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WVFDA's goal is to to enhance the funeral service profession and promote quality service to the consumer. WVFDA is dedicated to fulfilling it's mission by:
- Promoting leadership and identity to the profession
- Developing effective partnerships with Funeral Directors and providing direct service to Practitioners
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.
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West Virginia Funeral Directors Assoc.
815 Quarrier St., Suite 345
Charleston, WV 25301-2616
Telephone: 304/345-4711 or Toll free in WV 800/585-2351
Fax: 304/346-6416
E-mail: RPrice0851@aol.com
Roger K. Price, Executive Director
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