John Taylor Higginbotham (1900-1966) TX
Dallas-Services for former Dublin native John T. Higginbotham, 66, whose name was synonymous with the dry goods business in Texas, were held Monday at 4 p.m. in the Highland Presbyterian Church here. Burial was in Hillcrest Mausoleum.
Mr. Higginbotham, a leader in the dry goods and hardware business in Texas, died Sunday in Dallas.
Mr. Higginbotham was chairman of the board of Higginbotham-Bailey Co., wholesale dry goods firm, and was president of Higginbotham-Pearlstone Hardware Co. and Higginbotham Bros. & Co., which operate general stores, lumber yards and an implement company.
He was a director of the First national Bank in Dallas, Dallas Power and Light Co., Brenham Cotton Co., De Leon Peanut Co. and Higginbotham-Bartlett Lumber Co.
Mr. Higginbotham, a native of Dublin, Erath County, moved to Dallas in 1914, when Higginbotham-Bailey was established. He was the son of Rufus T. Higginbotham.
He attended Terrill Preparatory School here, the University of Virginia and Texas A&M. He was a member of Phi Delta Theta social fraternity.
Survivors include his wife; a son, John T. Higginbotham Jr. of Dallas; three daughters, Miss Rosa Nell Higginbotham, Mrs. C. Edward Acker and Mrs. Stewart Campbell of Dallas; a brother, R. W. Higginbotham Jr. of Dallas; two sisters, Mrs. Robert H. Stewart of Dallas and Mrs. George Nalle of Austin, and five grandchildren.
John Taylor Higginbotham (1900-1966) TX
Dallas-Services for former Dublin native John T. Higginbotham, 66, whose name was synonymous with the dry goods business in Texas, were held Monday at 4 p.m. in the Highland Presbyterian Church here. Burial was in Hillcrest Mausoleum.
Mr. Higginbotham, a leader in the dry goods and hardware business in Texas, died Sunday in Dallas.
Mr. Higginbotham was chairman of the board of Higginbotham-Bailey Co., wholesale dry goods firm, and was president of Higginbotham-Pearlstone Hardware Co. and Higginbotham Bros. & Co., which operate general stores, lumber yards and an implement company.
He was a director of the First national Bank in Dallas, Dallas Power and Light Co., Brenham Cotton Co., De Leon Peanut Co. and Higginbotham-Bartlett Lumber Co.
Mr. Higginbotham, a native of Dublin, Erath County, moved to Dallas in 1914, when Higginbotham-Bailey was established. He was the son of Rufus T. Higginbotham.
He attended Terrill Preparatory School here, the University of Virginia and Texas A&M. He was a member of Phi Delta Theta social fraternity.
Survivors include his wife; a son, John T. Higginbotham Jr. of Dallas; three daughters, Miss Rosa Nell Higginbotham, Mrs. C. Edward Acker and Mrs. Stewart Campbell of Dallas; a brother, R. W. Higginbotham Jr. of Dallas; two sisters, Mrs. Robert H. Stewart of Dallas and Mrs. George Nalle of Austin, and five grandchildren.
Family Members
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Louise Harris Higginbotham Nash
1885–1962
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Nina Belle Higginbotham Boggess
1887–1963
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Alice Higginbotham Lang
1889–1961
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Julia Higginbotham
1891–1892
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James Horace "Holly" Higginbotham
1894–1918
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Rufus Wilson Higginbotham Jr
1896–1988
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Hattie Smith Higginbotham Stewart
1902–1982
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Frances Elizabeth Higginbotham Nalle
1904–1973
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Thomas Higginbotham
1908–1908
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Joseph Lattimore Higginbotham
1908–1965
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