A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11:00 am on Thursday, December 19, 2019 at St. Pius X Catholic Church for James Monroe Higginbotham II, 90, who passed away on December 15, 2019.
Burial will take place in Calvary Mausoleum.
James retired from the U. S. Air Force serving from 1948 to 1989. “Mr. Hicks” was a Band Director in the Lafayette Parish School System for over 30 years. James was the Director of the ROTC band at UL in the early 1960's. He was a member of the Lafayette and New Iberia Community Concert Bands.
James, a resident of Lafayette, was the son of the late James M. Higginbotham and the former Agnes Broussard.
He is survived by his beloved wife of 63 years, Amelia Broussard Higginbotham; children, James M. Higginbotham III and his wife, Lori, Lisa Higginbotham and her partner, Patton Whittington, Hope Gajan and her husband, Joseph, David Higginbotham and his wife, Gayle, Lorraine Richard and her husband, Freddie, and Father Matthew Higginbotham; twenty grandchildren, eighteen great-grandchildren, and sister, Barbara Ellis.
He was preceded in death by his parents and son, Michael Joseph Higginbotham.
Burial will take place in Calvary Mausoleum.
James retired from the U. S. Air Force serving from 1948 to 1989. “Mr. Hicks” was a Band Director in the Lafayette Parish School System for over 30 years. James was the Director of the ROTC band at UL in the early 1960's. He was a member of the Lafayette and New Iberia Community Concert Bands.
James, a resident of Lafayette, was the son of the late James M. Higginbotham and the former Agnes Broussard.
He is survived by his beloved wife of 63 years, Amelia Broussard Higginbotham; children, James M. Higginbotham III and his wife, Lori, Lisa Higginbotham and her partner, Patton Whittington, Hope Gajan and her husband, Joseph, David Higginbotham and his wife, Gayle, Lorraine Richard and her husband, Freddie, and Father Matthew Higginbotham; twenty grandchildren, eighteen great-grandchildren, and sister, Barbara Ellis.
He was preceded in death by his parents and son, Michael Joseph Higginbotham.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11:00 am on Thursday, December 19, 2019 at St. Pius X Catholic Church for James Monroe Higginbotham II, 90, who passed away on December 15, 2019.
Burial will take place in Calvary Mausoleum.
James retired from the U. S. Air Force serving from 1948 to 1989. “Mr. Hicks” was a Band Director in the Lafayette Parish School System for over 30 years. James was the Director of the ROTC band at UL in the early 1960's. He was a member of the Lafayette and New Iberia Community Concert Bands.
James, a resident of Lafayette, was the son of the late James M. Higginbotham and the former Agnes Broussard.
He is survived by his beloved wife of 63 years, Amelia Broussard Higginbotham; children, James M. Higginbotham III and his wife, Lori, Lisa Higginbotham and her partner, Patton Whittington, Hope Gajan and her husband, Joseph, David Higginbotham and his wife, Gayle, Lorraine Richard and her husband, Freddie, and Father Matthew Higginbotham; twenty grandchildren, eighteen great-grandchildren, and sister, Barbara Ellis.
He was preceded in death by his parents and son, Michael Joseph Higginbotham.
Burial will take place in Calvary Mausoleum.
James retired from the U. S. Air Force serving from 1948 to 1989. “Mr. Hicks” was a Band Director in the Lafayette Parish School System for over 30 years. James was the Director of the ROTC band at UL in the early 1960's. He was a member of the Lafayette and New Iberia Community Concert Bands.
James, a resident of Lafayette, was the son of the late James M. Higginbotham and the former Agnes Broussard.
He is survived by his beloved wife of 63 years, Amelia Broussard Higginbotham; children, James M. Higginbotham III and his wife, Lori, Lisa Higginbotham and her partner, Patton Whittington, Hope Gajan and her husband, Joseph, David Higginbotham and his wife, Gayle, Lorraine Richard and her husband, Freddie, and Father Matthew Higginbotham; twenty grandchildren, eighteen great-grandchildren, and sister, Barbara Ellis.
He was preceded in death by his parents and son, Michael Joseph Higginbotham.
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