Morehouse County Louisiana Archives Obituaries.....HIGHSMITH, RICHARD WALTER December 11, 2014
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News Star World - December 13, 2014
RICHARD WALTER HIGHSMITH

Richard Walter Highsmith died December 11, 2014, at Lagniappe Nursing Home in 
Bastrop, LA after a long illness. He was born in Morehead City, North Carolina 
on August 3, 1950 to Ray and Sally Highsmith. Richard held two degrees from the 
University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill, one in English and one in Political 
Science.

He and his wife Ellen Martin Highsmith met and married in North Carolina but 
moved to her hometown of Bastrop where he graduated from ULM with a degree in 
Accounting. Richard worked in the area as a financial officer for many local 
businesses in the Monroe area including Bancroft Bag, Bancroft Paper, Coca 
Cola, and Donald, Tucker, Betts, and Allen.

He and Ellen are parents to four sons: Richard and wife Angie of Cornelia, GA, 
and their children Katie Claire, Patrick, Allison, Becket, and Penelope; 
Jonathan and wife Margaret of San Antonio, TX, and their children Jacy, Haley, 
Jonathan, and Ethan; Christopher of Hernando, Mississippi, and his children 
Kaitlin, Alex, Sarah, and Connor; and William and Heather of Fayetteville, NC, 
and their daughter Gracie. Along with his children, Richard was especially 
close with a nephew, Patrick Martin of Baton Rouge. Visits and pictures of his 
many grandchildren brought great joy to his life during the 6 years of his 
infirmity. He is also survived by brothers Jimmy, Leslie, Ty, and Bobby 
Highsmith and a sister Elizabeth Highsmith Kelly.

Richard is preceded in death by his parents, Ray and Sally Highsmith; brothers, 
Ray, Jr., Kenneth and Louis Highsmith, and a grandson Nicholas Tyler Highsmith.

The family would like to acknowledge Lagniappe Nursing Home and the Morehouse 
Parish Library for their many kindnesses.

A family memorial will be held off the Atlantic Coast at Morehead City, North 
Carolina, on December 20, 2014.

Cox Funeral Home,

Bastrop, LA.

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