Church Point, LA A Funeral Prayer Service will be held at 11:00 A.M. Thursday, December 8, 2016 at St. Edward Catholic Church in Richard, LA for Loretta T. Higginbotham, 71, the former Loretta Marie Thibodeaux. Ms. Higginbotham, a long-time resident of Church Point, died early Tuesday morning at Acadia-St. Landry Hospital in Church Point. Father Wayne Duet 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 her companion, Gerald Dies of Church Point; her former husband, Linton "Hick" Higginbotham of Church Point; two sons, Guy Higginbotham and Kevin Higginbotham and companion Theresa Daigle-all of Church Point; a daughter, Kyla Dawn Higginbotham and companion Audie Boutte, Sr. of Church Point; her brothers, Reggie Thibodeaux and wife Robin of Church Point and Timmy LeJeune and wife Elaine of Richard; a sister, Cheryl Alleman and husband Elmo of Lafayette, LA.; six grandchildren: Heather LeJeune, Summer Hollier and Heidi, Tanner, Trenton and Trace Higginbotham and two great-grandchildren, Kenzie Guevera and Easton Durke. She was preceded in death by her parents, Joseph Bertrand Thibodeaux and Lorina Blanchard Thibodeaux and a sister, Ora Marie LeJeune. The family requested that visiting hours be observed at Guidry Funeral Home from 10:00 A.M. until 10:00 P.M. on Wednesday, December 7 and continue from 8:00 A.M. Thursday until the time of the services. A recitation of the Rosary will be held there 7:00 P.M. Wednesday by Deacon Bryne Winn. Pallbearers will be Reggie Thibodeaux, Timmy LeJeune, Elmo Alleman and Tanner, Trenton and Trace Higginbotham with Heather LeJeune and Tiffany Simmons delivering the readings. Arrangements are being handled by Guidry Funeral Home, Inc.