Funeral services were held at 3 p.m. Friday, March 18, 2005, at a Mass of Christian Burial in St. Joseph Catholic Church for Elita Higginbotham Hebert, 79, who died Tuesday, March 15, 2005, at her residence at 9:30 p.m..
Interment was in St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery #2.
Survivors include her husband of 57 years, Joseph "Saul" Hebert, of Rayne; two daughters, Betty Hebert Bryan and husband Julius, of Houston, Texas, Brunella Hebert Borne and husband Curtis, of Perry, Ga.; one grandson, Thomas Edwards Bryan, of Houston, Texas; and one brother, Ben J. Higginbotham, of Church Point.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Robert Higginbotham and Marie Briscoe Higginbotham; four brothers, Elridge, Horace, Abram and Harry Higginbotham; and six sisters, Mary Belle Olivier, Agatha Guidry, Dula Bergeron, Ella Thibodeaux, May Ashford and Denilda Richard.
Mrs. Hebert was a housewife and enjoyed working in her flower bed.
A rosary was recited at 7:00 p.m. Thursday.
The family requested that the visiting hours be observed on Thursday from 10 a.m. until 9 p.m. and Friday from 8 a.m. until service time.
The Hebert family would like to thank Southern Hospice and Dr. D. Thomas Curtis and many friends who helped in the time of their need.
Arrangements were entrusted to Gossen Funeral Home Inc. of Rayne.
Rayne Acadian-Tribune 03/2005
Funeral services were held at 3 p.m. Friday, March 18, 2005, at a Mass of Christian Burial in St. Joseph Catholic Church for Elita Higginbotham Hebert, 79, who died Tuesday, March 15, 2005, at her residence at 9:30 p.m..
Interment was in St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery #2.
Survivors include her husband of 57 years, Joseph "Saul" Hebert, of Rayne; two daughters, Betty Hebert Bryan and husband Julius, of Houston, Texas, Brunella Hebert Borne and husband Curtis, of Perry, Ga.; one grandson, Thomas Edwards Bryan, of Houston, Texas; and one brother, Ben J. Higginbotham, of Church Point.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Robert Higginbotham and Marie Briscoe Higginbotham; four brothers, Elridge, Horace, Abram and Harry Higginbotham; and six sisters, Mary Belle Olivier, Agatha Guidry, Dula Bergeron, Ella Thibodeaux, May Ashford and Denilda Richard.
Mrs. Hebert was a housewife and enjoyed working in her flower bed.
A rosary was recited at 7:00 p.m. Thursday.
The family requested that the visiting hours be observed on Thursday from 10 a.m. until 9 p.m. and Friday from 8 a.m. until service time.
The Hebert family would like to thank Southern Hospice and Dr. D. Thomas Curtis and many friends who helped in the time of their need.
Arrangements were entrusted to Gossen Funeral Home Inc. of Rayne.
Rayne Acadian-Tribune 03/2005
Family Members
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Agatha Higginbotham Guidry
1904–1970
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Eldridge Higginbotham
1906–1968
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Horace Higginbotham
1909–1983
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May Higginbotham Ashford
1913–1998
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Abraham R. Higginbotham
1914–1983
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Mary Dula "Dula" Higginbotham Bergeron
1917–1995
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Marie Ella Higginbotham Thibodeaux
1922–2001
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Ben Joseph Higginbotham
1924–2013
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Harry Higginbotham
1927–2004
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Dewilda Higginbotham Richard
1929–2003
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