Russell Turner Higginbotham

(January 12, 1949 – March 7, 2020)

Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday, March 11, 2020 at the Billy M. King-Colonial Chapel Funeral Home in Collins for Russell Turner Higginbotham, 71 of Collins, who passed away on Saturday, March 7, 2020 at the Hattiesburg Health and Rehab in Hattiesburg.

Dr. Joseph Bird and Reverend Gerald Butler will officiate at the services with interment to follow in the Collins City Cemetery in Collins.  Billy M. King-Colonial Chapel Funeral Home in Collins will be in charge of the arrangements.

Visitation will be held from 5:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. on Tuesday, March 10, 2020, and from 10:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday, March 11, 2020 at the Billy M. King-Colonial Chapel Funeral Home in Collins.

Pallbearers will be family and friends.

Mr. Higginbotham was born on January 12, 1949 in Meridian, Mississippi.  He was a loving father, grandfather, and brother.  Mr. Higginbotham was a retired electrician.  He was a member of the First Baptist Church of Collins.  Mr. Higginbotham enjoyed spending time with his grandchildren and working in his yard.

He was preceded in death by his parents, R T and Lucy Kathryn Buckalew Higginbotham.

Survivors include two daughters, Angela Higginbotham Jones, and her husband, John W. of Mount Olive, and Deanna Higginbotham Miller, and her husband, Terry of Collins; one son, Neil Higginbotham, and his wife, C.J. of Sumrall; one brother, Roger Higginbotham, and his wife, Maria of Alabaster, Alabama; five grandchildren, Kylee Miller, Johnna Jones, Makenzie Hathorn, Braxton Hathorn, and Lucy Higginbotham; and a host of nieces, nephews, and other family members.

Family and friends may sign an online guestbook at www.billymkingcolonialchapel.com