Linton J. “Hick” Higginbotham August 17, 1938 – January 19, 2019 Share this obituary Sign Guestbook| View Guest Book Entries| Send Private Condolences| Send Sympathy Card Church Point, LA: Funeral Services will be held at 11:00 A.M. Tuesday, January 22, 2019 at Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Church Point, LA for Linton J. “Hick” Higginbotham. Mr. Higginbotham, a long-time resident and businessman of Church Point, died Saturday morning, January 19 at Opelousas General Medical Center in Opelousas, LA. Monsignor Jefferson J. Deblanc will conduct the services with entombment following in the Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Mausoleum on Hwy 35 north of Church Point.
Survivors include his fiancée of thirty-seven years, Lydia Gonzalez; his children, Kevin J. Higginbotham and partner Teresa Daigle, Guy W. Higginbotham and Kyla Dawn Higginbotham and fiancé Audie J. Boutte; a stepson, Michael Mahfouz; a stepdaughter, Tami Bourque; his grandchildren: Heather Lejeune, Summer Hollier, Heidi Higginbotham, Tanner Higginbotham and partner Mia and Trenton and Trace Higginbotham; his step grandchildren, Kody and Serena Mahfouz and T.J., Danielle and Mary Beth Bourque; his great grandchildren, Kenzie Guevara, Easton Durke and Braxson Higginbotham and a step greatgrandchild, Raelyn Bourque; his sisters: Annie H. Moak and husband Allen, Clara H. Burke, Evelina H. Smith and husband Leonard, Melba H. Vautrot and husband Jude and Mary H. Richard and husband Andy and two brothers, Donald P. Higginbotham and wife Lou T. Higginbotham and Mark “Bootsy” Higginbotham and partner Mary Beck. He was preceded in death by his parents, Iram J. and Mabel Lyons Higginbotham and his first wife, Loretta T. Higginbotham. Pallbearers will be Tanner, Trenton, Trace and “Bootsy Higginbotham; Kody Mahfouz and Terry Prejean.
Honorary pallbearers will be Audie J. Boutte, Paul “Scooby” Guidry and Michael Mahfouz. The family requested that visiting hours be observed at Guidry Funeral Home from 10:00 A.M until 9:00 P.M. on Monday, January 21 and continue from 8:00 A.M. Tuesday until the time of the services. A recitation of the Rosary will be held there at 7:00 P.M. Monday by Monsignor Deblanc.
Mr. Higginbotham will be honored with a Flag Presentation and Honors at the time of services. An ambitious and energetic veteran of the U.S. Air Force, “Hick” was a self-made businessman for more than fifty years in the oilfield fabrication and heavy construction industry. He was most proud that his first company, Hick’s Construction, remains in business today.
Among the many companies he started or was a partner in were: L.J. Hicks, Acadiana Cranes, Oilfield Heavy Haulers, Morrison’s Truck Sales, Mustang Safety, Bayou Land Safety and Local Agencies as he responded to the needs and changes in the oilfield and pile-diving, bridge construction, “rigging-up” and fabrication areas. A very giving man; he helped many to start their own companies, was on the board of directors of Acadia-St. Landry Hospital, donated equipment to Vo-Tech schools to train oil field workers, built and donated the water tower on Guilbeau Road in Lafayette, LA, a half-way house and other projects for communities over the years and built catfish ponds for his father. “Hick” even built his own “Camp” from discarded bridge materials, transported it to Hackberry and personally set it up!
Arrangements are being handled by Guidry Funeral Home, Inc.; 219 N. Broadway, Church Point, LA. SERVICES Visitation Monday, January 21, 2019 10:00 AM – 9:00 PM Guidry Funeral Home Inc. 219 N. Broadway St. Church Point, Louisiana 70525 Get Directions on Google Maps Rosary Monday, January 21, 2019 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM Guidry Funeral Home Inc. 219 N. Broadway St. Church Point, Louisiana 70525 Get Directions on Google Maps Visitation Tuesday, January 22, 2019 8:00 AM Guidry Funeral Home Inc. 219 N. Broadway St. Church Point, Louisiana 70525 Get Directions on Google Maps Mass Tuesday, January 22, 2019 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Catholic Church 114 N Bienvenu St. Church Point, LA 70525 Get Directions on Google Maps Mausoleum Entombment Tuesday, January 22, 2019 12:00 PM OLSH Mausoleum Hwy 35 Highway 35 North Church Point, La.
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