Althea Clair Higginbotham Pace Obituary
We are sad to announce that on November 30, 2023, at the age of 92, Althea Clair Higginbotham Pace of Orange, Virginia, born in Amherst, Virginia passed away. Family and friends are welcome to leave their condolences on this memorial page and share them with the family.
She was predeceased by: her parents, Samuel Higginbotham and Gladys Higginbotham; her husband Sidney R. Pace; her son Samuel Pendleton Pace; her siblings, Hester H. Hall, Norman T. Higginbotham, S. Page Higginbotham and J. Hunter Higginbotham; her niece Susan Hall Delano; and her nephew Norman Brent Higginbotham.
She is survived by: her daughter Beth Pace Johnson; her son-in-law Jeff; her son Bobby Pace (Teri); her daughter-in-law Marion Sykes; her grandchildren, Courtney Elizabeth Johnson, Rob Johnson, Sydney Claire Johnson, Justin Maria Pace Purcell (Clayton), Sidney Robert Pace III (Meredith), Gretchen Louise Pace Blickley (Will), Samuel Pendleton Pace III and Watson Powell Pace; and her great grandchildren, Copernica Purcell, Wallace Purcell and Eleanor Blickley.
For those wishing to remember Althea through a memorial gift rather than flowers, please consider a donation to Orange Baptist Church, 123 West Main Street, Orange, Va. 22960 or Rhoadesville Baptist Church, 26042 Lafayette Drive, Rhoadesville, Va. 22542.
