Our beloved mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother, Ethel Higginbotham, was called home to be with her Saviour on Monday, June 15, 2015. Born on January 4, 1924, in Wyoming, Iowa, she always said she wasn't born in Texas, but got here as quickly as she could.
She was preceded in death by her husband of 40 years, Merrion G. Higginbotham. Also preceding her were her nine siblings.
She will be forever missed by her children and their spouses, Arleen Eledge and husband, Arnold, Alan Higginbotham and wife, Mitzi, Donna White and husband, Mark, and Doris McGee and husband, Mike.
She is also survived by ten grandchildren, Meredith Garrou, Andrew McGee, Phillip Higginbotham, Mark Higginbotham, Joshua McGee, Aaron Higginbotham, Melissa Bibb, Joseph McGee, Jessica Whites, and Katlyn McGee. She is also survived by twenty eight great grandchildren. She is survived as well by her sister-in-law, Edna Higginbotham and many nieces and nephews. Her six grandsons are honored to serve as pallbearers.
Family visitation will be Thursday, June 18, 2015, at 4pm. Public visitation is from 5 to 8pm. at Brookside Funeral Home, 13747 Eastex Fwy. Houston, Tx 77039. The funeral service will be June 19,2015, at 3pm. at Brookside. Her pastor, Rev. Roger Hoots, of East River Baptist Church in New Caney, will officiate.
Mother would want us to proclaim here, "That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved."
We are comforted by the words of this song, "Just think of stepping on shore, and finding it Heaven; of touching a hand and finding it God's; of breathing new air and finding it celestial; of waking up in Glory, and finding it Home."
We wish to thank Linda Overton for the love and care she gave Mother these last months. We were all blessed by her sweet spirit. Mother had a great love for her church family at East River.
See you soon, Mom.
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