OBITUARIES
Paul Neeb
Sep 22, 2017
Raymond Paul Neeb, 89, of Cross Plains, passed away Friday, September 22 at the Rising Star Nursing Center in Rising Star, TX. Paul was born May 21, 1928 to the late Raymond Milton (Pete) and Dona Mae Miller-Neeb in Cross Plains, TX. He attended Cross Plains High School and worked at the Gibson Ranch. He was an Army veteran and...
Ernestine Alford
Sep 21, 2017
Ernestine Alford, 90 of May passed away Thursday, September 21, 2017 in Brownwood. A graveside service will be held on Sunday, September 24, 2017 at 2:00 PM at the Amity Cemetery in Comanche county. Ernestine was born on June 13, 1927 in Doole, TX. to the late John Martin McMillan and Lillie Mae Williams McMillan. She married Grady Alford on...
Susan Kelsey
Sep 19, 2017
Susan Kelsey, 59, of Rising Star passed away on Tuesday, September 19, 2017. A graveside service will be held Saturday, September 23, 2017 at 10 AM at the Stag Creek Cemetery, Comanche County, TX. Susan was born on January 27, 1958 in Dallas County to the late Ferguson Toland and Verna Bailey Toland. She leaves behind her loving husband James...
Neoma Cain
Sep 15, 2017
Neoma Ruth "Mutt" Cain, 92, of Rising Star passed away Friday, September 15, 2017 in Rising Star. A funeral service will be held Saturday, September 23, 2017 at 2 PM at the First Baptist Church of Rising Star. Following services Neoma had requested to be cremated. Neoma was born on December 2, 1924 in Rising Star to the late Virgil...
Louie Halcombe
Sep 5, 2017
Louie D. Halcombe, 90, of Cross Plains passed away Tuesday, September 5, 2017 in Comanche. A graveside service will be held Thursday, September 7, 2017 at 10 AM at the Atwell Cemetery. Louie was born on January 25, 1927 in Murfreesboro, Arkansas to the late Roosevelt Halcombe and Magnolia Lockaby Halcombe. He proudly served his country during WWII in the...
Wanda Matthews
Sep 5, 2017
Wanda A. Matthews, 79, of Cross Plains passed away Tuesday, September 5, 2017 in Coleman, TX. A graveside service will be held Thursday, September 7, 2017 at 2 PM at Cross Plains Memorial Park with Bob Pipes officiating. Services are under the direction of Higginbotham Funeral Home. Wanda was born on July 7, 1938 to the late Floyd Reynolds and...
Grady Alford
Aug 29, 2017
Grady Alford, 94, of May passed away Tuesday, August 29, 2017 in Brownwood. A graveside service will be held on Saturday, September 2, 2017 at 2:00 PM at the Amity Cemetery in Comanche county. Visitation will be held prior to the service from 12:00 to 1:30 PM at Higginbotham Funeral Home. Grady was born on December 25, 1922 in Holder,...
Kenneth Beeler
Aug 12, 2017
Kenneth Ray Beeler, 81, passed away on August, 12 at Hendrick Hospice Care, Abilene, Texas. He was the husband of Ann (Little) Beeler. They shared 56 years of marriage together. Born May 11, 1936 in Cross Plains, Texas, he was the son of Claude Beeler and Oleta Swafford. He was a 50-year member of the Masonic Lodge and a member...
Melva Gilliam
Aug 3, 2017
Melva Faye Gilliam, 81, of Garland formally of Cottonwood, Texas, passed away Thursday, August 3 in Garland, TX. Funeral service will be held Monday, August 7, 2017 at 10:00 AM at Higginbotham Funeral Home Chapel with Matt McGowen officiating. Burial will follow the service at the Cottonwood Cemetery in Callahan County, TX. The family will have a time of visitation...
Connie Pittman
Jul 29, 2017
Connie Pittman, age 79 of Brownwood, TX, passed away on Saturday, July 29, 2017 in Odessa, TX. Funeral Service will be at 11:00 am Tuesday, August 1 at Higginbotham Funeral Home Chapel in Cross Plains, TX. Burial will follow the service at Blake Cemetery in Brown County, TX. Connie was born to late Marvin and Eva Collins-Gray on August, 1937...
