Lynn and Darlena, both at home; one brother, Bobby Lee at
home; the paternal grandmother, Mrs. Minnie Higginbotham of Poca; and the
maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Ira Craigo of Poca. Service will be
conducted at 2 p.m. today in Gatens Funeral Home by Rev. Sherman Witt. Burial
will be in Haven of Rest Memorial Gardens at Hometown. The body is in the
funeral home. Charleston Daily Mail 04/13/1961 Corda C. Higginbotham Blake (1887-1961)
WV Mrs. Corda C. Blake, 73 year old resident of Charleston Rt.
1, died yesterday of a heart attack suffered at her home. Survivors include her husband, Ambrose Sr.; three daughters,
Mrs. Dovia Thornton of The body is at the Raynes Funeral Home in
The Charleston Daily Mail 05/31/1961 Charles Wilmer Higginbotham (1890-1961) WV Charles W. Higginbotham, 71, of 1330 Thirteenth St., Nitro,
died today at his home after a long illness. He was a retired employee of
American Viscose Corp. at Nitro. Mr. Higginbotham was born at Buffalo, Putnam County. Surviving are his wife, Rosa; three sons, Chancey and Lacy of
Nitro and Charles of St. Albans, and four grandchildren. The body is at Cooke and Pauley Funeral Home in Nitro. Charleston Daily Mail 06/26/1961 Barbara Noreen
Reilly Higginbotham (ca1928-1961) WV/CA
Mrs. Barbara Higginbotham, 33, of Los Angeles, Calif., formerly of Charleston,
died Friday after a short illness. She left Charleston six years ago.
Surviving are her husband, Russell; sons, Dickie, Bobby and Mike at home; and
two daughters, Susie and Kathy at home. The body is at Snyder Funeral Home, 1030
West 54th St., Los Angeles, where services will be held tomorrow at 2:30 p.m.
Charleston Gazette, Wednesday 06/28/1961 Clifton Angel Dangerfield Higginbotham (1906-1961) WV Higginbotham, Mrs. Clifton Angel—Service will be conducted
at 2 p.m. today in Collins Funeral Home at Glen Jean by Rev. Ernest Barley.
Burial will be in Huse Memorial Park at Fayetteville. Mrs. Higginbotham, 54, of
Edmond, Fayette County, died Monday in Oak Hill Hospital of a heart attack.
Surviving are three sons, Thomas of Dayton, Ohio, Yuhal of Cleveland, Ohio, and
James of Fayetteville; one daughter, Mrs. Ruth Hicks of Fayetteville; one
brother, Clarence Dangerfield of Fayetteville; three sisters, Mrs. Myrtle Henson
of Beckley, Mrs. Violet Dixon of Thurmond and Mrs. Eva Dunn of Stanaford; six
grandchildren; and one great-grandchild. The body is at the funeral home. Clarksburg Exponent, Tuesday 08/08/1961 George Edward Higginbotham (1902-1961) WV Shinnston—George E. Higginbotham, 59, of Fairmont, Rt. 1,
died Monday at 5:40 a.m. in a Fairmont hospital following an extended illness. He was born July 31, 1902, in Everson, a son of the late Jerry
Higginbotham and Mrs. Alice Anderson Higginbotham of Fairmont, Rt. 1. Surviving in addition to his mother are his wife, Mrs. Blanche
Haggerty Higginbotham; three daughters, Mrs. Vera Moore of Phoburn, Mrs. Lillie
Westfall of Bethlehem and Miss Alice Higginbotham at home; two brothers, Willard
Higginbotham of Los Angles, Calif., and Herbert Higginbotham of Allied; three
sisters, Mrs. Opal Bunnell of Loraine, Ohio, Mrs. Ruby Fullen of Allied and Mrs.
Pearl Long of Four States; and four grandchildren. Mr. Higginbotham was a coal miner and a member of the Everson
Baptist Church. The Morgantown Post 09/26/1961 Geneva Higginbotham Boyers (1919-1961) WV Mrs. Geneva Boyers of Route 2, Morgantown, died yesterday
afternoon at University Hospital after a brief illness. She was 42 years of age.
Born Dec. 8, 1919, a daughter of the late Lamden Higginbotham and Jennie Ringo
Higginbotham who survives. She was a member of the Church of God. Other survivors include her Husband, Joseph R. Boyers; two
sons, Jack David and Joseph, both at home; two brothers, Junior and Eugene
Higginbotham, both of Lorain, Ohio; and five sisters, Mrs. Nancy Watkins of
Rivesville, Rosemary Cripes of Newton Falls, Ohio, Mrs. Edna James, Mrs. Georgia
Davis and Mrs. Virginia Towns all of Medina, N. Y. Funeral arrangements are under the direction of Allamong-Williams
Home for Funerals and are incomplete. Friends may call at the family residence
after 5 p.m. Tuesday. The Charleston Gazette 12/07/1961 Lula May Higginbotham Summers
(1883-1961) WV Summers, Mrs. Lula May, 78, of
The Charleston Gazette 12/20/1961 Dolly Kathryn Hoylman Higginbotham
(1865-1961) WV/OH
Higginbotham, Mrs. Kate Hoylman-Service will be at 10 a.m. Thursday in Ewing
Funeral Home at Pomeroy, Ohio. Burial will be in Spring Hill Cemetery. Mrs.
Higginbotham, 96, of Pomeroy, formerly of Charleston, died Sunday at Pomeroy.
Surviving are a step-son, L. J. Higginbotham of Dunbar; and a daughter, Mrs.
Dolly Klienschmidt of Lexington, Ky. The body is in Ewing Funeral Home at
Pomeroy.
Huntington Advertiser, Tuesday 01/02/1962 Charleston Gazette, Friday 01/19/1962 Dennis Franklin Higginbotham (1904-1962) African American Dennis Higginbotham, 57, of Rand, died Thursday in a
Charleston hospital after a long illness. A retired DuPont employee, he was a
lifelong Rand resident. Surviving are six brothers, Kinkle, Roy and Clarence,
all of Rand, Charles and Woodrow, both of Washington, D. C., and Patrick
Higginbotham of Columbus, Ohio; five sisters, Mrs. Bess Taylor of Charleston,
Mrs. Ruby Sales and Mrs. Vivian Minor, both of Rand, Mrs. Catherine Smith of
Bluefield and Mrs. Della Jones of Washington. Service will be conducted at 3 pm
Saturday in Levi First Baptist Church at Rand by Rev. Oscar Moore. Burial will
be in Spring Hill Cemetery at Charleston. The body will be taken from Harden and
Harden Funeral Home to the church two hours before service. The Charleston Gazette 03/30/1962 Olla May Higginbotham Withrow (1895-1962) WV Service for Mrs. Withrow, 65, of Canton, Ohio, formerly of
Ward, who died Wednesday at her home after suffering a heart attack, will be at
10:30 a. m. Saturday in Cook Funeral Home Chapel at Cedar Grove with Rev. R. L.
Gibson officiating. Burial will be in King Cemetery on Hizer Creek. She was a
member of the Church of God and a native of Putnam County. Surviving are her
husband Ernest; two sons, Frank of Shrewsbury and Verlin of Ward; a daughter,
Mrs. Corbett Holstein of Glenville; two brothers, Carl Higginbotham of Dunbar
and William Higginbotham of Page; three sisters, Mrs. Bertha Cobb of Page, Mrs.
Maxine Landers of Poca and Mrs. Frank King of Lanham; and 10 grandchildren. Raleigh Register, Monday 04/02/1962 Charles Henry Spurgeon Higginbotham (1884-1962) WV Funeral services for Charles Henry Higginbotham will be
conducted at 2 p.m. Wednesday in the Regular Baptist Church, Johnstown Road,
with the Rev. Everett R. Shafer in charge. Burial will be in Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens. Higginbotham, 77, MacArthur, died at 1:50 p.m. Sunday in a
local hospital after suffering a heart attack. Born in Nicholas County, July 2, 1884, a son of the late John
and Mary Bennett Higginbotham, he was a retired coal miner, having worked last
for Stonecliff Coal Co. He was a member of UMWA Local 7086 and a member of the Free
Will Baptist Church. He had lived at MacArthur 14 years. Survivors include his wife, Annie; five daughters, Mrs. Clara
Harrah of Beckley, Mrs. Arthur (Arbutus) Bailes and Mrs. John (Hilda) Ritter of
Danese, Mrs. Grover (Louise) Watson of Baltimore, Md., and Mrs. Wythar (Wilda)
Eskew of St. Albans; four sons, Johnny of Red Star, Clark of Piney View, Lewis
of Oak Hill and Robert of Thayer; four sisters, Mrs. L. B. Bales of Charleston,
Mrs. William Bowling of Jenkins Jones, Mrs. Brose Boufield of Lookout and Mrs.
Cynthia Harris of Quinwood; 41 grandchildren; and 18 great-grandchildren. The body will be removed to the residence from the Webb and
Neal Funeral Home at 4 p.m. Tuesday. Nephews will serve as pallbearers. Charleston Gazette 05/07/1962 Loretta Gail Higginbotham (1962-1962)
OH Higginbotham, Loretta Gail - Infant daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Herman Higginbotham of Grove City, Ohio, formerly of Grimms
Landing, Mason County, died Saturday in a Columbus, Ohio hospital. Other
survivors include a brother, James, at home and the grandparents, Mr. and Mrs.
Allie Higginbotham of Grimms Landing and Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Martin of Buffalo.
Graveside service will be at 1:00 p.m. today in the family cemetery with the
Rev. Edward Harman officiating. The body will be taken from the Raynes Funeral
Home at Buffalo to the cemetery at the service time. Times-West Virginian, Sunday 06/03/1962 Frederick Robert Higinbotham Sr. (1890-1962) WV Higinbotham, Fred. R., 71, died Saturday in his home at 440
Monroe St. Friends will be received at the R. C. Jones Funeral Home after 3 p.m.
Sunday where services will be Tuesday at 2 p.m. with the Rev. Frank C. Marvin
Jr. officiating. Burial will be in Woodlawn Cemetery. Fairmont Times, Monday 06/04/1962 Higinbotham, Fred R., 71, died Saturday in his home at 440
Monroe St. Friends will be received at the R. C. Jones Funeral Home after 3 p.m.
Sunday where services will be Tuesday at 2 p.m. with the Rev. Frank C. Marvin
Jr. officiating. Burial will be in Woodlawn Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Ad L.
Thomas, Don Gruitt, Paul F. Opp Jr., Terry B. Opp, C. S. Robinson, L. A. Clinton
and R. V. Collins. The Charleston Daily Mail 07/26/1962 Regina Yvonne Higginbotham (1962-1962) WV Graveside services for Regina Yvonne Higginbotham, infant
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Junior Higginbotham of 3219 Thirty-second St.,
Nitro, were to be held at 4:30 p.m. today in Cunningham Memorial Park by the
Rev. Joe Phillips. The infant died in a South Charleston hospital this morning
shortly after birth. Charleston Gazette, Thursday 08/09/1962 Merta S. Higginbotham (1883-1962) WV Higginbotham, Miss Mertie—Service will be held at 2 p.m.
