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The Higginbotham family and the Conner Cemetery Association honored Mary Williams Higginbotham Lacey during the Conner Cemetery Homecoming on April 26, 2003, following the installation of a new monument for her in the Conner Cemetery. Mary A. E. Williams, the daughter of John D and Elizabeth A Williams from Alabama, was born in Houston County on Sept 13, 1844. The Houston County (Texas) Cemeteries published in 1976 shows that Mary Williams Lackey's grave was located in the Conner Cemetery at that time, reading only "Mother of Rev. Lee Higginbotham", but her grave and tombstone were not located during a search of the cemetery in 2002.

A new marker for Mary Lackey has been installed near tombstones for other members of the Lackey family in the Conner Cemetery near Ratcliff. According to the marriage license list supplied by Mary Turner Kinard on the Houston County Web site, Mary married F A Lackey on Dec 17, 1887 and her daughter, Martha A, married G W Lackey on Jan 16, 1888. On May 26, 1892, G M Lackey married Fannie Ezell and their graves are plainly marked in the Conner Cemetery. There are four unmarked graves south of G M Lackey's grave, and it is believed that one of these graves is probably the grave of Mary Williams Higginbotham Lackey. Mary's daughter, Icey, married W J Lackey on Oct 13, 1888. The new marker for Mary Williams Lackey is located north of the graves of G M Lackey and Frances Pamela Lackey.

The front of the marker shows: Mary A E Williams
born, Sept 13, 1844, died July 24, 1913, Wife of David S Higginbotham and Wife of F A Lackey

The back of the marker lists known information regarding the eight children of Davis S Higginbotham and mary A E Williams and the three children of David S Higginbotham and his wife, Elizbeth Jane. Eliaeth Jane Higginbotham died of pneumonia in Sept of 1859 after bing ill for only nine days

Mary Lackey died July 24, 1913 in the Plain Community near Conner Cemetery. When Mary was sixteen years old, she married her widower neighbor, Davis S Higginbotham, whose name is shown on the tax roll for Houston Co in 1840 and on original surveys of land in the Hagarville community. Mary Lackey's father, John D Williams, also is shown on the 1840 Houston Co tax roll and on original surveys of land in the Hagarville community

Descendants of David's and Mary's children and Earl Higginotham who published a book on the Higginbotham family have been involved in research to locate the grave of Mary A E Williams and information regarding the children of David and Mary Higginbotham for several years. Descendants include those of David Basil (Rush Higginbotham of Shreveport, LA.), Andrew Jackson (Ray Pafford of Dayton, TX), and Samuel Houston (Sue Higginbotham Davis, Judge Sharolyn Petty Wood, Betty Higginbotham Petty, and Beth Higginbotham Bitner all of Houston.)

The Higginbotham descendants thank the officers of the Conner Cemetery for approving the installation of a new marker for Mary Williams Higginbotham Lackey in the Conner Cemetery. Also, the descendants thank Billy Conner for his help in locating the Lackey graves in the Conner Cemetery and in the installation of the new marker for Mary Williams Higginbotham Lackey

A new Find A Grave Memorial and pictures of her headstone can be found under the name Mary A E Williams, Find A Grave # 11318233

My thanks to Find A Grave Contributor "Cindy" for this information.

The Higginbotham family and the Conner Cemetery Association honored Mary Williams Higginbotham Lacey during the Conner Cemetery Homecoming on April 26, 2003, following the installation of a new monument for her in the Conner Cemetery. Mary A. E. Williams, the daughter of John D and Elizabeth A Williams from Alabama, was born in Houston County on Sept 13, 1844. The Houston County (Texas) Cemeteries published in 1976 shows that Mary Williams Lackey's grave was located in the Conner Cemetery at that time, reading only "Mother of Rev. Lee Higginbotham", but her grave and tombstone were not located during a search of the cemetery in 2002.

A new marker for Mary Lackey has been installed near tombstones for other members of the Lackey family in the Conner Cemetery near Ratcliff. According to the marriage license list supplied by Mary Turner Kinard on the Houston County Web site, Mary married F A Lackey on Dec 17, 1887 and her daughter, Martha A, married G W Lackey on Jan 16, 1888. On May 26, 1892, G M Lackey married Fannie Ezell and their graves are plainly marked in the Conner Cemetery. There are four unmarked graves south of G M Lackey's grave, and it is believed that one of these graves is probably the grave of Mary Williams Higginbotham Lackey. Mary's daughter, Icey, married W J Lackey on Oct 13, 1888. The new marker for Mary Williams Lackey is located north of the graves of G M Lackey and Frances Pamela Lackey.

The front of the marker shows: Mary A E Williams
born, Sept 13, 1844, died July 24, 1913, Wife of David S Higginbotham and Wife of F A Lackey

The back of the marker lists known information regarding the eight children of Davis S Higginbotham and mary A E Williams and the three children of David S Higginbotham and his wife, Elizbeth Jane. Eliaeth Jane Higginbotham died of pneumonia in Sept of 1859 after bing ill for only nine days

Mary Lackey died July 24, 1913 in the Plain Community near Conner Cemetery. When Mary was sixteen years old, she married her widower neighbor, Davis S Higginbotham, whose name is shown on the tax roll for Houston Co in 1840 and on original surveys of land in the Hagarville community. Mary Lackey's father, John D Williams, also is shown on the 1840 Houston Co tax roll and on original surveys of land in the Hagarville community

Descendants of David's and Mary's children and Earl Higginotham who published a book on the Higginbotham family have been involved in research to locate the grave of Mary A E Williams and information regarding the children of David and Mary Higginbotham for several years. Descendants include those of David Basil (Rush Higginbotham of Shreveport, LA.), Andrew Jackson (Ray Pafford of Dayton, TX), and Samuel Houston (Sue Higginbotham Davis, Judge Sharolyn Petty Wood, Betty Higginbotham Petty, and Beth Higginbotham Bitner all of Houston.)

The Higginbotham descendants thank the officers of the Conner Cemetery for approving the installation of a new marker for Mary Williams Higginbotham Lackey in the Conner Cemetery. Also, the descendants thank Billy Conner for his help in locating the Lackey graves in the Conner Cemetery and in the installation of the new marker for Mary Williams Higginbotham Lackey

A new Find A Grave Memorial and pictures of her headstone can be found under the name Mary A E Williams, Find A Grave # 11318233

My thanks to Find A Grave Contributor "Cindy" for this information.


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Mother/o Rev. Lee Higginbotham


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