The Shadow
FRANKFORD, W.Va. – Lula B. Higginbotham, 86, of Frankford, W.Va., died Monday, January 4, 2010 in Greenbrier Manor, Fairlea, W.Va., following a long illness.
She was born February 8, 1923 in Frankford, a daughter of the late Andrew Lester and Hannah Elizabeth Bennett.
She was preceded in death by her husband, William M. Higginbotham Jr.; a daughter,
Margaret Higginbotham Snyder; one sister, Lucy B. Garrett; and two brothers, Ladura and Layton Bennett.
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. She was named a Distinguished West Virginian by Governor Arch Moore. She worked at the West Virginia State Fair Paging and Lost Children for many years
She is survived by one daughter, Lucy H. Tuckwiller and husband, Ben of Lewisburg, W.Va.; two sons, William M. Higginbotham of White Sulphur Springs, W.Va., and Charles A. Higginbotham and wife, Carla of Frankford, W.Va.; six grandchildren, Stephen Snyder and wife Leigh Ann, Michael Snyder and wife Amber, Anthony Banton, Megan Crane and husband Josh, Russell Higginbotham, Josh Higginbotham and wife, Kelli and five great-grandchildren.
The family will receive friends from 6 until 8 p.m. Friday with a funeral service to follow at 8 p.m. at Shanklin Funeral Home, White Sulphur Springs with Carolyn Arbuckle officiating. Interment will be 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.
Shanklin Funeral Home, White Sulphur Springs, is in charge of arrangements.
