Myrtis "Aunt Murt" Higginbotham, 93, a resident of Baton Rouge and co-owner of L. Higginbotham Inc. passed away Tuesday, March 16, 2010, at Flannery Oaks Guest House. Visitation at Greenoaks Funeral Home, 9595 Florida Blvd., Saturday, March 20, from 10 a.m. until time of services at 2 p.m. Entombment will be in Greenoaks Memorial Park Mausoleum. Survivors include a son, Henry Rybolt and wife Sharon, of Baton Rouge; three stepdaughters, Patsy Fuselier, of Baton Rouge, Carolyn Higginbotham, of Colorado, and Kathy Higginbotham, of Baton Rouge; and foster daughter, Phouc Nguyen, of Baton Rouge. Also survived by numerous grandchildren, great-grandchildren, nieces and nephews. Preceded in death by her husband, Leroy Higginbotham; nine brothers and sisters, and a stepdaughter, June Day.
