Julia Wiley Higginbotham, Waterproof

1914 - 2007

WATERPROOF, La. — Services for Julia Wiley Higginbotham, 93, of Waterproof, who died Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2007, at Franklin Medical Center, in Winnsboro, La., will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Choctaw Chapel Baptist Church with the Rev. Frank Brown officiating.

Burial will follow at Gibson Cemetery, in Waterproof, under the direction of Concordia Funeral Home in Ferriday.

Visitation will be from 9 to 9:45 a.m. Saturday at the church.

Mrs. Higginbotham was born Jan. 30, 1914, in Waterproof, the daughter of Ben and Isabella Scott Wiley. She was a retired teacher’s aide. She was also a Sunday school teacher, choir member and musician at Choctaw Chapel Baptist Church.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Ben Higginbotham; her parents; and son, Larry T. Higginbotham.

Survivors include her sons, Bobby Higginbotham and Edgar Higginbotham, both of Waterproof, Lee Dell Higginbotham and wife, Catherine, both of Baltimore, Ted L. Higginbotham and Leonard R. Higginbotham, both of Baton Rouge and Ozzie Mack Higginbotham and wife, Pearl, both of Temple Hill, Md.; daughters, Loester Foley and husband, Basil, both of Houston, Ida H. Love and husband, Richard, both of Atlanta and Berdia Higginbotham of Waterproof; stepdaughter, Maude Dominique of East Cleveland, Ohio; 33 grandchildren; 49 great-grandchildren; and eight great-great-grandchildren.