Mary Louise Higginbotham

SHREVEPORT, LA - Funeral services celebrating the life of Mary Louise Higginbotham, 91, will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Friday, August 5, 2016 at Rose-Neath Southside Funeral Home Chapel. Interment will follow at Forest Park West Cemetery. Visitation will be held prior to the services beginning at 10:00 a.m. until 11:00. Mary was born September 24, 1924 in Tulsa, OK and went to be with her Savior on July 31, 2016. She was a retired registered nurse and enjoyed spending time with her family and doing needlework. She was preceded in death by her parents, her loving husband Joseph W. Higginbotham, Sr., son Joseph W. Higginbotham, Jr., sister, Blanch "Babe" Smith and older brother, Jimmy Shields. Mary is survived by her daughter-in-law, Debbie Higginbotham; grandson, J.W. Higginbotham III and his wife Melissa; great-grandson, Joseph Martin Higginbotham; nieces, Carol Keller and Debi Akins; nephew, Carl Smith.