Friday in Raynes Funeral Home at Buffalo by Rev. H. R. Gladney, with burial in
Cross Creek Cemetery at Buffalo. Miss Higginbotham, 79, of Buffalo, a lifelong
resident of the Putnam County community, died Tuesday night at her home after a
long illness. Her only survivor is a brother, Murrell of Buffalo, with whom she
lived. Beckley Post-Herald 08/21/1962 Tobitha Higginbotham Bowling
(1888-1962) WV Hollywood-Mrs. Tobitha Higginbotham Bowling, 74, of Born Dec. 27, 1888, at Leivasy, she was the daughter of the
late Mr. and Mrs. John Higginbotham. She was a member of the She was married Oct. 17, 1918, at Other survivors include two sons, Lewis Amick of The funeral will be held Wednesday at 2 p.m. in the Hollywood
Tabernacle with the Rev. Joe Byrd and the Rev. J. C. Fairburn in charge. Burial
will be in The body will remain at Broyles Funeral Home in Pallbearers will be Virgil and Wade Helvey, Clyde VanStavern, Paul Nichols,
and Teddy and Bernie Elmore. The women of the church will carry flowers.
Charleston Gazette, Tuesday 12/11/1962 Hazel Mamie Silman Higginbotham (1889-1962) WV Mrs. Hazel Higginbotham, 73, of Marietta, Ohio, died Monday
morning in Staats Hospital in Charleston after a long illness. Service will be
conducted at 2 pm Wednesday in Wilson Funeral Home in Charleston by Rev. Dunbar
H. Ogden Jr. Burial will be in Spring Hill Cemetery. Surviving are a daughter,
Mrs. Edward Conker of Charleston, with whom Mrs. Higginbotham lived part time; a
sister, Mrs. Fred White Jr. of Marietta, Ohio; and two granddaughters. Raleigh Register 12/19/1962 Thomas Earl Higginbotham (1925-1962)
WV/OH Final rites for Thomas E. Higginbotham, 37, Higginbotham died Dec. 14 in a He was employed by the Fisher Body Works and was a veteran of World War II. Survivors include two sons, Donald Earl and Jerry Lee, a daughter, The body will remain at the funeral home.
The Charleston Gazette 03/13/1963
Son Higginbotham (1963-1963) IN Higginbotham, infant-Graveside service will be conducted at 2
p.m. Thursday in the
Beulah Ester Moore Higginbotham (1900-1962) WV
Mrs. Beulah Ester Higginbotham—Sixty-one years old of 6223 Fairview Drive,
died at her home yesterday morning after a long illness. Funeral services will
be conducted at 2:30 tomorrow at Chapman’s Mortuary by the Rev. Edwin A. Smith.
Burial will be in Ridgelawn Cemetery. Mrs. Higginbotham was born March 8, 1900,
in Kanawha County, a daughter of the late William and Julia Sargent Moore. She
was a member of the Neighbor’s Zader’s Club. Surviving are the husband, Perry W.
Higginbotham; one daughter, Mrs. Ruby Melba of Huntington; two sons, Ernest E.
Higginbotham of Ona and Donald Higginbotham of Huntington; one sister, Mrs.
Ethel Salmons of Culloden; two brothers, Clyde Moore of Clendenin and T. H.
Moore of Huntington; six grandchildren and one great-grandchild. The body is at
the mortuary where friends may call.
Charleston Gazette, Tuesday 01/02/1962
Higginbotham, Mrs. Beulah Ester—61, of Huntington, died Monday at her home after
a long illness. Surviving are her husband, Perry; a daughter, Mrs. Ruby Melba of
Huntington; two sons, Ernest E. of Ona and Donald of Huntington; six
grandchildren; one great-grandchild; a sister, Mrs. Ethel Salmon of Culloden;
two brothers, Clyde Moore of Clendenin and T. H. Moore of Huntington. Service
will be at 2:00 p.m. Wednesday in Chapman Funeral Home at Huntington with Rev.
Edwin A. Smith officiating. Burial will be in Ridgelawn Cemetery at Huntington.
Times-West Virginian, Sunday 03/24/1963
Mrs. Betty Elizabeth Shingleton, 201 Maple Ave., died yesterday afternoon in Fairmont Emergency Hospital. She was 73.
Mrs. Higginbotham was born in Wetzel County on May 3, 1889.
She was a member of the Central Baptist Church of Farmington.
Survivors include her widower, W. C. Shingleton; two sons, W. C. Shingleton and James D. Shingleton, both of Fairmont; and a sister, Mrs. Myrtle Whitelatch, Farmington.
Friends may call after 5 p.m. today at the R. C. Jones Funeral Home.
SHINGLETON—Mrs.
Betty E., 73, 201 Maple Ave., died Saturday in Fairmont Emergency Hospital.
Friends may call after 5 p.m. Sunday at the R. C. Jones Funeral Home where
services will be Tuesday at 2 p.m. with the Rev. Connie Dickens, pastor,
Highland Avenue Methodist Church, in charge. Burial will be in the IOOF
Cemetery, Farmington, with the R. C. Jones Funeral Home in charge.
Wetzel Republican, Thursday 04/11/1963 Rosa Levena Higgins Higginbotham (1875-1963) WV Rosa L. Higginbotham, 87, of Big Run, W. Va., died at home at
7:45 p.m. Monday, April 9, 1963. A daughter of J. J. and Elizabeth Willey
Higgins, she was born November 11, 1875, at Big Run. She was a member of the
Higgins Chapel Church of Christ. Survivors include a son, J. Herbert, of Big
Run; two daughters, Mrs. Austa Utt and Mrs. Elva King, also of Big Run; six
grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren and five great-great-grandchildren.
Friends are being received at the Palmer Funeral Home, Pine Grove. Services will
be held at 1 p.m. today (Thursday) at the Higgins Chapel Church of Christ with
Evangelist Raymond Norris officiating. Burial will be in Higginbotham Cemetery,
Big Run. Beckley Post-Herald 06/06/1963 Morris J. Higginbotham (1914-1963)
WV/AR Funeral services for Morris J. Higginbotham, 48, of He died at his home Tuesday following a heart attack. He was born Sept. 23, 1914 at Eckman and until he moved to He is survived by his wife, Florence Stover Higginbotham of Fayetteville,
formerly of MacArthur; a daughter, Janis Jean, at home; his mother, Mrs. Mae
Higginbotham of
Charleston Gazette, Thursday 10/31/1963 Christopher Columbus Higginbotham (1913-1963) WV Front page headline: 1 Slain, I Hurt By Gun Blast—Suspect
Held In Nitro A man was killed and a woman wounded by a close-range shotgun
blast while they were sitting in a pickup truck in front of a Nitro tavern
Wednesday night. Thomas Memorial Hospital identified the dead man as
Christopher Columbus Higginbotham, 50, of 3233 Third Ave., Nitro. The wounded
woman was Mrs. Loraine Kerns, 35, of 1303 13th St., Nitro. The shooting occurred about 7:15 p.m. in front of Mid’s Inn
at 1113 Main Ave. Police picked up a suspect about two and one-half hours later
10, blocks from the shooting scene. Nitro Mayor W. W. Alexander, speaking for the police
department, identified the suspect as a male acquaintance of Mrs. Kerns. The man
denied the shooting but was still being questioned at midnight, Alexander said. Higginbotham, a construction worker, was struck by a shotgun
blast in the mouth and was dead on arrival at Thomas Memorial Hospital about
7:30 p.m. Mrs. Kerns suffered a wound on the right side of her mouth and
face. She was treated at Thomas Memorial Hospital and then transferred to
Charleston General Hospital for plastic surgery. Her condition was reported as
satisfactory. Alexander said Higginbotham and Mrs. Kerns met with the owner
of the truck, Elwood Cyrus, inside Mid’s Inn and had gotten in the truck to
await a ride home. Cyrus told police he had just left the tavern and was
approaching the truck when the shooting occurred. Alexander said the assailant apparently "just walked up
to the truck, poked the shotgun right through the window and blasted them." Alexander said other witnesses told officers they saw a man
with a shotgun running on the New York Central System railroad tracks behind the
tavern shortly after the shooting. He said apparently only one blast was fired, first striking
the woman and then hitting Higginbotham. "It could have been a double-barreled shot—we just don’t
know yet because we haven’t found the gun." Alexander said. Nitro police and Mike Hofstetter of the prosecuting attorney’s
office were searching for the gun along the railroad tracks and Main Avenue late
Wednesday night. Surviving the victim are a son, Jackie of Nitro; his mother,
Mrs. Sena Higginbotham of Nitro; a brother, Willard of Poca; a sister, Mrs.
Loretta Vickers of Nitro; and a half-brother, Felix Holmes of Charleston. The body is at Cooke and Pauley Funeral Home. Charleston Gazette, Friday 11/01/1963 Front page headline: Nitro Man Confesses To Slaying A Nitro man, who told investigators that he had planned to
shoot a woman he’d been seeing and then kill himself, confessed Thursday to
the fatal shooting of another man. Cloyd Shamblen, 63, of 149 Main Ave., was charged with murder
and attempted murder in the death of Christopher Columbus Higginbotham and
wounding of Mrs. Loraine Kerns. He was transferred to county jail and held
without bond to await grand jury action. Higginbotham, 50, of 3233 Third Ave., Nitro, was killed
outright by a shotgun blast that struck him in the mouth as he sat in a pickup
truck cab. Mrs. Kerns, 35, of 1303 13th St., Nitro, sitting next to
Higginbotham, was wounded by the blast. She was reported in satisfactory
condition Thursday in Charleston General Hospital. Shamblen was a suspect and meant to kill Mrs. Kerns and then
take his own life. After shooting the pair, he said, he lost his nerve in regard
to turning the gun on himself. Shamblen was a suspect in the shooting almost from the outset.
