"Lord, how the day passes! It's like a life; so slowly when you watch it, so quickly when you don't."--John Steinbeck.

Church Point, LA:     Funeral Services will be held at 1:30 PM Friday, May 3, 2024, at Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Church Point, LA for Yvonne G. Higginbotham, 99, the former Yvonne Guidry. Mrs. Higginbotham, a native and life-long resident of Church Point, died Wednesday morning, May 1 at Acadia-St. Landry Guest Home. Rev. Father Mitchell Guidry, Pastor of St. Leo IV Church in Roberts Cove, LA, will conduct the services with entombment following in the Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Mausoleum adjacent to the church.

Survivors include her sons, Rufus Higginbotham and wife Belinda and Clinton Higginbotham and wife Carolyn; her grandchildren: Fr. Mitchell Guidry and Jody Guidry, Jeremy Higginbotham and wife Allison, Jason Higginbotham, Jacob Thibodeaux and Allison Matte and husband Travis; her great-grandchildren: Janson Matte, Lucas Thibodeaux and Alex, Riley, Gage, Gavin, Collin and Brooklin Higginbotham; her great-great-grandchildren, Cambree and Carson Lazzro; a brother and sister, Leo Guidry and Joyce Guidry Thibodeaux and her beloved sister-in-law, Aza H. Richard. She was preceded in death by her parents, Elie and Agathe Higginbotham Guidry; her husband, Roosevelt Higginbotham; her children: Terry Lee and Charles Wayne Higginbotham, Mary Geraldine H. Guidry and Glinda H. Thibodeaux; her grandchildren, Erica H. Latiolais and Nicholas Thibodeaux; a great-grandson, Tyler Thibodeaux and her sons-in-law, Bernice Guidry and Patrick Thibodeaux.

The family requested that visiting hours be observed at Guidry Funeral Home from 9:00 AM Friday until the time of services. A recitation of the Rosary will be held there at 12:30 PM by Fr. Guidry. Pallbearers will be Jeremy, Gage, Gavin and Alex Higginbotham; Janson Matte and Jody Guidry. Born "in the country" outside Church Point and educated in a two-room rural school and in Church Point; "Mrs. Yvonne" was a hard-working and loving wife, mother and grandmother who was central to her family's life for these many decades. Blessed with a sharp wit tempered by love and care for those around her she remained, through good times and bad, an example of the best of a unique culture that, sadly, seems to be passing from the scene. Arrangements are being handled by Guidry Funeral Home, Inc.; 219 N. Broadway, Church Point, LA (337) 684-5488.