Obituary: June 1942, Franklin Parish, LA Submitters name listed with obit ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** The following obituaries are listed below: William Butler Crider Thomas Elijah Higgingbotham (sic Higginbotham) ******************************************* The Franklin Sun Winnsboro, LA June 11, 1942 Submitted March 2009 by: Glenda Warner Boyd Aged Parish Resident Succumbs Near Baskin William Butler Crider, 91-year-old resident of near Baskin, died June 1 at the home of a s'ep-daughter (sic step-daughter). Funeral services were held at Mixon church, with the Rev. Enon Boyete officiating, and interment followed in the Sunflower cemetery. Serving as pallbearers were Eugene and and Willie Fife, Butler and Cam Fuller, Lee and Bruce Morgan, Frank, Jr., and Elbert Roberts. Mr. Crider is survived by six daughters, Mrs. Bessie Fife, Dunn; Mrs. Lelia Fuller, Baskin; Mrs. Susie Silk, Mrs. Louise Johnson and Mrs. Florence Price, Rayville, and Mrs. Nona Johnson, Baskin; two sons, Claude Crider, Orange, Texas, and Walter Crider, Baskin; a step-daughter, Mrs. Annie Evans of Baskin, and 41 grandchildren and 34 great-grandchilden. ---------------------------------------------------- The Franklin Sun Winnsboro, LA June 11, 1942 Submitted March 2009 by: Glenda Warner Boyd Thomas Elijah Higgingbotham (sic Higginbotham) Rites Held Monday For Franklin Resident Thomas Elijah Higgingbotham, 81-year-old resident of Midway community, was buried Monday afternoon at Ogden cemetery in Liddieville community, with the Rev. A. C.Trapp, Chase Baptist minister, officiating. Funeral rites were at Sardis church. Pallbearers were Robert Cuave, Wade McCain, Kit McCain, Jim Cummins, J.O. Maynor and Bill McCassell. Mr. Higgingbotham, who succumbed Sunday morning at his home, is survived by his wife, Mrs. Essie Higgingbotham,and 12 children: G. W. Higgingbotham, Swampers; Walter Higgingbotham, Port Neches, Texas; Clarence Higgingbotham, McComb, Miss.; Seaman Vencin Higgingbotham, New Orleans; Thomas Higgingbotham, Winnsboro; Monroe and Warren Higgingbotham, New Orleans; Private (first class) Milburn Higgingbotham, Camp Forest, Tenn.; Mrs. Bessie Stephenson, Baskin; Mrs. Clara Franks, Crowville; Dorothy and Myrtle Higgingbotham, Winnsboro. Four half-brothers, Jay and Lee Cupit of Meadville, Miss., Dee and Jim Cupit of Crowville, and 36 grandchildren also survive. Final rites were conducted under direction of Mulhearn Funeral home. Submitter's note: Surname Higginbotham is spelled Higgingbotham throughout the obit. Headstone is listed Higginbotham. ---------------------------------------------------