Catahoula - A Funeral Service will be held at 11:00 am on Wednesday, April 3, 2019, at St. Rita Catholic Church in Catahoula for Jeanette F. Higginbotham, 89, who passed away on Sunday, March 31, 2019, at her home.
The family requests that visiting hours be observed at Dion Hall in Catahoula from 11:00 am until on Tuesday and continue until 10:30 am on Wednesday.
A rosary will be prayed at 7 pm on Tuesday.
Rev. Bill Melancon will officiate at the Funeral Service. Readers will be Ginny Boudreaux and Shirley Louviere.
Interment will follow at Our Lady of the Lake Cemetery in Catahoula.
Jeanette was born in Catahoula to the late Dave and Bernadette LeBlanc Higginbotham. She was a devoted and loving mother, grandmother, great grandmother and friend. Jeanette will be missed by all who knew and loved her.
She is survived by her sons, Clyde Douet and wife Melanie, and Whitney Douet, Jr.; daughters, Mary Boudreaux and husband Johnny, Christine Smith and husband John, and Adeline Louviere and husband Gil; step-daughter, Whitnie Gail Miller and spouse Chad; brother, Francis Higginbotham; 22 grandchildren; and 9 great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her father, Dave Higginbotham; mother, Bernadette LeBlanc Higginbotham; sisters, Edith Derousselle and Gertrude Theriot; brother, Lloyd Higginbotham; and grandson, Duke Douet.
Pallbearers will be Clyde Douet, Johnny Boudreaux, John Smith, Gil Louviere, Jamey Boudreaux, and Dave Louviere.
Honorary pallbearers will be her grandchildren.
Pellerin Funeral Home (337-332-2111) is in charge of arrangements.
To view on-line obituary, sign guestbook and view video tribute, go to www.pellerinfuneralhome.com