The slaying occurred in front of Mid’s Inn at 1113 Main Ave.—where Shamblen
and Mrs. Kerns had been seen together earlier Wednesday. He denied the shooting until late Thursday afternoon. He took
a lie detector test at the state police Criminal Identification Bureau in the
statehouse, where he had been grilled for almost three hours when he first
admitted the shooting at about 5:20 p.m. Lt. James Baisden of the CIB conducted the test. Shamblen went with Capt. C. A. Palmer of the Nitro police and
investigator Mike Hofstetter of the prosecutor’s office to retrieve the gun. Investigators reported he had taken the weapon apart, leaving
part of it in his residence and hiding the rest in weeds close to the New York
Central tracks nearby. The only suspect in the case, he was picked up about 2 ½
hours after the shooting. Nitro Mayor W. W. Alexander, who followed the
investigation, said Shamblen lived upstairs over a store, and had to be seen at
the back entry for anyone to know he’d been going in or out. Shamblen was arrested close to his home, after he’d entered
it and dismantled the weapon. His Thursday confession was finished about 8:50
p.m. Service for Higginbotham will be conducted at 2 p.m. Saturday
in Cooke and Pauley Funeral Home at Nitro by Rev. R. R. Matthews. Burial will be
in Cunningham Memorial Park at St. Albans. Beckley Post-Herald 12/07/1963 David Clark Higginbotham (1940-1963)
WV/DC Princeton-Patrolman David Clark Higginbotham, 23, of Higginbotham was a former resident of Princeton and a member
of the He had been a member of the Washington Police Force since
Sept. 16. He was a son of Grady and Alta Clark Higginbotham of the Other survivors include a sister, Mrs. Robert Hearn of
Princeton; and two brothers, Sp. 4 Kenneth Grady, stationed in The body will be returned to Memorial Funeral Directory in
The Charleston Gazette 12/21/1963 Thelma Louise Higginbotham Milam
(1926-1963) WV Milam, Mrs. Thelma Louise-37, of Chelyan, died Friday
afternoon in Daughtery Nursing Home at Charleston after a long illness. Death
occurred a short time after her arrival at the nursing home. Survivors are her
husband, William, a son, James Milam at home; four brothers, Hubert Higginbotham
of Dawes, William and Arlie Higginbotham, both of
Charleston Gazette, Wednesday 02/12/1964 Sena Altha Holmes Higginbotham (1883-1964) WV Higginbotham, Mrs. Sena Altha—80, of 3233 Third Ave., Nitro,
died Tuesday in Thomas Memorial Hospital after a short illness. Surviving are
two sons, Willard Higginbotham of Poca and Felix Holmes of Charleston; a
daughter, Mrs. Loretta Vickers at home; a step daughter, Mrs. Emma Kinser of
Poca; a brother, Clarence Holmes of Kelly’s Creek; three sisters, Mrs. Mary
Older of Van, Miss Ola Holmes and Miss Leanna Holmes, both of Kelly’s Creek;
eight grandchildren, 12 great-grandchildren; and a great-great-grandson. Service
will be conducted at 2 p.m. Thursday in 39th Street Church of the
Nazarene at Nitro by Rev. R. R. Matthews. Burial will be in Cunningham Memorial
Park. The body is at Gatens Funeral Home in Poca. The Charleston Daily Mail 03/27/1964 Cynthia I. Higginbotham Harris (1876-1964) WV Quinwood - Mrs. Cynthia Higginbotham Harris, 87, of Quinwood,
Greenbrier County, died yesterday at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Mary Nutter
of Quinwood, after a long illness. Mrs. Harris was a member of the Methodist Church. Also surviving: sisters, Mrs. Lizzie Bailes of South
Charleston and Mrs. Annie Blofeld of Edmond; eight grandchildren and 15
great-grandchildren. The funeral will be held tomorrow at 2 p.m. in Quinwood
Baptist Church, the Rev. Homer Piercy officiating, with burial in Mount Gilliard
Cemetery at Poole. The body is at Wallace and Wallace Funeral Home in East
Rainelle. Charleston Gazette, Monday 03/09/1964 Ella Leota Withrow Higginbotham (1887-1964) WV Nitro Woman, Ex-Teacher, Dies at 76 Mrs. Ella Leota Higginbotham, 76, of 2126 21st St.,
Nitro, a Putnam County school teacher for 56 years, died Sunday at her home
after along illness. Until she retired two years ago, she had taught at Bancroft,
Buffalo, Poca and Rock Branch schools and also had served as a 4-H leader and a
West Virginia club adviser. In 1958, the Woman’s Club of Nitro selected her as Putnam
County’s outstanding teacher. She was the county delegate to the National
Education Assn. Conventions in 1956 (Portland, Ore.) and in 1957 (Philadelphia). Mrs. Higginbotham was especially proud of a gold watch that
she was presented in 1912 after being chosen as Putnam County’s most popular
girl. She was a Morris Harvey College graduate and a member of St.
Paul’s Methodist Church in Nitro, where she was the first president of the
Women’s Missionary Society and secretary of the religious education committee. Mrs. Higginbotham also was a member of the Woman’s Club of
Nitro, the West Virginia Education Assn. and the National Education Assn. Surviving are a sister, Mrs. Velva Chandler of South
Charleston, and three brothers, Ira C. Withrow of Beckley, Lloyd M. Withrow of
St. Albans and B. W. Withrow of South Charleston. Service will be conducted at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday in St. Paul’s
Methodist Church by Rev. J. Donald Casto. Burial will be in Sunset Memorial
Park. The body will be taken from Cooke and Pauley Funeral Home in
Nitro to the church an hour before service. W. Va. News, Thursday 05/14/1964 Oscar Donald Higginbotham (1889-1964) VA/WV Oscar Donald Higginbotham, 74, of Frankford, died at his home
Sunday, May 10, 1964, after a short illness. He was a son of the late Mr. and
Mrs. Reece T. Higginbotham, a member of the Masonic Lodge, a graduate of
Washington and Lee University, and a retired farmer. A prominent and an active
Greenbrier County Republican, he, at one time was a former circuit clerk. Surviving are two sisters, Mrs. Laura Rodgers and Mrs. India
Bright, both of Frankford; and a brother, William M. Higginbotham of Frankford.
Funeral services were conducted Monday in the Wallace and Wallace Funeral Home
in Lewisburg with the Rev. J. D. Arbuckle and Dr. J. W. Wright in charge. Burial
was in Rosewood Cemetery, north of Lewisburg. Clarksburg Exponent, Friday 09/11/1964 Blanche Haggerty Higginbotham (1913-1964) WV Shinnston—Mrs. Blanche Haggerty Higginbotham, 51, of Rt. 1,
Fairmont, died Thursday at 10 a.m. in a Clarksburg hospital, following an
extended illness. She was born March 3, 1913, in Lumberport, a daughter of Lloyd
and Lillie Ashcraft Haggerty. Surviving are three daughters, Mrs. William (Vera) Moore, Mrs.
Gilbert (Lillie) Westfall, and Mrs. Arthur (Alice) Williams, all of Fairmont;
one brother, Forrest Haggerty, Rt. 1, Lumberport; two sisters, Mrs. May Minnix,
and Mrs. Hazel Clime, both of Rt. 1, Lumberport; five grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, George E.
Higginbotham, who died in 1961. Mrs. Higginbotham was employed by Westinghouse in Fairmont for
the past 17 years. She was a member of the Coons Run Baptist Church. Charleston Gazette, Friday 10/02/1964 Josephine Martin Higginbotham (1875-1964) WV Higginbotham, Mrs. Josephine—89, of Sissonville Star Rt.,
died Thursday at her home. She was a lifelong resident of Kanawha County and a
member of Trace Fork Community Church. Surviving are four sons, David of Poca
and Orville, Lud and Okle, all of whose addresses are unknown; six daughters,
Mrs. Beulah Skeens, Mrs. Lola Fields, Mrs. Zelma Boggess and Mrs. Lillian
Fields, all of Sissonville, and Mrs. Dovie Fugate and Mrs. Ruby Roberts,
addresses unknown; three stepsons, Web Higginbotham of Huntington, Addison of
Buffalo and Anderson Higginbotham of Dunbar; 25 grandchildren and 62
great-grandchildren. Service will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Cunningham Funeral
Home. The Rev. Jim Davis will officiate and burial will be in the family
cemetery at Trace Fork. The body is at the funeral home. Charleston Gazette, Monday 10/26/1964 Otis McKinley Higginbotham (1900-1964) WV Higginbotham, Otis M.—64, of 1117 Thorn Rd., died Sunday in
Thomas Memorial Hospital after suffering a cerebral hemorrhage. He was a retired
employee of Evans Lumber Co. Surviving are his widow, Annabelle; two sons, Joe
and Jerry, both of South Charleston; three sisters, Mrs. Dicie McKemy of
Charleston, Mrs. Murle Carte of South Charleston and Mrs. Freda Casto of
Ashford; and four grandchildren. Service will be conducted at 2 p.m. Tuesday in
Raynes Funeral Home at Buffalo. Burial will be in Tucker Cemetery at Grimm’s
Landing. Charleston Gazette, Wednesday 12/09/1964 Harry Foster Higginbotham (1911-1964) WV Service will be conducted at 2 p.m. Thursday in Elk Funeral
Home by the Rev. Troy Mullins. Burial will follow in Sunset Memorial Park in So.
Charleston. Mr. Higginbotham, 53, of 285 Newhouse Dr., died Monday in St.
Francis Hospital after a six month illness. An employee of Pittsburgh Plate
Glass Co., he was a member of the Elk Valley Advent Church. Surviving are his
widow, Goldie; his father, and stepmother, Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Higginbotham of
Big Chimney; a son, Harry Jr. of Knoxville, Tenn.; a daughter, Mrs. Delores
George of Cinco; a stepdaughter, Mrs. Ruby Fields of Big Chimney; four sisters,
Mrs. Ruby Rock, Mrs. Reba Rollins, Mrs. Masel Fields and Mrs. Mabel Huffman, all
of Big Chimney; and five grandchildren. Raleigh Register, Monday 12/21/1964 Annie Laura Allen Higginbotham (1892-1964) WV Funeral services for Mrs. Annie Laura Higginbotham, 72,
MacArthur, were conducted at 2 p.m. today a the Rose and Quesenberry Peace
Chapel with the Rev. S. E. Smith in charge. Burial followed in Blue Ridge
Memorial Gardens. Mrs. Higginbotham died at 9:45 p.m. Saturday in a local
hospital after a brief illness. Born in Summers County on May 10, 1892, she was a daughter of
the late Charles and Virginia Smith Allen. Her husband, Henry Higginbotham, preceded her in death April
1, 1962. Survivors include four stepsons, John Higginbotham of Red
Star, Clark Higginbotham of Piney View, Robert Higginbotham of Thayer and Lewis
Higginbotham of Oak Hill; and five stepdaughters, Mrs. Clara Harrah of Buckley,
Mrs. Louise Watson of Baltimore, Md., Mrs. Arbutus Bailes and Mrs. Hilda Ritter,
both of Danese, and Mrs. Wilda Eskew of St. Albans. Charleston Gazette, Saturday 01/09/1965 Charleston Gazette, Tuesday 02/16/1965 Teresa Lynn Higginbotham (1965-1965) WV Higginbotham, Teresa Lynn—three-week-old daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Gerald L. Higginbotham of 607 Spring St., St. Albans, died Monday at her
home. Other survivors include a sister, Lisa Diane; grandparents, Mrs. Delma
Higginbotham Cochrane of Charleston and Mr. and Mrs. Gordon R. Crago of St.
Albans; and great-grandmother, Mrs. Leota Boggess of Charleston. Service will be
at 2 p.m. today in Bartlett Funeral Home at St. Albans with the Rev. Ross Taylor
officiating. Burial will be in Cunningham Memorial Park. Visitors may call at
the funeral home after 6 p.m. today. Charleston Gazette-Mail, Sunday 02/21/1965 Lula Gertrude Lombard Higginbotham (1895-1965) WV Higginbotham, Mrs. Lula G.—69, of Sutton, died Saturday
after a long illness. She was a member of the Catholic Church. Surviving are a
son, James L. of Charleston; a daughter, Mrs. Marjorie Lou Oiler of Georgetown,
S. C.; a brother, Louis A. Lombard Jr. of Chicago, Ill.; six sisters, Eva,
Virginia, Margaret, Kathleen, Helen and Isabella; and five grandchildren.
