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IN LOVING MEMORY OF R.T. Higginbotham
R.T.
Higginbotham
January 20, 1927 – August 31, 2016
R.T. Higginbotham's Obituary
Funeral services will be held at 1:00 p.m., Saturday, September 3, 2016 at the Billy M. King-Colonial Chapel Funeral Home in Collins MS for R T Higginbotham, 89 of Collins, who passed away Wednesday, August 31, 2016 at his residence.
Rev. Gerald Butler and Reverend Joseph Bird will officiate at the services with interment to follow in the Collins City Cemetery. Billy M. King-Colonial Chapel Funeral Home in Collins will be in charge of the arrangements.
Visitation will be held from 6:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. on Friday, September 2, 2016 at the Billy M. King-Colonial Chapel Funeral Home.
Pallbearers will be Mikel Higginbotham, Michael Higginbotham, Roger Higginbotham, Neil Higginbotham, Richard Higginbotham, and Robert Raspberry. Honorary pallbearers will be Maria Higginbotham, Angela and John W. Jones, Deanna and Terry Miller, Amanda Higginbotham, CJ Higginbotham, Raquel Gabriela Varela, Dustin Higginbotham, and Shirley McDonald.
Mr. Higginbotham was a native of Kemper County Mississippi. He moved from Meridian, Mississippi where he had been the Production Manager for Robinson Heil Manufacturing Company in 1965 to start up the Fontaine Truck Equipment Company's new Dump Body Manufacturing Plant in Collins, Mississippi.
He retired as President of Fontaine Body & Host Co. in 1986.
He was a member and Deacon of First Baptist Church of Collins, and a member of the St. John's Masonic Lodge Post Number 507. He was a founding member of the Covington County Chamber of Commerce and served on the Board of Directors where he was a two term President.
He was preceded by his parents, Ada Eaves and George 'Bennie' Higginbotham; his wife of sixty nine years, Lucy Kathryn Buckalew Higginbotham; and five brothers, P J, J C, J W, Bobby, and Bennie Jr.
Survivors include two sons, Russell Higginbotham of Collins, Mississippi, and Roger Higginbotham and his wife Maria of Alabaster, Alabama; one sister, Ada Akers of Fraser, Michigan; five grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; two great great-grandchildren; and a host of other family members and friends.
Friends and Family may sign an online guest book at www.billymkingcolonialchapel.com
Rev. Gerald Butler and Reverend Joseph Bird will officiate at the services with interment to follow in the Collins City Cemetery. Billy M. King-Colonial Chapel Funeral Home in Collins will be in charge of the arrangements.
Visitation will be held from 6:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. on Friday, September 2, 2016 at the Billy M. King-Colonial Chapel Funeral Home.
Pallbearers will be Mikel Higginbotham, Michael Higginbotham, Roger Higginbotham, Neil Higginbotham, Richard Higginbotham, and Robert Raspberry. Honorary pallbearers will be Maria Higginbotham, Angela and John W. Jones, Deanna and Terry Miller, Amanda Higginbotham, CJ Higginbotham, Raquel Gabriela Varela, Dustin Higginbotham, and Shirley McDonald.
Mr. Higginbotham was a native of Kemper County Mississippi. He moved from Meridian, Mississippi where he had been the Production Manager for Robinson Heil Manufacturing Company in 1965 to start up the Fontaine Truck Equipment Company's new Dump Body Manufacturing Plant in Collins, Mississippi.
He retired as President of Fontaine Body & Host Co. in 1986.
He was a member and Deacon of First Baptist Church of Collins, and a member of the St. John's Masonic Lodge Post Number 507. He was a founding member of the Covington County Chamber of Commerce and served on the Board of Directors where he was a two term President.
He was preceded by his parents, Ada Eaves and George 'Bennie' Higginbotham; his wife of sixty nine years, Lucy Kathryn Buckalew Higginbotham; and five brothers, P J, J C, J W, Bobby, and Bennie Jr.
Survivors include two sons, Russell Higginbotham of Collins, Mississippi, and Roger Higginbotham and his wife Maria of Alabaster, Alabama; one sister, Ada Akers of Fraser, Michigan; five grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; two great great-grandchildren; and a host of other family members and friends.
Friends and Family may sign an online guest book at www.billymkingcolonialchapel.com
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