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04/04/2010
NOTICE OF DEATH
LULA B. HIGGINBOTHAM

Lula B. Higginbotham, age 86, of Frankford died Monday, January 4, 2010 in Greenbrier Manor, Fairlea, following a long illness.

Mrs. Higginbotham was the mother of William M. Higginbotham, president of Shanklin Funeral Home, a member of the West Virginia Funeral Directors Association, WVFDA District III, and National Funeral Directors Association.

She was born February 8, 1923 in Frankford, a daughter of the late Andrew Lester and Hannah Elizabeth Bennett. Her husband, William M. Higginbotham, Jr.; a daughter, Margaret Higginbotham Snyder; one sister, Lucy B. Garrett; and two brothers, Ladura and Layton Bennett, preceded her in death.

She was a member of Frankford United Methodist Church, former member of the Greenbrier County Homemakers, was 4-H leader of the Frankford Mountaineers 4-H Club for over 25 years and a member of the Greenbrier County Farm Bureau for over 60 years. She was a member of the Greenbrier County Republican Executive Committee and the West Virginia State Republican Executive Committee for many years. Governor Arch Moore named Mrs. Higginbotham a Distinguished West Virginian. She worked at the West Virginia State Fair Paging and Lost Children for many years

Mrs. Higginbotham is survived by one daughter, Lucy H. Tuckwiller and husband Ben of Lewisburg; two sons, William M. Higginbotham of White Sulphur Springs and Charles A. Higginbotham and wife Carla of Frankford; six grandchildren, Stephen Snyder and wife Leigh Ann, Michael Snyder and wife Amber, Anthony Banton, Megan Crane and husband Josh, Russell Higginbotham, and Josh Higginbotham and wife Kelli; and five great grandchildren.

Family will receive friends from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. Friday, January 8, 2010, with funeral services to follow at 8:00 p.m. at Shanklin Funeral Home, White Sulphur Springs, with Carolyn Arbuckle officiating. Interment will be in Rosewood Cemetery, Lewisburg at a later date.

Expressions of sympathy may be made to the Frankford United Methodist Church or the Frankford Volunteer Fire Department.

The thoughts and prayers of the West Virginia Funeral Directors Association are with the Higginbotham family.