Requiem Mass will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Tuesday at St. Thomas Catholic Church
at Gassaway and burial will be in Sutton Cemetery. The body is at Marple Funeral
home at Sutton where the Rosary will be recited at 8 p.m. Monday. The Charleston Gazette 04/15/1965 Ada Mae Dickerson Higginbotham (1942-1965) WV/IN Ex-State Woman Dies in Tornado At least one former West Virginian has died from injuries
received in the weekend tornadoes that struck Indiana. Mrs. Ada Mae Dickerson Higginbotham, 23, a former Cabin Creek
resident, and her six-month-old son, Timothy, died Sunday in Goshen. Another
son, Darrell Lee, was injured and is in Elkhart General Hospital in Elkhart. Goshen is in the northern Indiana area in which numerous West
Virginians emigrated several years ago. In addition to the son, Mrs. Higginbotham is survived by her
husband, William Darrell; brothers, Lawrence Dickenson, Charles and Melvin, all
of Decota, Shirley of Carlsbad, N.M.; sisters, Mrs. Nellie Ward of Sharon, Mrs.
Dollie Holdeman of Goshen; her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Dickerson of Decota. In addition, the baby is survived by grandparents, Mr. and
Mrs. W. A. Higginbotham of Decota; great-grandfather, Clinton Higginbotham of
Nitro, step-great-grandmother, Mrs. Bessie Higginbotham of Nitro, and Mr. and
Mrs. L. W. Harper of Leewood. Service for the mother and child we be conducted at 1 p.m.
Friday in Decota Methodist Church by the Rev. Ellie Barker. Burial will be in
Montgomery Memorial Park in London. The bodies are at Pryor Funeral home in East Bank. The Charleston Gazette 06/19/1965 Glennis Maxine Higginbotham Landers
(1921-1965) WV
Landers, Mrs. Maxine G.-42, of Bancroft, Putnam County, at her home Friday
afternoon. Surviving: daughters, Mrs. Sue Luikart of Hometown, Mrs. Sonia Taylor
of Poca; sons, Bobby of Dunbar, Teddy, Roger, Larry, all at home; sisters, Mrs.
Ocia King of Poca, Mrs. Bertha Cobb of Page, Mrs. Jean Tucker of Dunbar;
brothers, Carl Higginbotham of Dunbar, William Higginbotham of Page. Gatens
Funeral Home, Poca.
Charleston Gazette, Saturday 07/24/1965 Patrick Henry Higginbotham (1874-1965) WV African American Higginbotham, P. H.—91, Harvey, Fayette County, Friday in
Beckley Appalachian Regional Hospital. Retired miner, deacon and member Harvey
Baptist Church, superintendent of the Sunday School. Surviving: daughters, Mrs.
Millie Brown of Whipple, Mrs. Jessie Dorcas of Charleston; son, Alex of
Brooklyn, NY; brother, the Rev. J. A. of Beckley. Service 1:30 p.m. Monday,
Harvey Baptist Church. Greenwood Memorial Park. Ritchie-Johnson Funeral Home,
Beckley. Grantsville News, Thursday 08/12/1965 Charlotte Myrtle Fewell Maddox Higginbotham (1886-1965) WV Services were conducted Monday at 11 a.m. at the Arnoldsburg
Methodist Church for Mrs. Myrtle Maddox Higginbotham, 79, Arnoldsburg, who died
Friday evening in the Calhoun General Hospital at Grantsville following a sudden
illness. She was born at Winfield, Putnam County, a daughter of the
late Charles and Emma Lyons Fewell, and was a member of the Arnoldsburg
Methodist Church and OES at Malden. Surviving are her husband, S. M. Higginbotham; two sons,
Nathan Maddox of Cabin Creek and Otto Maddox of Quincy; two daughters, Mrs. Mae
Patterson, Logan and Mrs. Phyllis Young, New York City; two brothers, Roy Fewell,
Eleanor, and Charles Fewell, Winfield; a step-daughter, Mrs. Ella Rutledge,
Rand; two step-sons, Hollis Higginbotham, Sand, and Frank Higginbotham, Diamond. Rev. Stanley Rowh conducted the services with burial in the
London Memorial Park cemetery, near Montgomery. Rev. Paul Hickman assisted. Charleston Gazette, Tuesday 09/21/1965 Clara Vesta Casto Higginbotham (1901-1965) WV Front page headline: Crash Kills Woman, 67 A Kanawha County woman was killed and her husband injured
Monday night when their car collided head-on with a pickup truck on W. Va. 4
just south of Clendenin. Mrs. Clara Higginbotham, 67, of Rt. 1, Clendenin, suffered
multiple injuries in the crash about 8 p.m. She died in the emergency room at
Charleston General Hospital at 8:45. Her husband, B. O., also brought to the hospital in a Knight
and Young ambulance, was listed in satisfactory condition with chest injuries
and cuts. The driver of the pickup truck, Roy Rucker of Rt. 4,
Clendenin, escaped injury. Mrs. Higginbotham’s body is at Knight and Young
Funeral Home at Clendenin. Charleston Gazette, Wednesday 09/22/1965 Higginbotham, Mrs. Clara—Service 2 p.m. Thursday, Emma
Chapel Methodist Church near Liberty. Emma Chapel Cemetery. Mrs. Higginbotham,
67, of Rt. 1, Clendenin, died Monday of injuries received in an auto accident.
Member Welford Methodist Church near Rt. 1, Clendenin. Surviving: husband,
Benjamin Orville; sons, Russell and Edwin, both of Norwalk, Calif., Robert of
Hurricane; daughters, Mrs. William Ellison of Charleston, Mrs. Donald McLaren of
St. Albans; brothers, Archie, Willard, Minford, and Donald Casto, all of Kanawha
County; sister, Mrs. Isabelle Goodwin of Kanawha County. Knight and Young
Funeral Home, Clendenin. Charleston Gazette, Tuesday 09/28/1965 Gertrude E. Goff Higginbotham (1887-1965) WV A Charleston woman died today on her 78th birthday. Mrs. Gertrude Higginbotham, whose late husband, A. G. founded
the A. G. Higginbotham Construction Co., died in the Lyda Davis Nursing Home
where she had been ill for some time. She resided at 1716 Virginia St. E. and was a member of
Ruffner Memorial Presbyterian Church. Surviving: sons, Sanford Kelly of Paramaribo, South America,
and Ernest of California; sisters, Mrs. Macel Walker and Mrs. Dorothy Burford of
Charleston; brother, Romeo Goff of Melbourne, Fla.; six grandchildren; and two
great-grandchildren. Friends may call at the Bartlett-Burdette Funeral Home.
Roxie Higginbotham Morgan (1894-1965) WV
MORGAN, Mrs. Roxie—70, of Hometown, Putnam County, died Friday at her home
after a heart attack. She was a member of the Church of Christ at Bancroft.
Surviving are her husband, Everett; three daughters, Mrs. Christine Powell of
St. Albans, Mrs. Shirley Moore of Chicago, Ill., and Mrs. Drema Ellen Slack of
Huntington; two sons, Cledith W. of Nitro and Emil of Mink Shoals; two brothers,
Byron and Grant Higginbotham, both of Beckley; a half-sister, Mrs. Gladys Coates
of Chesapeake; a half-brother, Cecil R. Morgan of Tyler Mountain; and 12
grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. Service will be 2 p.m. Monday at
the Bancroft Church of Christ with Minister Robert Tucker and Minister Walter
Sexton officiating. Burial will be in Tyler Mountain Memory Gardens. The body is
at Gatens Funeral Home at Poca and will be taken to the church an hour before
the service.
Fairmont Times, Saturday 10/02/1965
Mrs. Bowen Dies in Nursing Home
Mrs. Myrtle Bowen, 79, Fairmont, died early Friday morning in Naomi’s Nursing Home at Hutchinson.
She was born in Smock, Pa., a daughter of the late Uriah and Elizabeth Holland Higinbotham.
Surviving are one son, L. Edmund Craft of Peacock Park; one sister, Mrs. Nora Robinson of Vanderbilt, Pa.; four grandchildren, Mrs. Curtis W. (Jeannie Craft) Haley of Berlin, Germany; Miss Constance H. Craft of Dover, Del.; L. Edmund (Ted) Craft Jr. of Wakefield Road; and Miss Deborah Craft of Peacock Park; and five great grandchildren.
The body is in the R. C. Jones Funeral Home.
Friends may call at the funeral home where funeral services will be held Monday at 11 a.m. Rev. Thomas C. Seitz, rector of Christ Episcopal Church, will officiate.
Charleston Gazette-Mail, Sunday 01/23/1966 Rhoda Ann Tucker Higginbotham (1887-1966) WV Higginbotham, Mrs. Rhoda Ann—78, of Cedar Grove, died
Saturday night, Kanawha Valley Hospital. Member Cedar Grove Baptist Temple,
former owner Uneeda Lunch, former barber, Kanawha County native, cofounder of R.
F. Higginbotham Co. general store of Cedar Grove. Surviving: husband, the Rev.
Robert Franklin; daughters, Mrs. Garnet Hudnall, Mrs. Pearl Phalen, both of
Cedar Grove; sisters, Mrs. Mary Davis of Greenfield, Ohio, Mrs. Percie Hanger of
Huntington. Cook Funeral Home. (Buried Tuesday, 01/25/1966 in Woodland Cemetery, Cedar Grove,
WV) Charleston Gazette, Tuesday 01/25/1966 Lloyd Enos Higginbotham (1903-1966) WV Higginbotham, Lloyd E.—62, Buffalo, Putnam County, Monday in
a South Charleston Hospital. A 41-year employee New York Central System.
Surviving: widow, Iva; daughters, Mrs. Margaret Harris of Buffalo, Mrs. Rita
Bell McGrew of Tampa, Fla., Mrs. Nellie Wandling, Mrs. Ruth King, both of Nitro,
Mrs. Mary Sigman of Hizer Creek; sons, Mack of Buffalo, Harland Stanley of
Robertsburg, Albert Lee at home; father, Brady Lawrence of Charleston; sister,
Mrs. Kate Higginbotham of Grimms Landing; brother, Albert of Pittsburgh, Pa.
Service 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, Raynes Funeral Home, Buffalo. Buffalo Memorial
Park. Charleston Gazette, Saturday 02/12/1966 Carl Wayne Higginbotham Jr. (1959-1966) WV Front page headline: Shot Kills Boy Playing Inside Box A random shot into a wooden box caused the death of a
six-year-old boy about 4:30 p.m. Friday. Carl Wayne Higginbotham Jr., son of Mr. And Mrs. Carl W.
