Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: SATURDAY, January 29, 1994 TAG: 9401310256
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: B-2 EDITION: METRO
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DATELINE: ARRINGTON LENGTH: Short
OBIT WRIGHT, LOUISE HIGGINBOTHAM
WRIGHT, Louise Higginbotham, 92, of Arrington, died Thursday, January 27,
1994 in Bedford County Memorial Hospital. Born in Nelson County August 9,
1901, she was a daughter of the late James W. Higginbotham and Ora Hughes
Higginbotham. She was a member of Woodland Baptist Church. She is survived by
her husband of 69 years, Otey N. Wright; one daughter, Frances Wright Mahone
Cox and her husband, Vincent, of Bedford; two granddaughters, Brenda Mahone
Stubbs of Lynchburg, and Barbara Mahone Jones of Chapel Hill, N.C.; five
great-grandchildren; two great-great grandchildren. She was preceded in death
by a son, James Nelson Wright. Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m.
Sunday, January 30th in Woodland Baptist Church by the Rev. David Blevins with
burial in Woodland Memorial Burial Park. The family will receive friends at
Byrum-Parr Funeral Home, Roseland, Saturday, January 29th from 5 to 7 p.m. and
at other times at the home of her daughter at 203 Palomino Lane in Bedford. In
lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Roseland Rescue
Squad, Roseland, Va. 22967.
by CNB