Rena Higginbotham

Port Barre - A Mass of Christian Burial for Rena Mae Fontenot Higginbotham will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Monday, March 14, 2016, in the Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Port Barre. Rev. Fr. Daniel Picard will celebrate the Mass. Rite of Committal and interment will follow in the Sacred Heart Cemetery.

Rena was born in of Ville Platte on May 10, 1927, and was a longtime resident of Port Barre. She passed away on Saturday, March 12, 2016, at her home surrounded by her family after battling cancer at the age of 88. She worked as a Cook in the Cafeteria at Port Barre High School for over 33 years until her retirement in 1986. She was a very devout Catholic who attended Mass, prayed the Rosary, and was a parishioner at Sacred Heart Catholic Church. She enjoyed dancing, listening to music, and telling jokes. She enjoyed spending time outdoors tending to her flowers and growing vegetables in her gardens especially tomatoes and cucumbers. She would extend her love through her cooking for the family and spending time with the family and friends. She was a loving wife, and a caring mother, grandmother, sister, and friend. She will be sadly missed by all who knew and loved her.

Survivors include three sons, Kenneth Higginbotham of Port Barre; Michael Higginbotham and wife, Sharon of Opelousas; and Johnny Higginbotham of Opelousas; two daughters, Pamela H. DeVillier of Teague, TX; and Anna Davis and husband, Jason of Baton Rouge; 9 grandchildren and 3 great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her husband of 54 years, Leonce Higginbotham; infant daughter, Penny Higginbotham; her parents, Orise Fontenot and Louisiana O'Pry Fontenot; two sisters, Belma Theriot and Eldie Majors; five brothers, Ellia Fontenot, Aurel Fontenot, Herbert Fontenot, Edward Guillory, and Essie Guillory; two daughters-in-law, Sally B. Higginbotham and Debra Jeffers; son-in-law, Larry DeVillier; and nephew, Larry Fontenot.

Pallbearers will be Michael Higginbotham, Mikey Higginbotham, Josh DeVillier, Jason Stelly, Harold Woods, Jr., and Glenn Bergeron. Honorary pallbearers will be Kenneth Higginbotham, Johnny Higginbotham, Jason Davis, Jace Stelly, Chris Higginbotham, and John Keye Higginbotham.

The visitation will begin on Sunday, March 13, 2016, at 2:00 p.m. until 9:00 p.m. A Rosary service will be held at 7:30 p.m. on Sunday. On Monday, visitation will continue from 8:00 a.m. until 10:30 a.m.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests monetary donations be made in her memory to the American Cancer Society.

Words of Comfort to the family may be expressed at www.sibillefuneralhomes.com. Funeral arrangements have been entrusted to Sibille Funeral Home of Port Barre.

Visitation

Sibille Funeral Home
402 Saizan Avenue
Port Barre, LA  70577
Sunday, March 13, 2016
2:00 - 9:00 p.m.

Sibille Funeral Home
402 Saizan Avenue
Port Barre, LA  70577
Monday, March 14, 2016
8:00 - 10:30 a.m.

Service

Mass of Christian Burial

Sacred Heart Catholic Church
403 Saizan Avenue
Port Barre, LA  70577
Monday, March 14, 2016
11:00 a.m.

Rosary Service

Sibille Funeral Home Chapel
402 Saizan Avenue
Port Barre, LA  70577
Sunday, March 13, 2016
7:30 p.m.

Cemetery

Sacred Heart Cemetery
403 Saizan Avenue
Port Barre, LA  70577

Memorial Contributions

American Cancer Society -Memorial Donation
1604 LA-182
Lafayette, LA  70508