Higginbotham of 436 Blake Creek Road, near Nitro, was killed while playing in
the box with a friend about 100 yards from his home. Trooper J. K. Gabbert of the South Charleston state police
detachment said a 21-year-old man who lives in the area had been target
practicing near the field where the boys were playing. He said the man was returning to his target site after
obtaining more cartridges when he shot into the box with a .22 caliber rifle. Young Higginbotham, a first-grade student at Nitro Elementary
School, was dead on arrival at Thomas Memorial Hospital. An ambulance from Cooke
and Pauley Funeral Home picked up the boy who died en route. The ambulance was
called by neighbors. The driver said the child was lying in the yard when he
arrived. The driver said the slug struck the boy in the chest. Gabbert said the youths had grown tired of playing and crawled
beneath the box. He said the shooting was accidental. The name of the man with
the gun was not released. The senior Higginbotham is a driver for the Nitro Taxi Co. In
addition to his parents, the boy is survived by sisters, Lois Jane, Connie
Francine, Thelma Sue, all at home; brother, William James at home. Service will be conducted at 2 p.m. Sunday in the Nitro Church
of Christ. Burial will be in Antioch Cemetery at Red House. The body is at Cooke
and Pauley Funeral Home. The Charleston Gazette 03/12/1966 Homer Hugh Higginbotham (1890-1966) WV/FL Homer H. Higginbotham, 75, St. Petersburg, Fla., formerly of
Red House and South Charleston, Thursday, St. Petersburg. Former Union Carbide
employee 28 years, member Baptist Church. Surviving: widow, Cecile A.; daughter,
Mrs. Charlotte McIntosh; brother, P. H. of Red House; sisters, Miss Alice
Higginbotham, Mrs. Ruth Henley Higginbotham, both of St. Albans; Service, burial
in St. Petersburg, Fla. Family asks contributions be made to a favorite charity
in lieu of flowers. Palms Memorial Funeral Home, St. Petersburg. The Charleston Gazette 03/30/1966 Olive Mae Stanley Higginbotham
(1888-1966) WV/PA Higginbotham, Mrs. Ollie M.-78,
The Charleston Gazette 05/06/1966 Laura Matilda Higginbotham Rodgers (1884-1966) WV Mrs. Laura Higginbotham Rodgers, 83, of Frankford, Greenbrier
County, Thursday. C & O Hospital, Clifton Forge, Va. Member of Frankford
Methodist Church, Home Demonstration Club. Surviving, Sister, Mrs. Raymond
Bright of Frankford; brother, W. M. Higginbotham Sr. of Frankford. Jack K.
Wallace Funeral Home, Lewisburg. Charleston Gazette, Saturday 05/07/1966 John Otho Higginbotham (1899-1966) WV Higginbotham, John O.—66, of Ravenswood, formerly of Boomer,
Fayette County, Friday, Kanawha Valley Hospital. Insurance salesman, member of
Ravenswood Church of Christ. Surviving: widow, Nellie; daughters, Mrs. Marian
Tucker of Ravenswood, Mrs. Ethel Thomas of Charleston; son, William L. of
Columbia, S.C.; sister, Mrs. Cornelia Livingood of Gilbert. Service 1:30 p.m.
Sunday, Bartlett-Burdette Funeral Home. Montgomery Memorial Park. Charleston Gazette-Mail, Sunday 05/16/1966 Margaret Elizabeth Morton Higginbotham (1878-1966) WV Higginbotham, Mrs. Margaret Elizabeth—Service 2:30 p.m.
today, Jack K. Wallace Funeral Home, Lewisburg. Rosewood Cemetery. Mrs.
Higginbotham, 87, of Frankford, Greenbrier County, died Friday, Greenbrier
Valley Hospital. Member Frankford Methodist Church. Surviving: husband, William
Moore Sr.; son, William Moore Jr. of Frankford; brother, William B. Morton of
Tampa, Fla.; sister, Miss Verna Morton of Asheville, N.C. Charleston Gazette-Mail, Sunday 05/22/1966 Boyd Loraine Higginbotham (1906-1966) WV Higginbotham, Boyd L.—60, of 1317 West 13th St.,
Nitro, Saturday, on arrival at Thomas Memorial Hospital. Stores supervisor of
the American Viscose plant, FMC, Nitro, member Viscose Management Club, St. Paul’s
Methodist Church, Nitro Volunteer Fire Department, a native of Buffalo.
Surviving: widow, Eunice L.; sons, Bobby Lee of Nitro and James D. of
Charleston; mother, Mrs. Grace Higginbotham of Nitro; brother, L. L. of
Huntington Park, Calif. Cooke-Pauley Funeral Home, Nitro. Charleston Gazette, Monday 05/23/1966 Higginbotham, Boyd L.—Service 2:30 p.m. today, St. Paul’s
Methodist Church. Cunningham Memorial Park, St. Albans. Mr. Higginbotham, 60, of
1317 Thirteenth St., W, Nitro, died Saturday, on arrival at Thomas Memorial
Hospital. Cooke-Pauley Funeral Home, Nitro. Fairmont Times, Wednesday 06/01/1966 Jenny D. Ringo Higginbotham (1896-1966) WV Mrs. Jenny Higginbotham, 70, Clayton Street, Rivesville, died
Sunday night in Fairmont General Hospital. Friends may call at the DeGarmo
Funeral Home in Rivesville, where funeral services will be held Wednesday at 2
p.m. Rev. Newton Poling will officiate, and burial will be in Beverly Hills
Memorial Gardens. Sunday Gazette-Mail 06/26/1966 Abraham Lincoln Higginbotham
(1882-1966) WV/OH Higginbotham, Abraham Lincoln-84, of
The Fairmont Times, Tuesday 06/14/1966 James Hiram Higginbotham (1889-1966) WV James H. Higginbotham, 77, died in his home at Dent’s Run
Monday morning. He was born March 5, 1889, in Mannington, a son of the late
Lewis W. and Sarah Virginia Baker Higginbotham. He was united in marriage to
Minnie B. Straight who died Sept. 16, 1957. Four daughters and two sons survive, Mrs. Ernest (Lelia)
Cyphers, Mrs. William (Helen) Hendershot and Mrs. Delbert (Marie) Moran, all of
Mannington; Mrs. Edward (Opal) Pope of Newell; William Clem Higginbotham of New
Cumberland and Donald Higginbotham of Mannington; 19 grandchildren and 15
great-grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. Opal Straight of Mannington; Mrs. Clara
Christie of Fairmont; one brother, Heber C. Higginbotham of Wallace; two
step-sisters, Mrs. Mary Hicks, Mannington and Mrs. Georgia Morrow, Phoenix,
Ariz. Two sons, one daughter, two sisters, two brothers and two step-brothers
are deceased. Mr. Higginbotham was a member of the Dent’s Run Baptist
Church and was a retired employee of Quaker State Refining Company. Friends may call after 1 p.m. today at the W. F. Jones Funeral
Home at Mannington. Higginbotham—James H., 77, Dent’s Run, died in his home
Monday morning. Friends may call after 1 p.m. Tuesday at the W. F. Jones Funeral
Home at Mannington, where services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday with the
Rev. Clyde Wright officiating. Burial will be in Greene Cemetery at Dent’s
Run. Parkersburg News, Tuesday 06/28/1966 John Arley Higginbotham (1896-1966) WV Arley Higginbotham, 69, of Rt. 1, Harrisville, died Monday in
St. Joseph’s Hospital. Born in Ritchie County, a son of the late John Arthur and
Nancy Jane Michael Higginbotham, he was an employee of the Storck Baking Co.,
and a member of the Beatrice Church of Christ. A veteran of World War II, he was
a member of the Harris-Ritchie Post 3554 VFW. Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Margaret Eddy Higginbotham;
three sons, William Higginbotham of Porterfield, O., Robert Higginbotham of
Harrisville, and Byrl Higginbotham of Parkersburg; two daughters, Mrs. Alice
Adams, Harrisville, and Mrs. Artie Johnson, Parkersburg; one sister, Mrs. Minnie
Eddy of Harrisville, and 14 grandchildren. He was preceded in death by one brother and two sisters. Rites will be held Wednesday at the Beatrice Church of Christ
with Evangelist Denver Cooper officiating. Burial will be in the church
cemetery. Friends may call at the Raiguel Funeral Home at Harrisville until one
hour prior to the service. Charleston Gazette, Monday 10/10/1966 Clenna Higginbotham (1899-1966) WV Higginbotham, Clenna—66, of Ideal Hotel, Sunday in his room.
Surviving: brothers, Ennis of Chillicothe, Ohio; Sidguel of Sissonville;
sisters, Mrs. Arville Baldwin and Mrs. Alma Phillips, both of Sissonville; Mrs.
Sadie Dean of Charleston. Service 10 a.m. Tuesday, Cunningham Funeral Home.
Slater-Harrison Cemetery, Trace Fork. Charleston Gazette-Mail, Sunday 10/23/1966 Ethel Christabel Jackson Higginbotham (1908-1966) WV African-American City Resident, Veteran State Teacher Dies Mrs. Ethel Christabel Higginbotham, a veteran West Virginia
school teacher, died Saturday in Charleston Memorial Hospital. She lived at 2110
Washington St., W. Mrs. Higginbotham was a member of the First Baptist Church,
the church usher board, Smarter Set Social Club, and the Women’s Improvement
League. She also was active in the NAACP and Phi Delta Kappa sorority. She was a graduate of West Virginia State and had taught in
Raleigh County. Surviving are husband, John Higginbotham; daughter, Janet at
home; son, John Jr. at home; sister, Mrs. Winona Jackson of Rand. Service will be 3 p.m. Tuesday, First Baptist Church. Burial
in Spring Hill Cemetery. The body is at Preston Funeral Home. Sunday Gazette-Mail 12/18/1966 Clara Ethel Wood Marion Higginbotham (ca1894-1966) WV/FL Clara Ethel Higginbotham, 72, of Lake Worth, Fla., Saturday.
Member of Malden Methodist Church. Surviving: husband, Porter; stepdaughter,
Mrs. Marie Parks of Orlando, Fla.; stepson, Jack S. of Lake Worth, Fla., Harold
and Clifford, both of Burnel, Fla.; sisters, Mrs. Ella Sample of Charleston,
Lillie Lanier of South Charleston; brothers, Norge of Lake Worth, Fla., Charles
of Tampa, Fla., George of St. Albans. Service 2 p.m. Tuesday, Lake Worth, Fla.
Smith Funeral Home, Lake Worth, Fla. Wetzel Democrat, Thursday 02/09/1967 Charles Cecil Higginbotham (1885-1967) WV/OH Charles Cecil Higginbotham, 81, of 707 N. Eighth Ave., Paden
City, died at 1 p.m. Monday in the Veterans Administration Hospital, Dayton,
Ohio. Born in Marion County, May 28, 1885, the son of the late James and Huldah
Virginia Higginbotham, he was a veteran of World War I and was a member of the
Paden City Church of Christ. Surviving are his wife, Zanie Martin Higginbotham;
three daughters, Mrs. Hazel LeMasters, Cameron, O., Mrs. Edith Noland, New
Martinsville, Mrs. Wanda Winter, Paden City; one brother, Arnold, Cincinnati,
O.; one sister, Ruth; four grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.
Ritualistic services were held Tuesday evening by the American Legion Post No.
86 of Paden City. Funeral services will be held there today (Thursday) at 2 p.m.
with the Rev. Harold Schupbach officiating. Interment in Northview Cemetery, New
Martinsville. Charleston Gazette 07/14/1967 Beverly Morris Higginbotham Jr. (1914-1967) WV/NY Beverly Morris Higginbotham Jr. - Service and burial Saturday
in Kenmore, N.Y. Mr. Higginbotham, 52, of 112 Woodcrest Blvd., Kenmore, formerly
of South Charleston, died Tuesday in Kenmore. Surviving: widow, Eleanor; sons,
Beverly, Brice and Jimmy, all of Kenmore. Bury Funeral Home, Kenmore. Charleston Gazette, Thursday 08/03/1967 Alonzo Mathias Higginbotham (1885-1967) WV Higginbotham, A. M.—82, of 622 Monroe St., Wednesday at
home. Lifelong resident of Kanawha County, member Baptist church, retired
employee West Virginia Brick Co. Surviving: widow, Ann; daughter, Mrs. Lucille
Ellis of Cincinnati, Ohio; sons, Marshall of Charleston, Jess of Ogden, Utah.
