The Life of Percy Pierre Higginbotham
View Memorial Tribute Funeral services will be held on Tuesday, April 1, 2008, at a 2:00 PM Mass of Christian Burial in La Chapelle de Martin & Castille in Lafayette, for Percy Pierre Higginbotham, 89, who passed away peacefully on Sunday, March 30, 2008 at Louisiana Extended Care Hospital in Lafayette.
Interment will be in Lafayette Memorial Park.Reverend Floyd J. Calais will be the Celebrant of the Funeral Mass and will conduct the funeral services. Giftbearers will be Dixie Benoit and Sandra Higginbotham. Lectors will be Judy Laister and Pennye Huval. Judy Laister, soloist, accompanied by Pennye Huval, guitarist, will sing "On Eagles' Wings", "Amazing Grace", "The Old Rugged Cross" and "Here I Am Lord" for the services.
Survivors include his beloved wife of 35 years, Dervine "Dee" B. Higginbotham; two daughters, Judy Laister and Patsy Martin and her husband Clarence "Jr"; two sons, Larry Higginbotham and his wife Elizabeth and Larry Benoit and his wife Dixie; eight grandchildren, Pennye Huval, Myra Mouton, Alan Huval, Larry Lee Higginbotham, Terry Higginbotham and his wife Amanda, Sherie Laake, Lonny Benoit and his wife Amie, and Jamie Benoit and his wife Crystal; eight great grandchildren, Kaleb, Dillon, Harli, Chelsey, Austin, Maxwell, Mason, and Brooke "Sugar Pie"; three sisters, Rose Mary Tiblier and her husband "Bootsy" , Melba Ruth Higginbotham and Shirley Parker; two brothers, George Higginbotham and Dennis Higginbotham and his wife "Toot"; and his best friend, Beau, his dog.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Nelson and Edna Delcambre Higginbotham; first wife, Marie Louise C. Higginbotham; one son, Randall Higginbotham; and two brothers, Curtis Higginbotham and Carey Higginbotham.A native of Youngsville, a resident of Biloxi, Mississippi for most of his life, after retirement Mr. Higginbotham returned to Lafayette to enjoy the place he called home. Percy was an avid golfer and bowler, having made four holes in one while playing golf and bowled a 300 game.
He was a Semi-Pro Bowler for sixteen years, was the Mississippi State Singles Champion in 1963 and 1964, and was a founding member of Sr. Golf Association at Les Vieux Chenes. Mr. Higginbotham proudly served his country as a member of the Unites States Marines in WWII and the Pacific Theater and spent 10 years in Mississippi as a First Sergeant in the National Guard. He was an usher and a member of the Sr. Club at St. Pius Catholic Church in Lafayette. Percy Higginbotham had a great love for all of his family and enjoyed life thoroughly.
He will be greatly missed by all who knew him.Pallbearers will be Larry Higginbotham, Larry Benoit, Lonny Benoit, Jamie Benoit, Alan Huval and Clarence "Jr" Martin.A Rosary will be prayed Monday, March 31 at 7:00 PM in Martin & Castille Funeral Home. The family requests that visitation be observed on Monday from 4:00 PM to 9:00 PM and on Tuesday from 8:00 AM until time of service. In lieu of flowers, please make donations to St. Jude's Children's Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105 or Hospice of Acadiana, 2600 Johnston St., Suite 200, Lafayette, LA 70503.
The family wishes to give special thanks to the 6th floor stroke unit at Our Lady of Lourdes Medical Center, to the LHC Extended Care Unit at Lafayette General and Dr. Michael Alexander and his staff.View the obituary and guestbook online at www.mourning.com Martin & Castille-Lafayette, 234-2311
