Carolyn Higgins Death, 88, of Gadsden, passed away Monday, Dec. 31, 2018. Funeral services will be at 12:30 p.m. Jan. 5, 2019, at Collier Butler Funeral Home Chapel. The Rev. Larry Fuhrman will officiate. Private burial will be in Williams Southside Memorial. Collier-Butler Funeral Home is in charge.
Mrs. Death was born in Buford, Georgia, in 1930. She moved to Atlanta, where she met and married Harry Death in 1950. They later moved to Alabama, where they were long-time residents.
She is preceded in death by her husband of 56 years, Harry Death Jr.; parents, Grover and Walter Higgins; father-in-law and mother-in-law, Harry Death Sr. and Vivian Death; son-in-law, Bruce Whorton; brother- in-law, William Death (Delores); sister-in-law, Mary Laura Palmisano (Ralph).
She is survived by daughters Sherry Whorton, Debbie Boggs; son Danny Death (Kelly).
She was "Little Gump" to her grandchildren Jeremy Boggs, Justin Boggs (Shannon), Brittney Hill (Chris), Blake Whorton, Sydney Death, Jared Death; great-grandchildren, Morgan Boggs, Janie Boggs and Jake Boggs; and her beloved dog Ellie.
Pallbearers will be her grandsons.
Special thanks to Lindsey Dupree and staff of Alacare Hospice, Healing Hearts, Compassionate Comforters and Tansley Washburn.
In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to Alzheimer's Association, Alacare Hospice and National Cancer Association.
The family will receive friends prior to the service at 11:30 a.m.
Published in The Gadsden Times on Jan. 4, 2019
Contributor: William Justice (49582862)
Mrs. Death was born in Buford, Georgia, in 1930. She moved to Atlanta, where she met and married Harry Death in 1950. They later moved to Alabama, where they were long-time residents.
She is preceded in death by her husband of 56 years, Harry Death Jr.; parents, Grover and Walter Higgins; father-in-law and mother-in-law, Harry Death Sr. and Vivian Death; son-in-law, Bruce Whorton; brother- in-law, William Death (Delores); sister-in-law, Mary Laura Palmisano (Ralph).
She is survived by daughters Sherry Whorton, Debbie Boggs; son Danny Death (Kelly).
She was "Little Gump" to her grandchildren Jeremy Boggs, Justin Boggs (Shannon), Brittney Hill (Chris), Blake Whorton, Sydney Death, Jared Death; great-grandchildren, Morgan Boggs, Janie Boggs and Jake Boggs; and her beloved dog Ellie.
Pallbearers will be her grandsons.
Special thanks to Lindsey Dupree and staff of Alacare Hospice, Healing Hearts, Compassionate Comforters and Tansley Washburn.
In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to Alzheimer's Association, Alacare Hospice and National Cancer Association.
The family will receive friends prior to the service at 11:30 a.m.
Published in The Gadsden Times on Jan. 4, 2019
Contributor: William Justice (49582862)
Carolyn Higgins Death, 88, of Gadsden, passed away Monday, Dec. 31, 2018. Funeral services will be at 12:30 p.m. Jan. 5, 2019, at Collier Butler Funeral Home Chapel. The Rev. Larry Fuhrman will officiate. Private burial will be in Williams Southside Memorial. Collier-Butler Funeral Home is in charge.
Mrs. Death was born in Buford, Georgia, in 1930. She moved to Atlanta, where she met and married Harry Death in 1950. They later moved to Alabama, where they were long-time residents.
She is preceded in death by her husband of 56 years, Harry Death Jr.; parents, Grover and Walter Higgins; father-in-law and mother-in-law, Harry Death Sr. and Vivian Death; son-in-law, Bruce Whorton; brother- in-law, William Death (Delores); sister-in-law, Mary Laura Palmisano (Ralph).
She is survived by daughters Sherry Whorton, Debbie Boggs; son Danny Death (Kelly).
She was "Little Gump" to her grandchildren Jeremy Boggs, Justin Boggs (Shannon), Brittney Hill (Chris), Blake Whorton, Sydney Death, Jared Death; great-grandchildren, Morgan Boggs, Janie Boggs and Jake Boggs; and her beloved dog Ellie.
Pallbearers will be her grandsons.
Special thanks to Lindsey Dupree and staff of Alacare Hospice, Healing Hearts, Compassionate Comforters and Tansley Washburn.
In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to Alzheimer's Association, Alacare Hospice and National Cancer Association.
The family will receive friends prior to the service at 11:30 a.m.
Published in The Gadsden Times on Jan. 4, 2019
Contributor: William Justice (49582862)
Mrs. Death was born in Buford, Georgia, in 1930. She moved to Atlanta, where she met and married Harry Death in 1950. They later moved to Alabama, where they were long-time residents.
She is preceded in death by her husband of 56 years, Harry Death Jr.; parents, Grover and Walter Higgins; father-in-law and mother-in-law, Harry Death Sr. and Vivian Death; son-in-law, Bruce Whorton; brother- in-law, William Death (Delores); sister-in-law, Mary Laura Palmisano (Ralph).
She is survived by daughters Sherry Whorton, Debbie Boggs; son Danny Death (Kelly).
She was "Little Gump" to her grandchildren Jeremy Boggs, Justin Boggs (Shannon), Brittney Hill (Chris), Blake Whorton, Sydney Death, Jared Death; great-grandchildren, Morgan Boggs, Janie Boggs and Jake Boggs; and her beloved dog Ellie.
Pallbearers will be her grandsons.
Special thanks to Lindsey Dupree and staff of Alacare Hospice, Healing Hearts, Compassionate Comforters and Tansley Washburn.
In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to Alzheimer's Association, Alacare Hospice and National Cancer Association.
The family will receive friends prior to the service at 11:30 a.m.
Published in The Gadsden Times on Jan. 4, 2019
Contributor: William Justice (49582862)
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