Local Obituaries for Higginbotham Funeral Home - Cross Plains

May 19, 2017

Darla Gay Bowman, 60 passed on May 19, 2017 in Baird, TX. A graveside service will be held at 10 a.m. on Monday, May 22 at Cottonwood Cemetery under the direction of Higginbotham Funeral Home. Darla was born August 1, 1956 to Lois Chalk in Lovelland, TX. She lived most of her life in Abilene area. She worked several years...

May 15, 2017

May 14, 2017

Betty C. Busbee, 87, of Rising Star, passed away Sunday, May 14, 2017. Visitation will be held Tuesday, May 16 from 6 to 8 PM at First Baptist Church in Rising Star, TX. Funeral service will be held Wednesday, May 17 at 2:00 PM at the First Baptist Church in Rising Star. Burial will follow the service at the Rising...

May 6, 2017

Lee Roy Higginbottom, 79, of Abilene and formerly of Cross Plains, passed away Saturday, May 6, 2017 in Abilene. Visitation will be held Sunday, May 7 from 3 to 5 PM at Higginbotham Funeral Home, Cross Plains, TX. A graveside service will be held Monday, May 8 at 10 AM at Carbon Cemetery. Lee Roy was born on February 27,...

Apr 8, 2017

Donnie Ray Gray, 79, of May, TX, passed away on Saturday, April 8, 2017. Graveside services will be held at 10:00 AM, Tuesday, April 11, 2017 at the Blake Cemetery in Brown County, Texas with John Tunnell officiating. Donnie was born on August 5, 1937 in Cross Plains, TX to the Late Marvin and Eva Chatham-Gray. He served in the...

Apr 6, 2017

Jimmy Don Lee, 40, of Coppell, TX, passed away on Thursday, April 6, 2017. Graveside services will be held at 2:00 PM, Monday, April 10, 2017 at the Cross Plains Cemetery in Cross Plains, Texas with Pat Wilson officiating. Jimmy was born on February 23, 1977 in Eastland, TX to the Late Wayne Forrest and Hazel Louise Lee-Reed. Jimmy is...

Apr 5, 2017

Azalee B. Womack, 84, of Cross Plains passed away Wednesday, April 5, 2017 in Brownwood, TX. Visitation will be Saturday, April 8 from 10 to 11:30 AM at Higginbotham Funeral Home. Funeral services will follow at 2 PM at the Cross Plains Church of Christ. Visitation in Rotan will be held Sunday, April 9 from 1 to 2 PM at...

Mar 26, 2017

Elizabeth Ann Stearns, 87, of Cross Plains, TX, went to be in the loving arms of her Heavenly Father on March 26, 2017. Memorial services will be held at 2:00 PM, Friday, March 31, 2017 at the First Baptist Church in Cross Plains with Ronnie White officiating. Elizabeth Ann was born to the Late O. E. and Virginia Medley on...

Mar 23, 2017

Virginia Baird Pope, 96, of Cisco passed away peacefully Thursday, March 23, 2017 at home. Funeral service will be held Saturday, March 25 at 2 PM at Higginbotham Funeral Home Cross Plains. Burial will follow at Cross Plains Memorial Park. Visitation will be Friday from 5 to 7 PM. Virginia was born on July 7, 1920 in Coleman County, TX...

Mar 2, 2017

Virgil Vernon Clark, 85, of Rising Star, TX, passed away in Brownwood on Thursday, March 2, 2017. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 PM, Saturday, March 4, 2017 at the First Baptist Church in Rising Star with Terry Simmons officiating. Burial will follow the service at the Rising Star Cemetery in Rising Star, Texas. The family will have a...

Feb 18, 2017

Wilbur Roger Williams, 85, of Cross Plains passed away Saturday, February 18, 2017 in Abilene, TX. A funeral service will be held Wednesday, February 22, 2017 at 2 PM at the Higginbotham Funeral Home Chapel. Burial with military honors will follow at Cross Plains Memorial Park, Cross Plains, TX. Roger was born on June 7, 1931 in Cross Plains to...

Feb 12, 2017

Betty Aiken, 78, of Cross Plains, TX, passed away in Rising Star on Sunday, February 12, 2017. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 PM, Wednesday, February 15 at The Church of Christ in Cross Plains with Bob Pipes officiating. Burial will follow the service at the Cross Plains Cemetery in Cross Plains, Texas. The family will have a time...

Feb 6, 2017

Aubrey B. “Moose” Childers, 74, of Abilene, died Monday, February 6, 2017, at Abilene Regional Hospital. Born July 1, 1942 in Cottonwood, he was the son of the late Custer Blanton and Lillie Wilcoxen Childers. After schooling, he was called into the Army, and spent 12 months in Viet Nam. He was an avid hunter, loved the outside and loved...

Feb 5, 2017

Feb 4, 2017

Michael R. Ingram, 70, of Cross Plains, TX, passed away in Plano on Saturday, February 4, 2017. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 PM, Tuesday, February 7 at Higginbotham Funeral Home Chapel in Cross Plains with John Swift officiating. Burial will follow the service at the Cross Plains Cemetery in Cross Plains, Texas. Michael was born on December 28,...

Jan 27, 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...

Jan 18, 2017

Merillyn Aiken, 74, of Cross Plains, TX, passed away in Abilene on Wednesday, January 18, 2017. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 PM, Monday, January 23, 2017 at Higginbotham Funeral Home Chapel in Cross Plains with Jeff Addison officiating. Burial will follow the service at the Pioneer Cemetery in Cross Plains, Texas. The family will have a time of...

Jan 17, 2017

Peggy Joyce (Stark) Chambers passed away quietly in Hendrick Hospital’s Hospice center on January 17, 2017 with her family present. She was born on October 21, 1928 in Benjamin, Texas, lived there in her early years and then moved to Ft. Worth, TX. during her formative years. There she met her “Knight in Shining Armor”, Carl Chambers, more commonly known...

Jan 17, 2017

Sondra Kay Merrill-Pope, age 47, of Burkett, TX, passed away in Abilene on Tuesday, January 17, 2017. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 PM, Friday, January 20, 2017 at Higginbotham Funeral Home Chapel in Cross Plains, Texas with David Wallace officiating. Burial will follow the service at Burkett Cemetery in Burkett, Texas. The family will have a time of...

Jan 13, 2017

Jo Anna Kinsey, age 80, of Rising Star, TX, passed away in Rising Star on Friday, January 13, 2017. Graveside Services will be held at 2:00 PM, Monday, January 16, 2017 at Romney Cemetery in Eastland County, Texas with Terry Jackson officiating. The family will have a time of visitation from 10:00 – Noon, before the Graveside Service at The...