HELEN HIGGINBOTHAM Obituary

HIGGINBOTHAM Mrs. Helen Ruth Frith Higginbotham, age 82, of Yulee, passed away at Baptist Medical Center - Nassau on Thursday morning, May 12, 2011. Born in Madison, FL she was one of four children born to the late Buck and Annie Parker Frith. As a young girl, the family sold the family farm and moved to Jasper, FL. They later moved to Jacksonville, where they ran a series of family grocery stores on the Eastside. In the early 1950s while living in the Norwood Section of Jacksonville, they purchased 40 acres in Yulee. They cleared the land for their home site, made their own coquina blocks for construction and built their home; where Mrs. Higginbotham has lived until her passing. She loved yard work and was known for her gardening skills that she willingly shared with many of her neighbors in the Hedges community. Mrs. Higginbotham had been a longtime member of the Hedges Baptist Church. She is preceded in death by: her husband, Lawrence W. Higginbotham, who passed away in 2000, a son, Don W. Higginbotham, who passed away in 2010, her two brothers, Ellis Frith, J.B. Frith and her sister, Bernice Dettore. Mrs. Higginbotham, leaves behind, her son, Delvin Higginbotham and his wife, Glenda, Yulee, FL, her grand dogs, Prissy, Skeeter, Bridget and Buster, nieces and nephews, Charlotte Hicks, Bryceville, FL, Fred Ellis, Jr., Jacksonville, FL, Sandy Perret, Callahan, FL, Diane Stone, Yulee, FL and a special friend and longtime neighbor, Mary Lou Doll Bennett. Funeral services will be at 11:00 am on Monday, May 16, 2011 from the Hedges Baptist Church, Yulee, FL with Reverend Mark Patterson, officiating. Mrs. Higginbotham will be laid to rest beside her husband in Hughes Cemetery. Her family will receive friends from 3:00 - 5:00 pm on Sunday at the Oxley Heard Funeral Home, Fernandina Beach, FL. Please share her life story at www.oxleyheard.com OXLEY - HEARD FUNERAL DIRECTORS Please Sign the Guestbook @ Jacksonville.com

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Published by Florida Times-Union on May 14, 2011.

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Donald and Cherry Hutcherson

May 18, 2011

Delvin and Glenda, my heart is breaking for you. Please know that our prayers are with you during this difficult time. Although I only met Grandma Higginbotham once, she reminded me so much of my Granny Frances. I know my son loved her dearly and would help with anything needed. I also know she loved him like he was her own Grandson. Please know that we are thinking about you and if you need anything at all, please call no matter what time it may be.

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