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DATE: Saturday, June 24, 1995                TAG: 9506240290
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B4   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: PORTSMOUTH                         LENGTH: Short :   30 lines

ALICE S. HIGGINBOTHAM

Alice Shea Higginbotham, 59, of the 4200 block of Heather Road, died June 23, 1995, in her home.

Mrs. Higginbotham, a native of Portsmouth, was a member of West Side Christian Church and a volunteer at Portsmouth General Hospital with 29 years of service.

Survivors include her husband, Robert Ray Higginbotham; a daughter, Lisa Ann Higginbotham of Richmond, Va.; two sons, Robert Mark Higginbotham and his wife, Sharon L. Higginbotham of Greenville, S.C., and Shawn C. Higginbotham of Portsmouth; two sisters, Anne Seijo of New Bern, N.C., Margaret Cook of North Kingstown, R.I.; a brother, Robert Shea of Waynesboro, Va.; two grandchildren, Ryan C. Stearns, Lindsay Anne Higginbotham; and numerous nieces and nephews.

A church service will be conducted at 11 a.m. Monday in West Side Christian Church by the Rev. Kenneth W. Bryant. The family will gather at Foster Funeral Home, Portsmouth, on Sunday from 7 to 8:30 p.m. to receive friends. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to West Side Christian Church, General Fund, or Sentara Hospice Program, (NU)8 Koger Executive Center, Norfolk, Va. 23502.

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