Jean Halliday Higginbotham, 86, of Lumpkin, GA, died on Monday, October 28, 2013, at Gentiva Hospice in Columbus, GA.  Jean was born August 20, 1931 in Nashville, TN to the late William Halliday and Claudia Kelly Halliday.

After her marriage, Jean worked for the University of Alabama School System as a secretary.  When her family moved back to Lumpkin, she worked at Bedingfield Inn and Westville.
Jean is preceded in death by both of her parents and her husband, Billy Edward Higginbotham.

Survivors include her son, William "Bill" (Jayme Loudermilk) Higginbotham; and  two sisters, Claudia Maxwell of Birmingham, AL and Pat Davis of Montgomery, AL.  She has many nieces and nephews.
The Halliday family is remembered for its long history of citizenship in Stewart County GA beginning in the 1840's.

A Visitation Service with the family will be held on Tuesday evening, October 29, 2013, from 6:00 – 7:00 PM, at Baldwin Funeral Home in Richland, GA.  A Chapel Service is to be held on Wednesday, October 30, 2013, at 2:00 PM, at Baldwin Funeral Home Chapel with burial in the Eastside Lumpkin Cemetery, in Lumpkin, GA.

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Baldwin Funeral Home, 50 Charles Overby Dr., Richland, GA 31825, was in charge of all arrangements.