Sylvia Robbins Higginbotham, age 72, of Columbus, MS, passed away February 8, 2014, at Baptist Memorial Hospital. A memorial service will be held on Tuesday, February 11, 2014, at 2:00 PM at the Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd with Rev. Sandra Depriest officiating. Visitation will be Monday, February 10, 2014, from 6:00 - 8:00 PM at Gunter & Peel Funeral Home and also Tuesday, one hour prior to the memorial service at the church. Mrs. Higginbotham was born November 2, 1941, in Laurel, MS, to the late Frank and Floye Temple Robbins. She was a graduate of Ellisville High School and she attended the University of North Carolina in Greensboro and the University of Louisiana in Lafayette. Mrs. Higginbotham worked in various media outlets locally and out of town including TV, radio, and print. She also worked in tourism serving as the fomer exective director for both the Columbus Historical Foundation and the Columbus Arts Council. Mrs. Higginbotham was a member of St. Paul's Episcopal Church and attended the Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her brother, Fr. Joel Robbins, and sister, Marlene Sumrall. Survivors include her husband, Weldon F. "Joe" Higginbotham of Columbus, daughters, Saxonie Eicholtz and her husband Tim of Louisville, KY, and Shay Erazo and her husband Dave of Miami, FL, and grandchildren, Sarah "Sunny" Eicholtz, Cosmo Erazo, and Enzo Erazo. In lieu of Flowers, memorials may be sent to the American Diabetes Association, 16 Northtown Dr., Jackson, MS, 39211.
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