Adell Higginbotham

SERVICES: FRIDAY, JANUARY 6, 201711:00 A.M. BLOOMFIELD METHODIST CHURCHVISITATION: THURSDAY, JANUARY 5, 20175:00-8:00 P.M. MCCLAIN-HAYS FUNERAL HOMEAND ON FRIDAY 30 MINUTES PRIOR TO THE SERVICE AT THE CHURCH INTERMENT: BLOOMFIELD CEMETERYOFFICIATING:REV. BUDDY COVINGTON Adell Phillips Higginbotham, 82, of Philadelphia, Miss., died Jan. 3, 2017. She was born August 26, 1934, near Greenville, Ala., to the late William and Lena Yancey. She moved to Philadelphia in 1951 and worked more than 20 years at Wells Lamont before retiring to be a full-time Granny. She was a member of Bloomfield Congregational Methodist Church. She loved being surrounded by her family and spent many Sundays bustling in the kitchen while visiting with her children and delighting in the squeals and play of her grandchildren. She was an efficient and talented Southern cook whose table was famous for chicken nuggets, potato soup, creamed corn, fresh sliced tomatoes and cucumbers, red velvet cake and fried apple pies. She could serve up a pan of cornbread and piping hot vegetables from her garden before you even realized you had agreed to stay for dinner. She is remembered with love by her best friend and husband of 43 years, Hubert Higginbotham, as well as her daughter Kathy Irons (Ricky) and son Tommy Phillips (Vickie) from her first marriage to the late Richard Phillips. Other survivors include six grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren. She is preceded in death by her parents, sister Nell Jones, and brothers Ray Phillips, Donald Phillips, Henry Yancey, A. D. Yancey, and James Yancey. She leaves behind a family and friends that are saddened by her loss but joyful that she is free of her earthly limitations in her heavenly home. Pallbearers are Richard Phillips, Payden Phillips, Jacob Phillips, Ricky Irons, Jon Riley, and John Cleckler.