Local Obituaries for Higginbotham Funeral Home - Cross Plains

Apr 2, 2020

Teddy Michael Merrick passed away peacefully Thursday evening, April 2, 2020 in Fort Worth TX. Teddy was born July 12, 1948 in Big Spring Texas to Walker and Cleo (Anderson) Merrick. He married Donna Merrick November 20, 1967 in Big Spring Texas. He graduated from Coahoma High School, attended Howard College and served 13 years in the United States Air...

Mar 24, 2020

Griff Mack McConal was born on July 2, 1932 in Shack Town, Texas (now known as Welch, Texas). He passed away March 24, 2020, in Cisco, Texas. Coach Mac, as he was known to most, loved sports, being outdoors, and Volkswagen Beetles. He was known to set up hay bales for the grandkids to learn to drive in an old...

Mar 16, 2020

Evelyn King-Barnes, 75, of Cross Plains, Texas passed away on Monday, March 16, 2020 at her residence in Cross Plains, Texas. Evelyn’s wishes were to be cremated so the family will have private memorial service at a later date. Evelyn was born November 17, 1944 in Hobbs, New Mexico to the Late James Oscar King and Eunice Ray Wortham-King. Evelyn...

Mar 10, 2020

Hugh Gene Thomas, 72, of Cross Plains, Texas passed away on Tuesday, March 10, 2020 in Abilene, Texas. Funeral service will be held Saturday, March 14, at 11:00 AM at Higginbotham Funeral Home Chapel in Cross Plains, Texas. Burial will follow at Cross Cut Cemetery in Brown County, Texas. Gene was born December 14, 1947 in May, Texas to the...

Feb 28, 2020

JOHNNY CHANCE CONNELLY, age 39, of Cross Plains, Texas went to be with the Lord on Friday, February 28, 2020. Funeral service will be held on Friday, March 6 at 2:00 PM at Higginbotham Funeral Home Chapel in Cross Plains, Texas with Dick Schultz officiating and Mike Korzenewski assisting. Burial will follow at Burkett Cemetery in Burkett, Texas. The family...

Feb 26, 2020

Karen L. Draper Hamm, 56, of Cross Plains, Texas passed away on Wednesday, February 26, 2020 in Abilene, Texas. Funeral service will be held Sunday, March 1, at 2:00 PM at Pioneer Baptist Church in Pioneer, Texas with Dwayne Clowers officiating and Don Draper assisting. Burial will follow at Cross Plains Memorial Park in Cross Plains, Texas. The family will...

Feb 25, 2020

Orville M. Holland, 90, of Cross Plains, Texas passed away on Tuesday, February 25, 2020 in Comanche, Texas. Funeral service will be held Saturday, February 29, at 2:00 PM at Higginbotham Funeral Home Chapel in Cross Plains, Texas. Burial will follow at Gardens of Memory Cemetery in Comanche County, Texas. The family will have a time of visitation Friday, February...

Feb 16, 2020

Rex G. Maxwell, 90, of Cross Plains, Texas passed away on Sunday, February 16, 2020 in Rising Star, Texas surrounded by his family. Funeral service will be held Saturday, February 22, at 2:00 PM at Higginbotham Funeral Home Chapel in Cross Plains, Texas. Burial will follow at Cross Cut Cemetery in Brown County, Texas. The family will have a time...

Feb 11, 2020

Olena Hellums Ezzell, 94, of Rising Star, Texas passed away on Tuesday, February 11, 2020 in Rising Star, Texas surrounded by her family. Funeral service will be held Saturday, February 15, at 11:00 AM at the Church of Christ in Rising Star, Texas with Terry Jackson officiating and Shannon Dudley assisting. Burial will follow at Rising Star Cemetery in Rising...

Feb 7, 2020

Ann Baum Cross, 87, of San Angelo, passed away February 7, 2020, at New Haven Assisted Living and Memory Care. Graveside services will be held at Cross Plains Memorial Park, Cross Plains, Callahan, Texas, on Saturday, February 22, 2020, at 11:00 AM A lifelong Texan, Ann was born January 26, 1933, in Big Spring, Texas, to Parker and Vera Baum....

Jan 30, 2020

Jan 28, 2020

Gaylia Joyce (Irvin) Underwood Birch, 81 of Cross Plains, Texas passed away Tuesday, January 28, 2020 surrounded by her family in Midland, Texas. She was born on December 14, 1938 in Eastland County, Texas to the late Loron and Alice (Flowers) Irvin. She attended schools in Rising Star and Cross Plains, Texas. Gaylia married Gordon Lee Underwood in 1956 and...

Jan 14, 2020

W. F. Moore, 93, of Corinth, Texas passed away on Tuesday, January 14, 2020 in Denton, Texas surrounded by hIs family. Graveside service will be held Sunday, January 19, 2020, at 1:30 PM at Cottonwood Cemetery in Cottonwood, Texas. The family will have a time of visitation Sunday, January 19, 2020 from 12:00-1:00 pm at Higginbotham Funeral Home in Cross...

Dec 10, 2019

Bob Henry Robinson, 73, of Cottonwood passed away at his home on December 10, 2019. Funeral service will be held Saturday, December 14, at 2:00 PM at Higginbotham Funeral Home Chapel in Cross Plains, Texas with R.D. Childers officiating. Burial will follow at Cottonwood Cemetery in Cottonwood, Texas. The family will have a time of visitation Friday, December 13 from...

Nov 26, 2019

Lucille Montgomery Payne passed away November 26, 2019. She was born in Cross Plains on April 26, 1923 to Loyd and Cassie Montgomery. She married her high school sweetheart, Glenn Wiley Payne, on May 16, 1942 and they made their home west of Cross Plains as they began a life of farming and ranching. They were baptized together on July...

Nov 17, 2019

Martha Kathryn (Austin) Dillard, 85, formally of Cross Plains, Texas passed away on Sunday, November 17, 2019 in Abilene, Texas surrounded by her family. Funeral service will be held Wednesday, November 20, at 10:00 AM at Higginbotham Funeral Home Chapel in Cross Plains, Texas with Max Evens officiating and Connie Kirkham assisting. Burial will follow at Cross Plains Memorial Park....

Nov 17, 2019

Nov 1, 2019

Glenn Wesley Erwin, 95, formerly of San Angelo, Texas passed away on Friday, November 1, 2019 in Kyle, Texas. Graveside service will be held Saturday, November 9, at 1:00 PM at Sabanno Cemetery, a cemetery donated by his grandfather, James Samuel Erwin, near Cross Plains, Texas. The family will have a time of visitation Saturday, November 9 from 11:30-12:45 pm...

Oct 17, 2019

Norma Jean Moore, 82, of Cross Plains, Texas passed away on Thursday, October 17, 2019 in Ballinger, Texas surrounded by her family. Funeral service will be held Saturday, October 19, at 1:00 PM at Higginbotham Funeral Home Chapel in Cross Plains, Texas with Charles Chesshir officiating. Burial will follow at Smith Springs Cemetery in Stephenville, Texas. The family will have...

Sep 23, 2019

Aggie Lancaster, 87, of Rising Star, Texas passed away on Monday, September 23, 2019 in Rising Star, Texas. Funeral service will be held Sunday, September 29, at 2:00 PM at Higginbotham Funeral Home in Cross Plains, Texas. Burial will follow at the Wolf Valley Cemetery in Brown County. Aggie was born February 5, 1932 in Blanco, New Mexico to the...