Van Higginbotham's Obituary
Van ?Butch? Victor Higginbotham, age 63, of Halfway, Missouri passed away on Monday, July 25, 2011 at St. John?s Hospital in Springfield, Missouri. He was born September 6, 1947 in Clarksburg, West Virginia, to William ?Buck? Audrey Higginbotham and Audrey (Drennen) Higginbotham. Butch moved to California in 1949 and then to Halfway, Missouri in 1985. He spent seven years in the United States Military beginning in 1964 and was a three time Vietnam War Veteran. He was a welder by trade working in the carpentry and construction business. He enjoyed traveling and loved his family very much. Butch was preceded in death by his father, William ?Buck? Audrey Higginbotham, his sister, Sarah Jane Higginbotham, and a brother, William ?Bill? Higginbotham. Butch is survived by his mother, Audrey Higginbotham of Halfway, Missouri, his five children, William Jack Higginbotham and his wife Sethanne of Halfway, Missouri, Christopher Wayne Higginbotham of Terre Haute, Indiana, Shiloh Dalton Higginbotham and her husband Ray Lynn of Vero Beach, Florida, Sarah Samantha Higginbotham of Louisburg, Missouri, Jamie Ray Higginbotham of Santa Paula, California, his brother, Fred Higginbotham and his wife Terri of Bolivar, Missouri, his sister-in-law, Janice Higginbotham of Bolivar, Missouri, 14 grandchildren, 4 great grandchildren, and several nieces and nephews.
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