Judith Watson
Jul 28, 2017
Judith Watson, 67, of Houston, passed away Friday, July 28 in Rising Star, TX. Graveside service will be held Tuesday, August 11, 2017 at 11:00 AM at Cottonwood Cemetery. The family will have a time of visitation at Higginbotham Funeral Home prior to the service from 9:00-10:30 pm. Judith was born to the late Kenneth Frances and Marjorie Rice-Sidenblad in...
Richard Ames
Jul 22, 2017
Richard Caldwell Ames, 85, of Cross Plains, passed away Saturday, July 22, 2017 in Rising Star, TX. A graveside memorial service will be held Saturday, August 5, 2017 at 11:00 AM at Pioneer Cemetery. Richard was born to Ethel May Sloat & Richard Caldwell Ames, Sr. on May 8, 1932 in their home between Putnam & Moran, Callahan County, TX....
Eloyce Gallivan
Jul 21, 2017
Eloyce Gallivan, 89, of Loveland, Colorado died July 21, 2017. She was born January 11, 1928 in Wheeler County, Texas to Orman and Cornelia Sandifer. Memorial service will be held Wednesday, July 26, 2017, 2:30pm at the Loveland Church of Christ, 4100 S Taft Ave, Loveland, CO. Burial and graveside funeral service will be held at 10:30 am, Saturday, July...
Lucille Barr
Jul 19, 2017
It is with great sadness that the family of Lucille Edington Barr, announce that Lucille has passed peacefully on June19, 2017 at Holiday Hill Nursing Home in Coleman, Texas. She was surrounded by her loving family and staff at Holiday Hill Nursing Inc. Visitation will be held Friday, July 21, 2017 from 1 to 2 PM at Higginbotham Funeral Home....
Billy "Bud" Linney
Jul 18, 2017
Billy Don “Bud” Linney, 78, of Rising Star, passed away Tuesday, July 18, 2017 in Rising Star. Visitation will be held Thursday, July 20 from 6 to 8 PM at First Baptist Church, Rising Star, TX. A Funeral service will be held Friday, July 21 at 10 AM at First Baptist Church in Rising Star, burial will follow at Rising...
Alma Erwin
Jul 11, 2017
Alma Dahmann Erwin, 88, of San Angelo passed from this life on July 11, 2017. Visitation will be held at Higginbotham Funeral Home in Cross Plains at 10:00 am with graveside service to follow at the Sabanno Cemetery at 11:00 am on Saturday, July 15, 2017. She was born May 28, 1929 to the late Frieda and Fritz Dahmann in...
Ladonna Moenning
Jul 6, 2017
LaDonna McNeal Moenning, 55, of Cross Plains passed away Thursday, July 6, 2017 in Abilene. Visitation with the family will be Friday from 5 to 7 PM at Higginbotham Funeral Home. A funeral service will be held at the First Baptist Church, Cross Plains at 2 PM on Saturday, July 8, 2017. Burial will follow at Cross Plains Memorial Park....
Georgia Culwell
Jul 5, 2017
Georgia Culwell, 72 of Cross Plains, TX, passed away on Wednesday, July 5, 2017. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 PM, Friday, July 7, 2017 at Higginbotham Funeral Home Chapel in Cross Plains, Texas. Burial will follow the service at the Cottonwood Cemetery in Cottonwood, Texas. Georgia was born on December 11, 1944 in Plainview, TX., to the late...
Otto Rudloff
Jul 3, 2017
Otto Rudloff, 72, (known to family as JR) went to be with our Lord and Savior on July 3, 2017 surrounded by his family. Visitation will be held Friday, July 7, 2017 from 6 to 8 PM at Higginbotham Funeral Home, Cross Plains, TX. Funeral services will be held Saturday, July 8 at the funeral home. Burial will follow at...
