Weldon F. "Joe" Higginbotham, age 74, of Columbus, MS, passed away June 9, 2014, at Baptist Memorial Hospital. A memorial service will be Saturday, June 14, 2014, at 2:00 PM at the Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd with Rev. Anne Harris officiating. Visitation will be Friday, June 13, 2014, from 6:00 until 8:00 PM at Gunter & Peel Funeral Home. Mr. Higginbotham was born October 2, 1939, in Kilgore, TX, to the late William Weldon and Marion Sopher Higginbotham. He was a veteran of Vietnam serving in the United States Navy for 13 years. Mr. Higginbotham was a graduate of the University of Southern Mississippi. He was a past member of the National Association of Accountants and the Broadcast Financial Association. Mr. Higginbotham was and avid golfer and was past president of the Columbus Country Club. He attended the Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd and in addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife, Sylvia Robbins Higginbotham. Survivors include his daughters, Saxonie Eicholtz and her husband Tim of Louisville, KY, and Shay Erazo and her husband Dave of Miami, FL, brother, Robert Higginbotham of Madison, MS, sister, Anna Rogers of Mobile, AL, and grandchildren, Sarah "Sunny" Eicholtz, Cosmo Erazo, and Enzo Erazo. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Baptist Memorial Hospice Program, P.O. Box 1307, Columbus, MS, 39703.
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