Obituary of Clayton Higginbotham

Graveside services for Clayton Higginbotham, 70, Palestine, will be at 10:00 am, Friday, October 4, at Pleasant Hill Cemetery near Overton with Reverend Buddy Shelton officiating. Arrangements are under direction of Cottle-Pearson Funeral Home, Overton Mr. Higginbotham died Wednesday, October 2, 2013 in Henderson. He was born March 6, 1943 in Palestine to the late Lonnie and Mary Audrey Newsom Higginbotham. He was a self employed painter and a Baptist. Besides his parents, Mr. Higginbotham was also preceded in death by a brother, John L. Higginbotham, a son, Gary Lynn Higginbotham, and his wife, Dena Jo Higginbotham. Survivors include two sons, Clayton Ray Higginbotham and Ricky Lee Higginbotham; a daughter, Brenda Sue Fountain; a brother and sister-in-law, Billy and Earlene Higginbotham; seven grandchildren, Randy Higginbotham, Susan Higginbotham, David Clay Higginbotham, Brittney Howard, Colby Fountain, Miranda Higginbotham, Gary Lynn Higgenbotham, Jr., and Ricky Higginbotham; and a great grandchild, Cadence Danielle Ferguson.