Toliver Strickland "Tol" Higginbotham (1879-1975) AL/TX
Dr. T. S. (Tol) Higginbotham, 95, of Fort Worth and formerly of Abilene, retired Abilene optometrist, died Thursday night in a Fort Worth nursing home. Services will be at 11 a.m. Monday in Greenwood Funeral Home Chapel in Fort Worth.
Burial will follow in Greenwood Cemetery.
Born Nov. 17, 1879, in Oxford, Ala., Dr. Higginbotham moved to Texas in 1889, settling with his family in Dublin. He was an optometrist for 38 years, 33 of which were in Abilene. Dr. Higginbotham retired in 1952 and later moved to Fort Worth. He was a Baptist.
Survivors include three brothers, Arthur of Fort Worth, Dewey of Abilene and Clant of Ruidoso, N. M.; a sister, Mrs. Mattie Bowling of Hermleigh; three grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
Toliver Strickland "Tol" Higginbotham (1879-1975) AL/TX
Dr. T. S. (Tol) Higginbotham, 95, of Fort Worth and formerly of Abilene, retired Abilene optometrist, died Thursday night in a Fort Worth nursing home. Services will be at 11 a.m. Monday in Greenwood Funeral Home Chapel in Fort Worth.
Burial will follow in Greenwood Cemetery.
Born Nov. 17, 1879, in Oxford, Ala., Dr. Higginbotham moved to Texas in 1889, settling with his family in Dublin. He was an optometrist for 38 years, 33 of which were in Abilene. Dr. Higginbotham retired in 1952 and later moved to Fort Worth. He was a Baptist.
Survivors include three brothers, Arthur of Fort Worth, Dewey of Abilene and Clant of Ruidoso, N. M.; a sister, Mrs. Mattie Bowling of Hermleigh; three grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
Family Members
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Ezekial Holley Higginbotham
1877–1936
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Griffin Ray Higginbotham
1881–1960
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Adron Draper Higginbotham
1883–1966
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Martha Verda "Mattie" Higginbotham Vaughn
1884–1977
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Luther Judson Higginbotham
1886–1961
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William Arthur Higginbotham
1889–1982
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Myrtis Taylor Higginbotham
1893–1918
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Dewey Lee Higginbotham
1898–1976
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Clant Ellis Higginbotham Sr
1900–1995
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