Service 2 p.m. Friday, Elk Funeral Home. Tyler Mountain Memory Gardens. Huntington Advertiser, Thursday 09/21/1967 Times-West Virginian, Sunday 10/08/1967 Mary Alice Anderson Higginbotham (1883-1967) WV Mrs. Mary Alice Higginbotham, 84, of Route 2, Shinnston, died
Saturday morning en route to a Fairmont hospital. She was born at Rowlesburg, a
daughter of George W. and Dorcas Minor Anderson. She was a member of the Everson Baptist Church and was
preceded in death by her husband, Jerry M. Higginbotham. Surviving are three daughters, Mrs. Opal Dessie Bunnell and
Mrs. Lester (Julia Pearle) Long, both of Four States, Mrs. Dale (Ruby Virginia)
Fullen of Route 2, Shinnston; two sons, Herbert Higginbotham of Route 2,
Shinnston and Willard W. Higginbotham of California; a sister, Mrs. Nancy Ann
Hoffman of Carolina; two brothers, Oscar A. Anderson of Koon Run and George E.
Anderson of Pine Bluff. Funeral arrangements are being completed by the Shinnston
Lynch-Stacy Funeral Home. (Buried Tuesday 10/10/1967 in Knights of Pythias Cemetery,
Enterprise, WV) Charleston Gazette 10/28/1967 Mary Louella Higginbotham Smith (1870-1967) WV Mrs. Mary Louella Smith, 97, of Poca, died early today in
Thomas Memorial Hospital of pneumonia. She resided for many years in Paradise, bit more recently
lived with a daughter, Mrs. Effie Clark, in Poca. She was the widow of Prof. W,
W. Smith, a former educator and superintendent of Putnam County schools. Also,
she was an 80-year member of the Antioch Baptist Church at Red House. Other survivors include daughters, Mrs. Mae Luikart of
Clarence, Iowa, Mrs. Flossie Maglotte of Hopewell, Va., Mrs. Lillian Boggess of
Nitro, Mrs. Marie Sigman of Charleston, Mrs. Delma Page of Liberty and Mrs.
Talma Rowe of Eleanor; sons, W. Harold Smith of Nitro and I. Otis Smith of
Hopewell, Va.; sisters, Mrs. Emma Smith of Nitro, Mrs. Eva Higginbotham of
Eleanor and Mrs. Myrtle Jeffries of Red House; brother, Alva Higginbotham of
Nitro. The body is at Gatens Funeral Home at Poca. Clarksburg Exponent, Saturday 11/18/1967 George Randall Higinbotham Sr. (1904-1967) WV Front page headline: Coal Industry Leaders Will Attend
Higginbotham Funeral Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday in the First
United Presbyterian Church for George Randall Higinbotham, 63-year-old retired
president of Mountaineer Coal Co. and one of the nation’s best known men in
the industry. He died early yesterday in Fairmont General Hospital. A number of civic, political and coal industry leaders are
expected here for the services, which will be conducted by the Rev. Hugh Brock
Springer. Rep. Arch A. Moore Jr., a Beta Theta Pi fraternity brother at West
Virginia university and a close associate of the coal company executive in later
years, will be here today but cannot attend the funeral because of a speaking
engagement in West union. Friends may call at the R. C. Jones Funeral Home on Jackson
Street between 2 p.m. and 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. today and from 11 a.m. to 12:30
p.m. tomorrow. The body will be taken at that time to the church to lie in state
from 1 p.m. until the hour of the services. Higinbotham, who had suffered a coronary attack several years
ago, had been in his usual health until recently. He had spent some time in
Canada and Hampshire County fishing and hunting and played golf at the Fairmont
Field Club on the morning of his attack, Nov. 5. He was at his home on Farms
Drive watching a professional football game on television when he complained of
feeling ill and removed to the hospital. He apparently was making a normal recovery from the severe
heart attack until early this week when symptoms of cardiac arrest developed,
and his condition became critical. Despite heroic efforts to save his life, he
died shortly after midnight yesterday. Almost 50 years were spent actively in the coal industry by
the Shinnston native, who worked his way from an 11-year-old trapper boy to the
presidency of Mountaineer Coal Co., and following his retirement there, the
vice-president of the parent Consolidated Coal Co. His late father, Charles
Harry Higinbotham, was superintendent of Owings No. 32 mine when Higinbotham
began work in 1915. The mine was closed Nov. 1 after having been worked out. Higinbotham was graduated from the high school at Shinnston,
where he was born Nov. 11, 1904, and attended West Virginia University from 1921
to 1925. He later completed the executive management course at the University of
Pittsburgh. At the University he was a member of Beta Theta Pi. Completing his training underground, Higinbotham became an
inspector for Consolidated Coal Co. and after service here and in the Maryland
Division returned Jan. 1, 1938 as assistant to the late William J. Wolfe, West
Virginia Division manager. Two years later he was appointed manager of the
Pennsylvania Division and was located more than three years in Somerset. Higinbotham returned to Fairmont permanently in 1943 as
assistant to William L. Doolittle, Consol’s operating vice president , and
succeeded him on his retirement. In 1958, under a corporate reorganization, he
was made president of Mountaineer Coal Co. division. After his retirement as Mountaineer president, Higinbotham was
elected vice president of Consol with the special assignment of government
relations in West Virginia. After his retirement from this position, he became a
consultant to Consol and other leading coal firms. Higinbotham was president for a member of years of the
Northern West Virginia Coal Association and prominent in the Bituminous Coal
Operators Association, the American Mining Congress, the National Coal
Association and the Central Appalachian Section of the American Institute of
Mining Engineers. He also headed both the Northern West Virginia and West
Virginia Coal Mining Institutes and while in Pennsylvania was president of the
Somerset County Coal Association. Active in civic affairs, he was three times campaign chairman
of the United Fund, served on the Fairmont Airport Board and as president of the
Community Council. He was elected "Engineer of the Year" in 1960 by
the Fairmont Chapter of the West Virginia Society of Professional Engineers. He served on the Governor’s Emergency Council for Solid
Fuels, the Commission on Revised State Mining Laws, the State Tax Study
Commission and the Commission on taxes and Evaluation. He formerly was a member
of the executive committee of the Mountaineer Area Boy Scouts of America. An elder of the First United Presbyterian Church, he also
belonged to the Rotary Club, Elks, Moose, Marion County Historical Society, the
Greater Fairmont Development Association, the Fairmont Field Club, the Trough
Club, the Sevens Springs Club, the Virginia Seniors Golf Association and various
clubs in Florida, where he made his winter home at Riviera Beach. A few hours before his death, a plaque was presented to Hugh
E. Jones in his behalf by the Fairmont Field Club in token of work on
improvements to the golf club. He assisted many organizations in development
work, providing equipment and material for recreational facilities and the like. Survivors include his mother, Mrs. Rose Lee Randall
Higinbotham of Shinnston; his widow, the former Josephine Rae Carder, to whom he
was married Aug. 20, 1938; two sons, George R. (Pete) Higinbotham Jr., a law
student at Tulane University in New Orleans, and John Carder Higinbotham, a
senior at Franklin-Marshall College in Lancaster, Pa., and a sister, Mrs. Morris
(Margaret) Reed of Houston, Tex. One sister preceded him in death. John arrived
here yesterday afternoon and Pete was scheduled to reach Pittsburgh by air last
evening. After last rites tomorrow, interment will be made in the
Masonic Cemetery at Shinnston. Charleston Gazette, Friday 11/24/1967 Ida Bell Coleman Higginbotham (1892-1967) WV Higginbotham, Mrs. Ida Bell—76, of Rt. 1, Buffalo, Thursday,
Barnetts Nursing Home, Buffalo. Surviving: husband, F. A.; son, Harry A. of
Charleston. Service 2 p.m. Saturday, Raynes Funeral Home, Buffalo. Grandview
Cemetery, Dunbar. Charleston Gazette 11/28/1967 Minnie Meril Lewis Higginbotham (1906-1967) WV Mrs. Minnie M. Higginbotham – Service 2 pm Wednesday, Gatens
Funeral Home, Poca. Mrs. Higginbotham, 61, of Poca, died Monday in Charleston
General Hospital. Surviving: daughters, Miss Norma Higginbotham at home, Mrs.
Deloris Craigo and Mrs. Christine Bonnett of Poca; sons, Glen of Poca, Eugene of
Lorain, Ohio; sisters, Mrs. Lena Withrow of Cedar Grove, Mrs. Rushia Fore of
Melbourne, Fla., Mrs. Sylvia Kelley of Tad; brothers, Otmer and Letcher Lewis of
Greenbrier County. The Clarksburg Telegram, Friday 12/15/1967 Nina Hazel Tallman Higginbotham (1895-1967) WV Mrs. Nina Hazel Higginbotham, 72, of 215 Liberty Ave., died
Thursday morning in a local hospital. She was born Sept. 29, 1895, in Tyler County, a daughter of
the late Charles W. Tallman and Rebecca Moore Tallman. Her husband, James H.
Higginbotham, preceded her in death in 1958. Surviving are one son, James Higginbotham of Fort Smith, Ark.;
three sisters, Mrs. Jessie Ash of Josephs Mill, Mrs. Bertha Jones of Marion,
Ind., and Mrs. Audie Dye of Pennsboro; two brothers, William E. Tallman of
Pennsboro and Merle Tallman of Buckhannon; one granddaughter, Mrs. Jimmy (Linda)
Pate of Fort Smith and three great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by two brothers and one grandson. Mrs. Higginbotham was a member of the Stealy Heights Methodist
Church. She was a licensed practical nurse and a member of the
Licensed Nurses Assn. She was also a member of the Stonewall Council 34,
Daughters of America and the Golden Rule Rebekah Lodge 89 of Clarksburg.
Eva Gertrude Higginbotham Craig (1886-1967) WV
Death Takes Teacher’s Mother, 81
Mrs. Eva Higginbotham Craig, 81, of 3630 Hughes St., mother of Mrs. Mildred Lowe
of Huntington, a teacher at Beverly Hills Junior High School, died at 8:30 a.m.
today in a Huntington nursing home.
Born Feb. 10, 1886, near Buffalo, Putnam County, she was a daughter of the late
Frank F. and Emma Jane Shank Higginbotham. She was a member of Senior Citizens
and the Westmoreland Methodist Church.
The widow of Elmer C. Craig, a riverboat pilot and decorator contractor who died
in 1946, she also is survived by another daughter, Mrs. Lester Fetty of Detroit,
Mich.; two sons, Earl W. and Elbert C. Craig, both of Detroit; eight
grandchildren, including Gene Craig Fetty of Detroit and David Craig Lowe of
Steubenville, Ohio, whom she reared; a sister, Mrs. Virgil Hern of Oceola, Ohio;
and 19 great-grandchildren.
The body is at Klingel-Carpenter Mortuary.
Huntington Advertiser, Friday 09/22/1967
Mrs. Eva Higginbotham Craig, 81, of 3630 Hughes St., who died Thursday in a
local nursing home, will be buried in Woodmere Memorial Park following funeral
services Saturday at 2 p.m. at the Klingel-Carpenter Mortuary with the Rev.
