The Anniston Star
Jan 28, 1973
Claude Higginbotham
Claude Higginbotham, 86, of 1027 Constantine Ave., Anniston, died Friday in Anniston Memorial Hospital after a long illness.
Funeral services will be today at 2 p.m. at Providence Baptist Church in Ragland, Ala., with Rev. J. W. Minton officiating. Burial will be in Box Cemetery in Ragland with Gray Brown-Service Mortuary directing.
Survivors include a niece, Mrs. Gladys Freeman of Anniston and a number of other nieces and nephews.
Pallbearers will be nephews.
Mr. Higginbotham, a native of Ragland, had lived in Calhoun County 25 years and was a member of Providence Baptist Church in Ragland.
The body will remain at the funeral home until one hour prior to services.
The Birmingham News
Oct 2, 2006
HIGGINBOTHAM, ALBERT EARL age 90, of Cropwell, AL, died Sunday, October 01, 2006 at home. Mr. Higginbotham was born on October 7, 1915 in Sayreton, AL to the late Floyd Washington Higginbotham and Rosa Mae Buckalew Higginbotham. Albert served in WWII in the Pacific Theater as a Master Sergeant in the Headquarters & Service Company of the 1874th Engineer Aviation Battalion. He was a mining engineer for Republic Steel his entire career; working in Birmingham, AL, Uniontown, PA and Berry, AL. Albert was married to the late Alwilda Granger for fifty-nine years. Mr. Higginbotham is survived by his son, A. Darryl (Lee) Higginbotham; granddaughters, Storey H. (Curtis) Freeman and Samantha Higginbotham (Michael Thomas); great-grandson, Peyton Freeman; sister, Beryl H. Ferguson and numerous nieces and nephews. Visitation will be held on Tuesday, October 03, 2006 at 10:00 AM, Jefferson Memorial Trussville in the Abbey Mausoleum with Services following at 10:30 AM. Memorials may be given to the Big Oak Boys and Girls Ranch, Rainbow City, AL. Jefferson Memorial Trussville, directing.