Otis Kile Higginbotham

Funeral Service for Otis Higginbotham, 95, Cordell resident will be held 10:00 A.M., Friday, November 4, 2022, in the Cornerstone Church, officiated by Pastor Jerrod Nunn. Burial will conclude in the Stigler Cemetery under the direction of the Kiesau-lee Funeral Home.

Otis Kile Higginbotham was born January 11, 1927, to Mr. And Mrs. Otis KileHigginbotham, Sr. in Wichita Falls, TX and passed away Monday, October 31, 2022, in the Brookdale Assisted Living Center in Weatherford, OK.

Otis was raised in Wichita Falls, TX, and McCurtain, OK where he graduated from High School. He continued his education at Oklahoma A & M and was a member of the ROTC program and received a degree in Engineering. He was commissioned in the U.S. Army and retired as Colonel. He soon began a second career with the Civil Service and served on several projects including being Resident Engineer for the Denison Dam.

He married the love of his life Claudia Francille Mosteller on June 6, 1947, in McCurtain, OK and they just celebrated their 75th Wedding Anniversary. They have been residents of the Brookdale Assisted Living Center in Weatherford, OK.

He was a member of the Faith Fellowship Church in Denison, TX, past member of the Lions Club and Kiwanis Club in Denison, TX. He enjoyed playing golf, wood working, Church choir, traveling, and gardening.

He was preceded in death by his parents, brother, Jim Higginbotham, and wo sisters, Elsie Baker, and Lola Mae Higginbotham.

He is survived by his wife, of the home, two sons, Clint Higginbotham and his wife, Wanda of Clinton Oklahoma and James Higginbotham, and wife, Mary of Cordell, OK

He is also survived by six grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.