MIDDLEPORT — Zora J. (Higginbotham) Rawson, 85, of Middleport, Ohio, went home to be with the Lord on Nov. 13, 2017. She was born on Jan. 31, 1932, in Southside, West Virginia, daughter of the late Floyd and Grace Higginbotham. She was a faithful member of Faith Valley Tabernacle Church. She married Emmett A. Rawson on Sept. 4, 1951. Mrs. Rawson is survived by her daughters, Pamela Sellers and Debra (Jerry) Yeauger and her son, E. Gregory (Lora) Rawson; five grandchildren, Kyla (Heath) Hudson, Scott Sellers, Josiah (Brandi) Rawson, Seth Rawson and Jordan Rawson; six great grandchildren, Kelsey and Griffin Hudson, Chloe, Isabelle and William Sellers, Koen Rawson and one on the way. She is also survived by sisters-in-law, Joann, Joan and Betty Higginbotham, and Wanda Hendrick; brothers-in-law, Handley Dunn, Don Rawson and Denver Rollins; several nieces and nephews; and a wonderful church family. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Emmett; six brothers and five sisters. Zora will be greatly missed by family and friends. Funeral services will be held on Thursday, Nov. 16, 2017 at 1 p.m. at the Anderson McDaniel Funeral Home in Pomeroy. Burial will follow at Meigs Memory Gardens. Visiting hours will be on Thursday from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the funeral home. Funeral Home Anderson McDaniel Funeral Homes 590 East Main Street Pomeroy, OH 45769 (740) 992-5141.
MIDDLEPORT — Zora J. (Higginbotham) Rawson, 85, of Middleport, Ohio, went home to be with the Lord on Nov. 13, 2017. She was born on Jan. 31, 1932, in Southside, West Virginia, daughter of the late Floyd and Grace Higginbotham. She was a faithful member of Faith Valley Tabernacle Church. She married Emmett A. Rawson on Sept. 4, 1951. Mrs. Rawson is survived by her daughters, Pamela Sellers and Debra (Jerry) Yeauger and her son, E. Gregory (Lora) Rawson; five grandchildren, Kyla (Heath) Hudson, Scott Sellers, Josiah (Brandi) Rawson, Seth Rawson and Jordan Rawson; six great grandchildren, Kelsey and Griffin Hudson, Chloe, Isabelle and William Sellers, Koen Rawson and one on the way. She is also survived by sisters-in-law, Joann, Joan and Betty Higginbotham, and Wanda Hendrick; brothers-in-law, Handley Dunn, Don Rawson and Denver Rollins; several nieces and nephews; and a wonderful church family. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Emmett; six brothers and five sisters. Zora will be greatly missed by family and friends. Funeral services will be held on Thursday, Nov. 16, 2017 at 1 p.m. at the Anderson McDaniel Funeral Home in Pomeroy. Burial will follow at Meigs Memory Gardens. Visiting hours will be on Thursday from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the funeral home. Funeral Home Anderson McDaniel Funeral Homes 590 East Main Street Pomeroy, OH 45769 (740) 992-5141.
Family Members
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PFC John Edward Higginbotham Sr
1915–1997
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Carol W Higginbotham
1917–1999
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Nellie M. Higginbotham Newell
1919–1997
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Raymond Higginbotham
1922–1922
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Dorothy Elizabeth Higginbotham Clonch
1923–1997
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Margaret Marie "Maggie" Higginbotham Sheppard
1925–2000
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PFC Paul W. Higginbotham
1927–1988
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PFC Robert Louis Higginbotham
1929–1995
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Ray Higginbotham
1934–2010
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Charles Alvin "Shug" Higginbotham
1936–2014
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Linda Lou Higginbotham Dunn
1942–2013
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