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 1913 - 2007 (93 years)
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| Name |
Ralph Burger Higginbotham |
| Birth |
30 Jun 1913 |
Warren County, Tennessee  [1] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
8 Jun 2007 |
Murfreesboro, Rutherford County, Tennessee [1] |
| Burial |
11 Jun 2007 |
New Union Cemetery, Warren County, Tennessee [1, 2] |
| Person ID |
I3351 |
The Hennessee Family |
| Last Modified |
20 Oct 2019 |
| Father |
Robert Lee Higginbotham, b. 3 Apr 1872, Warren County, Tennessee d. 8 Mar 1923, Warren County, Tennessee (Age 50 years) |
| Mother |
Mary Della "Mollie" Massie, b. 7 May 1876, Warren County, Tennessee d. 18 May 1944, Warren County, Tennessee (Age 68 years) |
| Marriage |
6 Oct 1895 |
Warren County, Tennessee [3] |
| Family ID |
F10453 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Nellie Ruth "Ruth" Goodwin, b. 27 Jan 1917, Warren County, Tennessee d. 7 Jan 2005, Columbia, Maury County, Tennessee (Age 87 years) |
| Marriage |
5 Dec 1936 |
Warren County, Tennessee [1, 2] |
| Children |
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| Family ID |
F1304 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
30 Apr 2023 |
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| Notes |
- McMinnville resident and Warren County native Ralph Burger Higginbotham, age 93, was born June 30, 1913 and died June 8, 2007 at Raintree Manor Nursing Home following an extended illness.
A retired supervisor at Burroughs-Ross-Colville Company and a life-long member of the Methodist Church, he was the son of the late Robert Lee and Mary Della Massie Higginbotham.
He was born and raised on the Higginbotham family farm in the McCollum Bend of the Collins River.
He was a charter member of Moss Chapel Methodist Church and presently a member of Christ United Methodist Church.
He was married December 5, 1936 to Nellie Ruth Goodwin who preceded him in death January 7, 2005.
In addition to his wife and parents, he was preceded in death by one infant daughter and two infant sons; grandson, Michael Hennessee; son-in-law, Billy J. Hennessee; three brothers, Clarence, William and Harold Higginbotham and three sisters, Winnie Higginbotham, Florence Couch and Eva Mayfield.
He is survived by two daughters and son-in-law, Sue Hennessee of Columbia, TN and Carolyn and David M. McCarroll of Murfreesboro, TN; granddaughters and their husbands, Elizabeth and David Gibson of Franklin, TN, Martha and Joe Moss of Brentwood, TN and Kate McCarroll of Washington D.C.; great-grandsons and their wives, Michael and Andrea Hennessee of Franklin, TN and Chase and Sean Moss of Brentwood, TN; great-granddaughters and their husbands, Annie and Branden Glenn, April Gibson and Allyson and Nathan Gonzalez all of Franklin, TN; step-granddaughter, Kim Moss of Nashville, TN; great-great-grandchildren, Tristan and Issac Glenn, Taylor, Carlee and Michael Gauge Hennessee and Ezra Gonzalez all of Franklin, TN and several nieces and nephews.
Funeral service was held at 1:00 p.m. Monday, June 11, 2007 in High's Chapel with Mark Carrigan officiating. Burial followed in the New Union Cemetery on Hwy. 30 in McMinnville.
end of this obituary [1]
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- [S14711] "Ralph Burger Higginbotham, June 30, 1913 - June 08, 2007", Obituary, https://www.highfuneralhome.com/obituary/1705463,.
- [S2430] Sue Hennessee, telecon interview, 931.381.1137, 2 Jan 2010,.
- [S37019] Betty Higginbotham, telephone interview, 3 Jan 2010, 913.815.2822.
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