Church Point, LA    Memorial services will be held at a later date for Mr. Thomas Douglas Higginbotham, 72, who passed away at 2:14 PM on Saturday, January 28, 2017 at Lafayette General Medical Center. Douglas, a resident of Church Point, was the son of the late Howard Higginbotham and the former Aline Venable Higginbotham. He is survived by one daughter, Pixie H. Carter and husband Jim of Lafayette, LA; one son, Shane Higginbotham and wife Starlet of Branch, LA; two grandchildren, Lauren Guidry and husband Johnathon and his son Braxton Guidry of Lafayette and Cameron Carter of Lafayette and one sister, Priscilla Credeur of Carencro, LA. He was preceded in death by his parents; his wife, Janell Higginbotham; a son, Clay Higginbotham; two sisters, Shirley Higginbotham and Mary Lee Castille and one brother, Dwight Higginbotham. A loving husband, father and grandfather, Mr. Higginbotham was a truck driver for some fifty years. Guidry Funeral Home, 219 N. Broadway St., Church Point, LA is in charge of final arrangements.