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Rance Higginbotham Obituary

Rance J. Higginbotham Funeral services for Rance J. Higginbotham, 55, will be at 2 p.m. Monday at 11th and Amarillo Street Church of Christ with J. Henderson officiating. Burial will be in Plainview Memorial Park by Bartley Funeral Home. Visitation will be from 7-9 p.m. today at the funeral home. Mr. Higginbotham died Friday, Dec. 8, 2006, at his residence. He was born July 18, 1951, in Plainview to William Wesley and Opal Jo Higginbotham. He married Kathy Irene Clay on March 5, 1972, in Dickens. He lived in Plainview all of his life, graduating from Plainview High School in 1970. He was owner and operator of his own trucking company from 1974-90 and was working for Hendricks Trucking. He was a member of 11th and Amarillo Street Church of Christ. Survivors include his wife; two sons and one daughter-in-law, Dustin Scott and ShaMarie Higginbotham and Jason Dale Higginbotham, all of Plainview; his mother, Opal Jo Higginbotham of Lubbock; one brother and sister-in-law, Bill and Vicki Higginbotham of Lubbock; and four nieces, Melissa Moore, Erin Higginbotham and Shannon Higginbotham, all of Lubbock, and Shawn Parrott of Idalou. His father, William Wesley Higginbotham, is deceased.

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Published by Plainview Daily Herald from Dec. 10 to Dec. 11, 2006.

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Alane Junod

December 11, 2006

I am so sorry to hear about Rance. My thoughts and prayers are with your family during this time. God Bless

Cyndy Fridge

December 11, 2006

Kathy, Bill and I are in Seminole at this time and are sorry we cannot be there today. However, our thoughts and prayers are with you and your family. We thought a lot of you and Rance. In Christian Love,
Bill and Cyndy Fridge

Tim Field

December 10, 2006

Kathy & Boys:
Sorry to read about the passing of Rance. Hope that you will find the strength that you need through GOD. You and the Family are in our prayers. May GOD bless you thru this very difficult time.

Jody and the Blackerby Family

December 10, 2006

May the love of friends and family carry you through your grief.

Hattie Hauschild

December 10, 2006

May God bless you and your family in this time of sorrow.

Valerie Addington

December 10, 2006

Thoughts and prayers are with you and your family as you go through this most difficult time. May your hearts be filled with wonderful memories as you celebrate a life well lived.

Jessica & Wesley Collins

December 10, 2006

We just want you to know that we are with you through this tough time. We are very sorry aobut your loss of daddy. We will be there for you if you need anything.

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