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Dorothy Lenora <I>Higganbotham</I> King

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Dorothy Lenora Higganbotham King

Birth
Frederick, Tillman County, Oklahoma, USA
Death
2 Jul 2012 (aged 90)
Burial
Hot Springs, Garland County, Arkansas, USA Add to Map
Plot
Block 1, Lot 181, Space 2
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Dorothy Lenora King was born on August 2, 1921 in Frederick, OK to L. E. and Agnes (Mosely) Higganbotham. After living in Oklahoma for many years she and her husband John L. King retired to Murfreesboro, AR where they created their homestead called Valley of the Kings. Upon the death of her husband she moved to Hot Springs, AR where she continued her civic activities by volunteering for the Area Agency on Aging, Chamber of Commerce, and serving on the Board of Directors of Community Counseling for ten years. She was also very proud of being one of the last World War I widows.

Due to declining health she moved to Owasso, OK to be close to family. She passed away July 2, 2012 and will be buried after a private service at Morning Star Cemetery in Hot Springs, AR.

She is survived by one brother, Edward Higganbotham of Lawton, OK and her children, Donald Lee Nelson of Memphis, TN, Anna Marie Marsh of Owasso, OK, Mary Lou Dillard of Owasso, OK, Margaret Lynn Springer of Oklahoma City, OK, and Jack Todd King of Bucaramanga, Columbia, 12 grandchildren and 10 great grandchildren.
Dorothy Lenora King was born on August 2, 1921 in Frederick, OK to L. E. and Agnes (Mosely) Higganbotham. After living in Oklahoma for many years she and her husband John L. King retired to Murfreesboro, AR where they created their homestead called Valley of the Kings. Upon the death of her husband she moved to Hot Springs, AR where she continued her civic activities by volunteering for the Area Agency on Aging, Chamber of Commerce, and serving on the Board of Directors of Community Counseling for ten years. She was also very proud of being one of the last World War I widows.

Due to declining health she moved to Owasso, OK to be close to family. She passed away July 2, 2012 and will be buried after a private service at Morning Star Cemetery in Hot Springs, AR.

She is survived by one brother, Edward Higganbotham of Lawton, OK and her children, Donald Lee Nelson of Memphis, TN, Anna Marie Marsh of Owasso, OK, Mary Lou Dillard of Owasso, OK, Margaret Lynn Springer of Oklahoma City, OK, and Jack Todd King of Bucaramanga, Columbia, 12 grandchildren and 10 great grandchildren.

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