Ouachita County Louisiana Archives Obituaries..... HIGGINBOTHAM, AMY VIRGINIA HAYWOOD June 28, 2014 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Gina Brown rootsgirl36@gmail.com July 7, 2014, 9:26 am News Star World - June 30, 2014 AMY VIRGINIA HAYWOOD HIGGINBOTHAM Funeral services for Mrs. Amy Virginia (Jenny) Haywood Higginbotham, age 75, of Newellton, La., will be Monday, June 30, 2014, at 11:00 A.M., at the First Baptist Church in Newellton, La., with Bro. Scott Byrd officiating, assisted by Bro. Don Thornton. Visitation will be one hour before the service at the church from 10:00 until 11:00 A.M. Burial will follow in Legion Cemetery in Newellton under the direction of Crothers-Glenwood Funeral Home. Mrs. Higginbotham died Saturday, June 28, 2014, at the Franklin Medical Center in Winnsboro, La., after a lengthy illness following a stroke. She was surrounded by her family. She was born May 20, 1939, in St. Joseph, La., to Sam and Amy Morgan Haywood. She was a lifelong resident of Newellton, La. Mrs. Higginbotham was preceded in death by her parents, two brothers, O. J. and Doyle Haywood, and one sister, Imogene Bobo. Survivors include her loving husband of 53 years, Ray Higginbotham, 2 sons, Scott Higginbotham of Ridgeland, Ms., and Barry (Elizabeth) Higginbotham of Franklin, Tn., and 2 daughters, Kristi (Jay Roy) Mount of Longview, Texas, and Jill (Michael) Monsour of Neenah, Wisconsin, and 6 grandchildren, Andy Higginbotham of Oxford, Ms., Sam and Riley Higginbotham of Franklin, Tn., Jayden Mount of Longview, Tx., and Lainey Johnston and Mia Monsour of Neenah, Wisconsin, and 1 sister, Margaret (Carl) Higginbotham of Groesbeck, Tx., and numerous nieces, nephews, and cousins. Pallbearers will be deacons of the First Baptist Church of Newellton. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Louisiana Baptist Children's Home or First Baptist Church in Newellton. The family would like to extend a special thank you to the medical staffs at Franklin Medical Center and Plantation Manor in Winnsboro, La., and Cornerstone Hospital in West Monroe, La. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/la/ouachita/obits/h/higginbo2920nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/lafiles/ File size: 2.5 Kb