ADA HIGGINBOTHAM
ADA HIGGINBOTHAM OF FARMINGTON, MISSOURI FORMERLY OF CALEDONIA, MISSOURI WAS BORN TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1900 IN DESOTO, MISSOURI A DAUGHTER OF THE LATE HENEIETTE (OTTOMEYER) AND JOHN W. HARNESS. ADA DEPARTED THIS LIFE IN FARMINGTON, MISSOURI ON DECEMBER 1, 2001 AT THE AGE OF ONE HUNDRED AND ONE YEARS, TWO MONTHS AND THIRTEEN DAYS.
ADA WAS UNITED IN MARRIAGE TO MELZO M. HIGGINBOTHAM ON AUGUST 13, 1920 IN HILLSBORO, MISSOURI. THEY WERE BLESSED TO HAVE ONE SON BORN TO THE UNION.
ADA WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER HUSBAND MELZO HIGGINBOTHAM, ONE SON, LINDELL HIGGINBOTHAM, HER PARENTS, ONE SISTER, VERDIE MOODSTAW AND ONE BROTHER, ELZIE HARNESS.
ADA IS SURVIVED BY MANY NIECES, NEPHEWS, OTHER RELATIVES AND FRIENDS.
ADA AND HER HUSBAND OWNED AND OPERATED A FARM NEAR CALEDONIA FOR MANY YEARS. THEY TOOK GREAT PRIDE IN THE COMMUNITY AND THE CALEDONIA METHODIST CHURCH.
VISITATION FOR ADA WAS HELD MONDAY, DECEMBER 3, 2001 FROM 10:00 A.M. TO 2:00 P.M. AT THE MOORE FUNERAL HOME, POTOSI, MISSOURI.
FUNERAL SERVICES WERE HELD MONDAY, DECEMBER 3, 2001 AT 2:00 P.M. AT THE MOORE MEMORIAL CHAPEL WITH REV. BOB BULLOCK OFFICIATING. BURIAL WAS IN THE BLACKWELL MASONIC CEMETERY UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE MOORE FUNERAL HOME, POTOSI, MISSOURI.