Charles E. Thompson officiating. Friends may call at the mortuary.
Charleston Gazette, Saturday 02/10/1968
HIGGINBOTHAM, Mrs. Bessie Olive Wolfe—66, of Rt. 1, Poca, Friday, Fairmont Emergency Hospital, Member Lett Creek Community Church. Surviving: husband, William Clinton; sons, Gene T. Wolfe and Jack D. Wolfe, both of Hometown; mother, Mrs. Mary E. Warner of Red House; stepsons, Elmer and Leff, both of Nitro, Letcher of Melbourne, Fla., Alonzo of Eskdale, Robert of Black Betsey, Kermit of Alliance, Ohio; stepdaughters, Mrs. Vivian Lett of Rt. 1, Poca, Mrs. Juanita Cobb of Liberty; mother, Mrs. Mary E. Warner of Red House. Service 2 p.m. Monday, Gatens Funeral Home, Poca. Walker Chapel Cemetery, Putnam County.
The Parkersburg News, Monday 02/26/1968 Joseph Hickenbottom (1884-1968) WV Joseph Hickenbottom, 83, of Rt. 2, New England, died at his
home yesterday. Born in Wirt County, a son of the late Matthew and Harriet
Petticord Hickenbottom, he was a farmer. Survivors include one sister, Mrs. S. L. McPherson of Daytona
Beach, Fla.; and a number of nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Kimes
Funeral Home with the Rev. John H. Shadburn officiating. Burial will be in New England cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 6 p.m. today. Charleston Gazette, Friday 03/08/1968 Brady Lawrence Higginbotham (1881-1968) WV Higginbotham, Brady Lawrence—87, of 5150 Indiana St., South
Charleston, Thursday in Thomas Memorial Hospital. Retired excavating contractor,
member of the Baptist church. Surviving: daughters, Miss Kate Higginbotham of
Robertsburg and Mrs. Walter Sieferman of Dayton, Ohio; sons, Albert of
Pittsburgh, Pa., Clair and Charles of Dayton, Samuel of South Charleston, Arnold
of Charleston; step-daughters, Mrs. Claudia Abbott of Dayton, Mrs. Ernestine
Holmes of Charleston; sister, Miss Mary Higginbotham of Charleston; brothers,
Charles and Gilbert of Charleston, Bernard, Clyde and Kenna of Buffalo. Service
3:30 p.m. Saturday in Snodgrass Funeral Home at South Charleston. Body will then
be taken to Dayton for graveside services there on Monday. Friends may call at
Snodgrass Funeral Home after 1 p.m. today.
Fairmont Times, Friday 03/08/1968
Mrs. Clara Christy, 86, of 1304 Locust Avenue died yesterday morning in Fairmont General Hospital. She was born in Marion County Sept. 21, 1881, a daughter of the late Lewis W. and Sarah Baker Higinbotham.
Surviving are her husband, James W. Christy; one son, Ralph W. Christy of Fairmont; one daughter, Miss Ruth Christy, at home; one brother, H. C. Higinbotham of Mannington; one sister, Mrs. Opal Straight of Dent’s Run; two grandsons, Ralph and Michael Christy; and three great-grandchildren.
Mrs. Christy was a member of the First Baptist Church.
Friends may call at the Ford Funeral Home after 12 noon today.
Clarksburg Exponent, Saturday 04/13/1968 Fay E. Higinbotham (1888-1968) WV Front page headline: F. E. Higinbotham, Former Mayor of
Bridgeport Dies Bridgeport—Fay E. Higinbotham, 79, a resident of 531
Worthington Drive, a retired farmer and former mayor and councilman of
Bridgeport, died at 9:30 a.m. Friday in St. Mary’s Hospital, Clarksburg. He was born Oct. 10, 1888, at Fairmont, a son of the late
Frank and Matilda Compton Higinbotham. His wife, Dale Stout Higinbotham,
preceded him in death. Surviving are two sons, Don F. Higinbotham, Bridgeport and
Lemuel H. Higinbotham, Silver Spring, Md.; two granddaughters, Sally Jane and
Sandra Sue Higinbotham, both of Silver Spring, Md. Mr. Higinbotham was a member and trustee of the Bridgeport
Methodist Church, member and past master of Late Lodge No. 63, A.F. and A.M.,
Clarksburg Lodge of Perfection, Clarksburg Chapter Knights Rose Croix and was a
life member Nemesis Temple of the Shrine. He was also a member of Rachel Chapter No. 47, Order of
Eastern Star, Clarksburg Chapter Order of DeMolay, and served as district deputy
grand master of the Second Masonic District and was a veteran of World War I,
member of Clarksburg VFW Post and charter member of Bridgeport Lions Club. Charleston Gazette, Friday 05/03/1968 Perry O. Higginbotham (1881-1968) WV Higginbotham, Perry O.—Of Allens Fork Route, Sissonville,
Thursday, Charleston General hospital. Member Methodist church, retired farmer.
Surviving: sisters, Mrs. Lessie Carney and Miss Mary Higginbotham, both of
Sissonville; brother, Dr. Cecil Higginbotham of Dunbar. Service 11 a.m.
Saturday, Emma Chapel Church. Emma Chapel Cemetery. Long-Fisher Funeral Home. Charleston Gazette, Thursday 06/27/1968 Fannie Catherine McGraw Higginbotham (1893-1968) WV Higginbotham, Mrs. Fannie "Catherine"—75, of
Hinton, Wednesday, Hinton Hospital. Member Community Christian Church, American
Legion Auxiliary. Surviving: husband, Woodrow; sons, Joseph Howard Adkins of
Hinton, Forest Adkins of Green Cove, Fla.; daughters, Miss Agnes Adkins, Mrs.
Nancy Ayers, Mrs. Ruth Lilly and Mrs. Bessie Leslie, all of Hinton; brother,
Alex McGraw of Callaghan, Va.; sisters, Mrs. J. E. McComas of Huntington, Mrs.
Letha Kincaid of Hinton. Ronald Meadows Funeral Home, Hinton. Callers after noon
today. Hinton Daily News, Wednesday 06/26/1968 Higginbotham Rites Incomplete Mrs. Fannie (Catherine) Higginbotham, 75, of 144 Railroad
Ave., died at 1:30 a.m. today after suffering a heart attack Tuesday afternoon
at her home. She suffered from a heart condition for the past several years. Born in Summers County June 10, 1893, a daughter of the late
John and Emma McGraw, she had lived most of her life in Hinton. She was a member
of the Community Christian Church and the American Legion Auxiliary. Survivors include her husband, Woodrow; two sons, and four
daughters by a previous marriage, Joseph Howard Adkins of Hinton, Forest L.
Adkins of Green Grove, Fla., Miss Agnes Adkins, Mrs. Nancy Ayers, Mrs. Ruth
Lilly and Mrs. Bessie Leslie, all of Hinton; a brother, Alex McGraw of Callaham,
Va.; two sisters, Mrs. J. E. McComas of Huntington and Mrs. Alethia Kincaid of
Hinton; eight grandchildren, and four great-grandchildren. Funeral arrangements are incomplete. The body is at Ronald
Meadows Funeral Parlors where friends may call after noon Thursday. Hinton Daily News, Thursday 06/27/1968 Higginbotham rites Saturday Funeral services for Fannie Higginbotham will be held at 2
p.m. Saturday in the Community Christian Church with the Rev. J. F. Adkins and
Rev. H. U. Thompson officiating. Burial will follow in the Hilltop Cemetery. The body will be taken to the residence at 144 Railroad Ave.
at 4 p.m. this afternoon from the Ronald Meadows Funeral Parlor. Members of the Men’s Bible Class of Community Christian
Church will serve as pallbearers. Charleston Gazette-Mail, Sunday 06/30/1968 Willa Jones Higginbotham (1880-1968) WV Higginbotham, Mrs. Willa—88, of Allens Route, Sissonville,
Saturday at home. Surviving: son, Herbert A. of Allens Fork; daughter, Mrs.
Hilda Casto of Allens Fork; sisters, Mrs. Edith Wright of Dunbar and Mrs. Mamie
Fisher of Allens Fork; brothers, Simon and Lawrence Jones, both of Rt. 4,
Charleston. Service 2 p.m. Monday, Emma Chapel Church. Emma Chapel Cemetery.
Long and Fisher Funeral Home. The Register and Post-Herald 08/03/1968 Theresie Louise Mauritz Higginbotham (1917-1968) WV Oak Hill-Mrs. Theresie Higginbotham, 50, of She was a member of the Born at Sun, Nov. 6, 1918, she was a daughter of the late
Fred and Louise Scherlitzky Mauritz. Survivors include her husband David; two sons, John and
Fred, a daughter, Miss Theresie Higginbotham, and three brothers, Frank, Fritz
and Eric, all of Oak Hill. The body is at Tyree Funeral Home in Oak Hill. Arrangements
are incomplete.
Charleston Gazette-Mail, Sunday 10/27/1968 Dail Stanton Higginbotham (1894-1968) WV Hickenbottem, Dail S.—74, of Rt. 4, Charleston. Saturday
night at home following a short illness. Retired automobile mechanic. Surviving:
widow, Oma; son, Sheldon of Rt. 4, Charleston; sister, Mrs. Pearl Norman of
Charleston; brothers, Chester of Huntington, Malcomb of Rt. 4, Charleston,
Lester, address unknown. Body at Long and Fisher Funeral Home. (Buried 10/29/1968 at Page Cemetery) Charleston Gazette, Thursday 10/31/1968 Beverly Morris Higginbotham (1886-1968) VA/WV/FL Beverly Morris Higginbotham
- Graveside service 11 a.
m. Thursday, Stonewall Jackson Memorial Cemetery, Lexington, Va. Mr.
Higginbotham, 81 of Lakeland, Fla., formerly of Charleston, died Friday in
Lakeland, Fla. Retired civil engineer and member of Presbyterian Church in
Lakeland. Surviving: daughter, Mrs. Harry Lloyd of Lakeland, Fla.; sons, William
J., Henry H., Richard H., all of Lakeland, Fla., John of St. Albans, and James
M. of West Cabina, Calif.; sister, Mrs. W. L. Meredith of Lynchburg, Va.
Harrison Funeral Home, Lexington, Va. Bluefield Daily Telegraph, Wednesday 11/20/1968 Macy C. Thorn Higginbotham (1890-1968) WV Mrs. Macy C. Higginbotham, 78, of 203 Thorn St., Princeton,
died in a Princeton hospital Tuesday morning following a long illness. Born in Princeton, she was a daughter of the late Davis and
Pamela Stinson Thorn. She was a member of the Kee Street United Methodist Church
in Princeton and had been a member of the Princeton Order of the Eastern Star
for the past 53 years. She also was a member of the White Shrine of Bluefield
and the Bluefield Chapter No. 8 of the Mayflower Chapter of Pythian Sisters. Survivors include two sons, T. J. Higginbotham Jr. and William
D. Higginbotham of Princeton; two daughters, Mellrose and Ruby Higginbotham of
Princeton and one brother, Dr. Davis Thorn of Hillsville, Va. Arrangement are incomplete at Memorial Funeral Directory in
Princeton. Bluefield Daily Telegraph, Thursday 11/21/1968 Higginbotham, Mrs. Macy C., 78, of 203 Thorn St., Princeton.
