Church Point, La. Funeral Services will be held at 1:30 P.M. Monday, November 16, 2015 at Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Church Point, La. for Mrs. Leslie "Dooney" Higginbotham, 80, the former Mary Lee "Mel" Briscoe. Mrs. Higginbotham, a native and long-time resident of Church Point, died Saturday Morning, November 14 at Acadia-St. Landry Guest Home in Church Point. Father Mark Melancon will conduct the services with interment following in the Monsignor Bienvenu Cemetery on Highway 35 north of Church Point.

Survivors include her daughter, Carolyn Stone of Church Point; four grandchildren: Elizabeth, Christopher and Robert Stone, Jr. and April Thompson and husband Jodie and two great-grandchildren, Evan Averitt and Gavin Thompson.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Leslie "Dooney" Higginbotham, her parents, Will and Olivia Comeaux Briscoe and a son-in-law, Robert Stone, Sr.
The family requested that visiting hours be observed at Guidry Funeral Home from 5:00 P.M. until 10:00 P.M. on Sunday, November 15 and continue from 8:00 A.M. Monday until the time of the services. A recitation of the Rosary will be held there at 7:00 P.M. Sunday by Deacon Bryne Winn.

Mrs. Higginbotham was a member of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Catholic Church for many years.

Arrangements are being handled by Guidry Funeral Home, Inc.; 219 N. Broadway, Church Point, La. (337) 684-5488. View the obituary and guest book on-line at guidryfuneralhome.com.