United States Army World War II Veteran
CROSBYTON — Services for Henry Higginbotham Jr., 80, of Crosbyton will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Crosbyton First United Methodist Church with the Rev. Bob Kelley officiating.
Burial will be in the Crosbyton Cemetery under direction of Adams Funeral Home of Crosbyton.
He died Saturday, Aug. 3, 2002.
He was born Sept. 21, 1921, in Lawn. He moved to Crosby County in 1936. He married Helen Kathleen Matthews on Aug. 17, 1945, in Ralls. He worked at Crosbyton schools as maintenance supervisor for 21 years and for Whitchurch Motor Co. in Crosbyton for 27 years. He served in the Army Air Corps during World War II.
He was a 50-year member of the Masonic Lodge and the York Rite and was a member of the Crosbyton First United Methodist Church.
Survivors include his wife; a son, William H. "Bill" of Broken Arrow, Okla.; a daughter, Jeanie LaRue Higginbotham of San Angelo; and two grandchildren.
The family suggests memorials to the Crosbyton First United Methodist Church.
©Lubbock Avalanche Journal, Monday, August 5, 2002
Services for Helen Kathleen Higginbotham, 84, of Crosbyton were at 2 p.m., Thursday, May 24, 2007 at Adams Funeral Home in Crosbyton with Rev. David Crump officiating assisted by grandsons, Scott and Lance Higginbotham. Burial was in Crosbyton Cemetery under direction of Adams Funeral Home of Crosbyton.Kathleen passed away Monday, May 21, 2007 at St. Francis Hospital in Tulsa, Oklahoma. She was born on Nov. 1, 1922 in Crosbyton to the late W. O. and Lula Anna (Edler) Matthews. On Aug. 17, 1945 she married Henry Higginbotham in Ralls. He passed away on Aug. 2, 2002.
A lifelong resident of Crosbyton, Kathleen was a member of the Crosbyton First United Methodist Church and worked in the Crosbyton School cafeteria for 10 years.
Survivors include a son, Bill Higginbotham of Broken Arrow, Okla.; a daughter, Jeanie Higginbotham of San Angelo; two grandchildren, Scott Higginbotham of Lampasas and Lance Higginbotham of Ft. Worth.
The family will receive friends from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Wednesday, May 23, 2007 at Adams Funeral Home in Crosbyton.
©Crosby County News, May 25, 2007
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