Friday at 2:30 p.m. at Memorial Funeral Directory Chapel in Princeton with Rev.
Bill Deel officiating. Burial will follow in Roselawn Memorial Gardens at
Princeton. Pallbearers: Bernard and Joe Adams, Marvin, Carlye, Joe and
Charlie Thorn, L. H. White and Robert L. Williams. Flower bearers will be members
of the Princeton Order of the Eastern Star, the White Shrine Macedonia Chapter 8
of Bluefield and the Mayflower Chapter of Pythian Sisters of Bluefield. Charleston Gazette, Wednesday 12/25/1968 Robert Abraham Higginbotham (1912-1968) WV Higginbotham, Robert Abraham—56, of Point Pleasant, Tuesday
at home. Employee of O. F. Shearer boat company for 20 years, native of Putnam
County, lived most of life at Mason County. Surviving: widow, Maude; daughter,
Mrs. Amy Delores Jones of Point Pleasant; sons, Donald in the armed forces at
Yokota, Japan, Edwin of Columbia, S. C., Cecil of West Redding, Conn., Paul of
Point Pleasant; brothers, Lawrence of Alvada, Ohio, Earl and Ezra, both of
Buffalo, Dencil of Grimms Landing; sisters, Mrs. Mary Hayes and Mrs. Emma Wears,
both of Grimms Landing, Mrs. Laredia Bowers of Lancaster, Ohio. Chapman-Wilcoxen
Funeral Home, Point Pleasant. Charleston Gazette, Thursday 12/26/1968 Higginbotham, Robert Abraham—Service 2 p.m. Saturday,
Chapman-Wilcoxen Funeral Home, Point Pleasant. Kirkland Memorial Gardens. Mr.
Higginbotham, 56, of Point Pleasant, died Tuesday at home. Survivor omitted
previously: brother, Will of Alvada, Ohio. Callers after 6 p.m. today. Charleston Gazette, Saturday 01/18/1969 Gordon Eugene Higginbotham (1934-1969) WV Higginbotham, Gordon E.—34, of 3219 32nd St.,
Nitro, Friday in Thomas Memorial Hospital. Construction engineer, member of the
Nazarene Church. Surviving: widow, Gwendolyn; daughters, Pamela, Reba, at home;
son, Robert at home; mother, Mrs. Ruby Higginbotham of Charleston; brother,
George of Dunbar. Body at Cooke-Pauley Funeral Home in Nitro where friends may
call after 2 p.m. today. Charleston Gazette-Mail, Sunday 01/19/1969 Higginbotham, Gordon E.—Service 1 p.m. Monday, Nitro
Nazarene Church. Cunningham Memorial Park. Mr. Higginbotham, 34, of 3219 32nd
St., Nitro, died Friday in Thomas Memorial Hospital. Cooke-Pauley Funeral Home,
Nitro. Charleston Daily Mail 01/31/1969 Ada Belle Higginbotham Blake
(1880-1969) WV Mrs. Ada Blake, 88, of Survivors: sons, James of Red House Star Route and Thaddeus
of Raymond City; brother, Frank Higginbotham of Cedar Grove. The body is at Raynes Funeral Home here. Friends may call
after 6 p.m. today.
Post-Herald and Register 02/19/1969 Elizabeth Jessie Auld Higginbotham
(1866-1969) GA/WV/TN Mrs. W. B. Higginbotham, 102, A native of Also surviving are two other daughters, Mrs. Rachel Ferguson, Funeral services and burial will be in
Fairmont Times, Wednesday 02/19/1969 Samuel Higinbotham (1887-1969) WV/OH Samuel Higinbotham, 81, of 2635 Lenora N. East, Warren, Ohio,
formerly of Fairmont, died in his home yesterday morning. He was born in Fairmont, April 18, 1887, and was a son of the
late James and Mary Work Higinbotham. His wife, Minnie Beryl, preceded him in death July 31, 1948. Surviving are nine children, Mrs. Raymond (Ethel Violet) Dunn,
Warren, Ohio; Mrs. William (Helen Frances) Shore, Bay Ridge, Md.; Mrs. Paul
(Wanda Lou) Sapp, Fairmont; Edward Samuel, Eugene Foster, James Franklin, Robert
W., all of Warren,; Joseph Carroll, Albany, N.Y.; Donald Thomas, San Francisco,
Calif; one brother, Fred Higinbotham, Shinnston; 25 grandchildren; 10
great-grandchildren. He was a retired employee of the City of Fairmont Street
Department. Friends may call at the Frey Home for Funerals after 7 p.m.
today. (Buried 02/21/1969 in Woodlawn Cemetery, Fairmont) Charleston Gazette-Mail, Sunday 03/09/1969 Grace Ellen Wilson Higginbotham (1872-1969) WV Higginbotham, Mrs. Grace Ellen—96, of 1317 13th
St. W, Nitro. Thomas Memorial Hospital. Member of St. Paul United Methodist
Church of Nitro, Forest Rose Rebekah Lodge of Poca and a native of Buffalo,
Putnam County. Surviving: son, L.L. "Jack" of Huntington Park, Calif.;
brother, D. K. Wilson of Buffalo. Callers to Cooke-Pauley Funeral home, Nitro,
after 4 p.m. today. Charleston Gazette, Monday 03/10/1969 Higginbotham, Mrs. Grace Ellen—Service 2 p.m. Tuesday, St.
Paul United Methodist Church, Nitro. Cunningham Memorial Park, St. Albans. Mrs.
Higginbotham, 96, of 1317 13th St. W, Nitro, died Saturday in Thomas
Memorial Hospital. Body to church an hour before service. Cooke-Pauley Funeral
Home, Nitro. Charleston Gazette, Monday 03/17/1969 Julia Ann Basham Higginbotham (1882-1969) WV Higginbotham, Mrs. Julia Ann—87, of 1004 Village Dr., South
Charleston, Sunday in Denmar Hospital. Member of South Charleston First
Presbyterian Church and Woman’s Club. Surviving: son, James W. of South
Charleston; step-daughter, Mrs. Thelma Hunt of Charleston. Callers after 4 p.m.
today at Wilson Funeral Home. (Buried 03/18/1969 in Cunningham Memorial Park, St. Albans,
WV) Charleston Gazette, Monday 06/16/1969 John Edward Higginbotham (1903-1969) WV African American Higginbotham, John Edward—65, of 212 2112 Washington St. W.
Sunday evening in Valley Convalescent Home after along illness. Retired employee
of Greyhound Bus Co. and lifelong resident of Charleston. Surviving: daughter,
Janet, at home; son, John E. II, at home; sisters, Grace of Stanford, Conn.,
Mrs. Blanche Pollard of Yonkers, N.Y., Helena of Columbus, Ohio, Mrs. Lillian
Cosby, Mrs. Doris Foy, and Mrs. Phyllis Meadows, all of Rand; brothers, Frank of
Rand and William R. of Charleston. Body at Preston Funeral Home. (Buried 06/19/1969 in Spring Hill Cemetery, Charleston, WV) Register and Post-Herald 06/28/1969 Georgia Mabel Higginbotham Collins
(1901-1969) WV White Sulphur-Mrs. Georgia Mabel Collins, 68, died in a
Marlinton hospital Thursday night after a long illness. Born in White Sulphur Springs May 16, 1901, she was the
daughter of the late George W. and Emma Bostic Higginbotham. She attended the Survivors include three daughters, Mrs. John Coulter of The funeral will be at 2:30 p.m. Sunday in the The body is at the Shanklin Funeral Home in White Sulphur Springs where the
family will receive friends from 7-9:30 p.m. today. The body will be taken to
the church one hour prior to the funeral.
Ora Jane
Higginbotham Whittington (1904-1969) WV Mrs. Ora Jane Whittington, 65, of Survivors: sons, Arnival, Friends may call at the Cunningham Funeral Home after 6
p.m. today.
Charleston Gazette 08/04/1969 John Wilson Higginbotham (1878-1969) WV John Wilson Higginbotham, 91, of 2337 Third Ave.,
Nitro, Member of West Virginia Home Mission Church in Nitro, retired grocery
merchant, native of Putnam County. Surviving: widow, Sarah Watkins Higginbotham;
sons, Willard F., Hansford, Virgil and James all of Miami, Fla.; daughters, Mrs.
Della Ogburn and Mrs. Virginia Sandy, both of Nitro. Cooke and Pauley Funeral
Home. Callers after 7 pm today. Charleston Gazette, Thursday 10/09/1969 Lovell Jenkins Higginbotham (1887-1969) WV Higginbotham, Lovell J.—83, of 521 Bonner Court, dead on
arrival Wednesday at Staats Hospital. Former accountant and employee of the
Kanawha County assessor’s office and the state tax commissioner, member of
Central United Methodist Church. Surviving: widow, Margaret Saunders
Higginbotham; daughter, Mrs. Edward Conker of Charleston; sister: Mrs. Dollie
Klienschmidt of Ohio. Service 1 p.m. Friday in Bartlett-Burdette Funeral home.
Burial in Tyler Mountain Memory Gardens. Fairmont Times, Thursday 11/13/1969 Sarah Alice Stevens Higginbotham (1912-1969) WV Mrs. Sarah Alice Higginbotham, 58, of Route 1 Mannington died
early Tuesday morning at Fairmont General Hospital. She was born May 21, 1912,
at Mannington, the daughter of the late Norman and Flora Fordyes Stevens. Surviving are her husband, Okey Lewis Higginbotham; five
daughters, Mrs. Jack (Marie) Monroe of Temperance, Mich., Mrs. George (Pearl)
Sieberns of Stewart, Ill., Mrs. Lee (Icie) Efaw of Mannington, Mrs. Clarence
(Katherine) Dingus of Erie, Pa., and Mrs. Emery (Jessie) Johnston of Baltimore,
Md.; three sons, Ralph Higginbotham of Lorain, Ohio, Okey Higginbotham of
Clarksburg, and Joseph Higginbotham of Mannington; one brother, Edward Stevens
of Mannington; one sister, Mrs. Maude Watson of Fairmont; and 23 grandchildren. Four sons and one daughter are deceased. She had been a member of the East High Street Methodist
Church. Friends may call at the W. F. Jones Funeral Home in
Mannington. Fairmont Times, Wednesday 11/12/1969 Higginbotham—Mrs. Sarah Alice, 58, Route 1, Mannington, died
early Tuesday morning in Fairmont General Hospital after a long illness. The
body is in the W. F. Jones Funeral Home in Mannington, where friends may call
after 7 p.m. Wednesday. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Friday in the
funeral home with burial in Mannington Memorial Park. Charleston Daily Mail, Monday 11/17/1969 Grace Ann Phillips Higginbotham (1892-1969) WV Mrs. Grace Ann Higginbotham, 77, of Sissonville, Legg Route,
died Sunday at home after an extended illness. Survivors: husband, Ivan H.; daughter, Mrs. Eloise Harrison of
Charleston, Rt. 4; sons, Thad Boggess of Sissonville and Golden Higginbotham of
Allens Fork; brothers, Rome and Jesse Phillips of Charleston, John, Ott and
Sinnett Phillips of Sissonville; stepson, Ivan O. Higginbotham of Sissonville. Friends may call at the Cunningham Funeral Home, Pocatalico,
after 6 pm today.