Brooks Higginbotham Sr. Obituary
With heavy hearts, we announce the death of Brooks Higginbotham Sr. (Shuqualak, Mississippi), who passed away on December 22, 2019 at the age of 97. Leave a sympathy message to the family on the memorial page of Brooks Higginbotham Sr. to pay them a last tribute.
He was predeceased by: his parents, Willie Kellis and Willie Leona Clark Higginbotham; his wife Ernestine Higginbotham; his children, Ronald and Lou; his son-in-law Tom Hannah; and his daughter Thelma (Lou).
He is survived by: his children, Carolyn Jones (Junior) of Shuqualak, MS., Charlie Higginbotham (Merl) of Shuqualak, MS. and Cindy Skipper (Ralph) of Shuqualak, MS.; his grandchildren, Charlotte Conner, Dawn Harlow (James), Al Hannah (Kim), Jonathan Hannah, Tyler Higginbotham (Amy), Kendrick Adams (Erik), Candice Hines (Chip), Kellis Moore and Tony Moore (B. J.); his great grandchildren, Maria Walton (Tyler), Boddie Harlow, Austin Hannah, Katie Rose Ricks (Casey), Maridee Robertson (Stephen), Sadie Higginbotham, Sophie Hines, Sam Hines, Isabella Moore, Sawyer Ross, Chaffin Upchurch, Isaac Adams, William Walton and Sutton Adams; his great great grandchildren, Conner Walton, Zander Walton, Anna Tyler and Butler Brooks Ricks; and his sister-in-law Mary Coleman of Shuqualak, MS. He is also survived by numerous nieces and nephews.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to LeBonheur Children's Hospital, 848 Adams Ave., Memphis, TN 38103 or St. Jude Children's Hospital, 262 Danny Thomas Place, Memphis, TN 38105.
