Individual Details

Lavon "Slick" Higginbotham, 88, of Hamburg, died Monday, May 6, 2013 at the Pinewood Health and Rehabilitation Center in Crossett. Mr. Higginbotham was a native and life long resident of Hamburg and Ashley County. He was a veteran of the United States Army having served during World War II and where he was the recipient of the Purple Heart. He worked for the United States Postal Service in Crossett and Hamburg for 25 years. He was an active and loyal member of the First Baptist Church where he served as a Deacon. He was a member of the American Legion, a Mason and a member of the Promise Land Masonic Lodge. He was an avid hunter and fisherman.
He is preceded in death by his wife, Oreece Kelley Higginbotham; his parents, Gaston & Janie Venters Higginbotham and a brother, Frank Higginbotham.
He is survived by a son, Marion Higginbotham of Crossett; three daughters, Marilyn Chambers of Hamburg, Barbara Gifford of Crossett and Judy Pierce of North Little Rock; three brothers, Pete, James and Norman Higginbotham all of Hamburg; four sisters, Annie Jo Smith of Crossett, Betty Eubanks of Hamburg, Louise Pelton of Eudora and Margaret Riley of Hamburg; eight grandchildren, 3 step-grandchildren, 12 great-grandchildren, 2 step-great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild.
Funeral services are 2 p.m., Wednesday, May 8, 2013 at the First Baptist Church with Dr. Bobby Pennington officiating. Burial will be in the Promise Land Cemetery. Pallbearers are William Streeter, Drake Streeter, David Streeter, Zack Lauhon, Jackie Lauhon, Jason Pierce, Jacob Meeks, Morris Knight and Ben Wood. Honorary pallbearers are the members of the First Baptist Church Men's Sunday School Class. Memorials may be made to the First Baptist Church, PO Box 352, Hamburg, AR 71646.
Visitation will be 6-8 p.m., Tuesday at the funeral home

Birth	7 Jun 1924	Hamburg, Ashley County, Arkansas
Marriage	6 Sep 1944	Ashley County, Arkansas - Oreece Kelley
Death	6 May 2013	Crossett, Ashley County, Arkansas
Obituary	7 May 2013	Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas
Burial	8 May 2013	Promise Land Cemetery, Hamburg, Ashley County, Arkansas

Spouse	Oreece Kelley (1927 - 2009)
Child	Living
Child	Living
Child	Living
Child	Living

Father	Gaston Marion Higginbotham (1903 - 1960)
Mother	Margaret Jane Venters (1902 - 1978)
Sibling	Margarit Higginbotham (1925 - )
Sibling	Frank Felton "Bunk" Higginbotham (1928 - 2008)
Sibling	Ralph Carlton "Pete" Higginbotham Sr. (1929 - 2013)
Sibling	Annie Jo Higginbotham (1932 - 2023)
Sibling	James Edward Higginbotham (1934 - 2022)
Sibling	Living
Sibling	Martha Louise Higginbotham (1936 - 2020)
Sibling	Living

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