Local Obituaries for Higginbotham Funeral Home - Cross Plains

Jan 8, 2021

Ruby Jean (Killough) Parker, 92, joined her Heavenly Choir of Angels on January 8, 2021. She was, at the time, a resident of Rising Star Nursing Home in Rising Star, Texas and visitors were limited. Graveside service will be held Saturday, January 16, at 2:00 PM at Pleasant Valley Cemetery in Brown County, Texas. Due to restrictions in place because...

Jan 5, 2021

Allison Renee Lupinacci-Armstrong, 33, of Katy, Texas passed away on Tuesday, January 5, 2021 in Houston, Texas. Graveside service will be held Sunday, January 10, at 2:00 PM at Rising Star Cemetery in Rising Star, Texas with Matt McGowen officiating. Online condolences for the family are welcome at https://www.higginbothamfuneralhomecrossplains.com Due to restrictions in place because of the COVID-19 virus, we...

Jan 4, 2021

Karen Jane (Walker) Adams, 75, of Cross Plains, Texas passed away on Monday, January 4, 2021. Graveside service will be held Thursday, January 7, at 1:00 PM at Burkett Cemetery in Burkett, Texas with Kevin Morton officiating. Karen was born May 10, 1945 in Mitchell County, Texas to the late Socrates Allen Walker and Helen Jane (Ferguson) Walker. Karen married...

Dec 30, 2020

William Thomas “Tom” Clark, 83, of Cross Plains, Texas passed away on Wednesday, December 30, 2020 at Hendrick Hospice Care in Abilene, Texas. Graveside service will be held Sunday, January 3, 2021 at 2:00 PM at Victor Cemetery in De Leon, Texas with Eugene Dillard officiating. Tom was born on November 11, 1937 in Frankston, Texas to the late Robert...

Dec 28, 2020

Richard Lawson, 68, of Rising Star, Texas passed away on Monday, December 28, 2020 at Hendrick Medical Center-South in Abilene, Texas. Graveside service will be held Wednesday, December 30, at 10:00 AM at Pioneer Cemetery in Pioneer, Texas. Richard was born October 11, 1952 in Wink, Texas to the late Dwyt Sterling Lawson and Barbara Jean (Aaron) Lawson. Richard married...

Dec 25, 2020

John Melvin Pearson 95, from Cross Plains, TX went to his heavenly home on December 25, 2020. He was born in Tokeen, TX on September 18, 1925 to Key and Lucille Pearson. John enlisted in the Army and served our country during WWII. While in Austria he met and married Frieda Pearson in Vienna. After completing his time in the...

Dec 19, 2020

Charlie Scott, 81, of Cross Plains, Texas passed away on Saturday, December 19, 2020 at Baird Nursing Home in Baird, Texas. Graveside service will be held Wednesday, December 23, at 3:00 PM at Cross Plains Memorial Park in Cross Plains, Texas with Hoppy Hopkins officiating and Ronnie White assisting. Charlie was born November 21, 1939 in Dearborn, Michigan to the...

Dec 18, 2020

John Wayne Parum, 81, of Abilene, Texas passed away on Friday, December 18, 2020 at Hendrick Hospice Care in Abilene, Texas. Graveside service will be held Wednesday, December 23, at 11:00 AM at Eastlawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Early, Texas with Kenneth Reiter officiating. Wayne was born August 13, 1939 in Wolfe City, Texas to the late Simon Parum and...

Dec 17, 2020

Sandra Erwin Elliott, 79, of Rising Star, Texas passed away on Thursday, December 17, 2020 in Eastland, Texas. Graveside service will be held Saturday, December 19, at 11:00 AM at Rising Star Cemetery in Rising Star, Texas with Robby Stuteville officiating. Sandra was born December 9, 1941 in Rising Star, Texas to the late R. H. Erwin and Daisy (Larkin)...

Dec 15, 2020

Dec 13, 2020

Tommie Beryl Conlee, 92, formally of Cross Plains, Texas passed away on Sunday, December 13, 2020 in Abilene, Texas. Graveside service will be held Wednesday, December 16, at 10:00 AM at Cross Plains Memorial Park in Cross Plains, Texas with Ronnie White officiating. Online condolences for the family are welcome at https://www.higginbothamfuneralhomecrossplains.com Tommie was born April 23, 1928 in Cross...

Dec 11, 2020

Sidney Pharr, 78, of Cross Plains, Texas passed away on Friday, December 11, 2020 in Cross Plains, Texas. Graveside service will be held Tuesday, December 15 at 1:00 PM at Gail Cemetery in Gail, Texas with Tommy Merryman officiating. She will be laid to rest next to her parents and her brother. The family will have a time of visitation...

Dec 10, 2020

Dec 7, 2020

Katherine (Kitty) Propest, 84, of Cross Plains, TX. passed away Dec. 7, 2020 after a battle with Covid at Comanche Hospital. She was born on Nov. 14, 1936 to Edward and Beulah Miller and will be greatly missed by so many. She married the love of her life, Steve Propest on Nov. 24th, 1972. They had devoted their lives to...

Oct 21, 2020

Baby Jaxson Chance Burrhus, beloved son of Sarah Perry and Thomas Burrhus was born sleeping on Wednesday, October 21, 2020 at Hendricks Medical Center in Abilene, Texas. Our lives were touched by his struggle to be here and the joyful surprise that we got to know him. Graveside services for his family will be on Sunday, October 25, 2020 at...

Oct 19, 2020

Bruce Johnson, 65, formally of Cross Plains, Texas passed away on Monday, October 19, 2020 in Abilene, Texas. Graveside service will be held Wednesday, October 21, at 11:00 AM at Dressy Cemetery in Cross Plains, Texas. Online condolences for the family are welcome at https://www.higginbothamfuneralhomecrossplains.com Bruce was born March 18, 1955 in Rising Star, Texas to the late Noah S....

Oct 15, 2020

Edna M Burkett, 81, of Lake Brownwood, formally of Burkett, Texas passed away on Thursday, October 15, 2020 in San Angelo, Texas. Graveside service will be held Saturday, October 17, at 2:00 PM at Burkett Cemetery in Burkett, Texas with Jim Kincheloe officiating. Edna was born August 11, 1929 in Bruni, Texas to the late Tom C. Lee and Audrey...

Sep 30, 2020

Gary Dewayne Harris, 62, of Rising Star, Texas passed away on Wednesday, September 30, 2020. Graveside service will be held Saturday, October 3, at 2:00 PM at Pioneer Cemetery in Pioneer, Texas with Terry Simmons officiating. The family will have a time of visitation on Friday, October 2, from 6:00-7:00 P.M. at Higginbotham Funeral Home in Cross Plains, Texas. Gary...

Sep 19, 2020

Mary Evelyn Wilson, 88, of Rising Star, Texas passed to her Heavenly Father in the early morning on Saturday, September 19, 2020. Funeral service will be held Tuesday, September 22, at 10:00 AM at The First Baptist Church in Rising Star, Texas with Rev. Terry Simmons officiating and Rev. Glenn Bucy assisting. Interment will follow in May Cemetery in Brown...

Aug 31, 2020

Virgie Boatman, 85, of Plano, Texas passed away on Monday, August 31, 2020 in Plano, Texas. Graveside service will be held Saturday, August 5, at 1:00 PM at Rising Star Cemetery in Eastland County, Texas with Charles Chesshir officiating. Virgie was born September 5, 1934 in Ranger, Texas to the Late James Glenn and Etura (Crawford) Glenn. Virgie married Ed...