OBITS: HIGGINBOTHAM, Azrie - 4 Jan 2003 - Whitley Co, KY
Date: Friday, January 10, 2003 1:17 PM
Submitted by Bobbie Ivey-Lewallen
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Obituary Notices for January 8, 2003 from The News-Journal

Azrie Higginbotham, 90, Jellico Creek Community, Williamsburg, passed away 
Saturday, January 4, 2003 at the Baptist Regional Medical Center, Corbin.
He was a member of the Ryans Creek Baptist Church.

Survivors include one daughter, Betty Ruth Jones and husband, Elbert of 
Cincinnati, Ohio; three sons, Raymond Higginbotham of Williamsburg, Ralph 
Higginbotham and wife, Betty June of Williamsburg and H.C. Higginbotham of 
Williamsburg; nine grandchildren, 13 great-grandchildren and one 
great-great-grandchild; one brother, Paul Higginbotham of Norwood, Ohio; two 
sisters, Ruth Murphy of Cincinnati, Ohio and Lula Jefferys of Norwood, Ohio; 
also several nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Verlia Meadors Higginbotham and a 
daughter-in-law, Louise Higginbotham.

Funeral services were held Monday, January 6 at the Croley Funeral Home 
Chapel with Rev. Lester Cox and Rev. Herbert Wells officiating. Burial was in 
the Jellico Creek Cemetery.