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Higginbotham, Idelpha L.

Personal Information
Last Name Higginbotham
First Name Idelpha
Middle Name L.
Maiden Name Tuttle
Death Date 01/14/2020
Birth Date 02/11/1936
Obituary Source The Martinsville Reporter, Martinsville, Indiana, 12/17/2020
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Cemetery New South Park Cemetery, Martinsville, Indiana
Family Information
Spouse Wiggins, William Harold; Higginbotham, Edwin R.
Survived By Son, Patrick J. Wiggins (Patti); daughter-in-law, Bethann Wiggins; grandchildren, Michael, Matthew, Daniel, Joseph and Benjamin Wiggins and Michelle Lee; step-grandchildren, Justin, and Summer Fields; and eleven great grandchildren.
Other Daughter of the late Thomas A. and Ruby F. (Gould) Tuttle, born in Frankfort, Indiana. Graduate of Martinsville HS. From 1949 to 1953 she worked at the Martinsville Candy Kitchen; also worked for Central Coil in the 1950's. Married William Harold Wiggins on February 19, 1953; husband preceded her in death on September 12, 1968. She later married Edwin R. Higginbotham on December 3, 1987; and he preceded her in death on June 21, 2013. Also preceded by one son, Michael Clay Wiggins; one great-granddaughter, Kelsey Dawn Wiggins; four brothers, Russell, Wilbur, Richard, and Ernest Tuttle; and four sisters, Doris Rickets, Mary Brewer, Roberta Hale, and Waneta Meeks.
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