Local Obituaries for Higginbotham Funeral Home - Cross Plains

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...

Aug 30, 2020

Bobby G. Helms, 80, of Cross Plains, Texas passed away on Sunday, August 30, 2020 in Abilene, Texas. Graveside service will be held Wednesday, September 2, at 10:00 AM at Cross Plains Memorial Park in Cross Plains, Texas. Bobby was born October 1, 1939 in Hamlin, Texas to the Late Alvie Helms and Retha (Warner) Helms. Bobby married Gay Hendrix...

Aug 25, 2020

Leo Weldon Bennett, 85, of May, Texas passed away on Tuesday, August 25, 2020 in May, Texas. Graveside service will be held Thursday, August 27, at 10:00 AM at Cottonwood Cemetery in Callahan County, Texas. The family will have a time of visitation on Wednesday, August 26 from 5:00 – 7:00 pm at Higginbotham Funeral Home in Cross Plains, Texas....

Aug 25, 2020

James R. Merrill, 78, of Rising Star, TX passed away at Abilene Regional Hospital on August 25, 2020. James was born in Brownwood, TX on July 21, 1942, to F.L. and Lorain Merrill. James grew up in Pioneer, TX, and helped his family on their dairy farm. He graduated from Cross Plains High in 1960. James married Johnnie Harris on...

Aug 23, 2020

Marvin Wayne Holt Sr., 91, of Odessa, Texas passed away on Sunday, August 23, 2020 in Odessa, Texas. Graveside service will be held Saturday, August 29, at 2:00 PM at May Cemetery in Brown County, Texas. Online condolences for the family are welcome at https://www.higginbothamfuneralhomecrossplains.com Marvin was born November 1, 1928 in May, Texas to the Late Mack Holt and...

Aug 23, 2020

Daniel Wales Ingram, 83, of Cross Plains, Texas passed away on Sunday, August 23, 2020 in Cross Plains, Texas. Graveside Memorial Service will be held Saturday, September 19, at 2:00 PM at Cross Plains Memorial Park in Cross Plains Texas. Daniel was born December 18, 1936 in Santa Anna, Texas to the Late Calvin H. Ingram and Inez (Kent) Ingram....

Aug 14, 2020

Charlou Cowan, 68, of Cross Plains, Texas left her earthly home surrounded by her husband, children and grandchildren and entered the presence of her glorious Savior on August 14, 2020. Graveside services will be held Sunday, August 16, at 2:00 PM at Cross Plains Memorial Park in Cross Plains, Texas with Matt McGowen officiating. The family will have visitation on...