Brenda Higginbotham LeGrone

Mrs. Brenda Higginbotham LeGrone, age 72, of Gautier, MS, passed away on Wednesday, May 7, 2014, in Ocean Springs. Mrs. LeGrone was a lifelong resident of the coast. She graduated from Biloxi High School in 1959 where she was a cheerleader. She was very active and involved in St. Mary's Catholic Church in Gautier and was also a Lector and Eucharistic Minister. She loved children and worked in the daycare at St. Mary's for many years. She taught CCD classes and loved teaching the Catholic faith. She loved to cook for the senior lunches at the church and for the St. Mary's fair booth. Mrs. LeGrone also worked at the President Casino for ten years in the Food and Beverage department. She was preceded in death by her mother, Jewel Higginbotham, two brothers, Johnny Higginbotham and Scott Higginbotham and a sister-in-law, Diane Higginbotham. Survivors include her husband of 53 years, James LeGrone, daughter, Juli LeGrone (Hubert) Callahan, son, Archie (Stephanie Chase) LeGrone, father, George Higginbotham, four sisters, Donna Kay Higginbotham (Walter) Brightman, Sandy Higginbotham, Debbye Higginbotham and Lori Higginbotham (Clyde) Jacquet, four brothers, Kenneth (Donna) Higginbotham, Richard Higginbotham, Keith (Ann) Higginbotham and Greg (Cozy) Higginbotham, sisters-in-law, Susan Higginbotham and Wanda (Nicholas) Haas, four grandchildren, Abby Yocom (Brett) Allred, Aaron Stone, Adam Stone and Archer Chase LeGrone and numerous nieces, nephews, cousins, aunts and uncles. Visitation will be on Saturday, May 10, 2014, from 9:30 am until 11am, with an 11 am Mass of Christian Burial, all at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Gautier. Burial will follow in Crestlawn Memorial Park. In lieu of flowers the family prefers donations be made to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105. The family would like to thank Hospice of Light and Kammy Goff for their very special care and compassion. The Ocean Springs Chapel of Bradford O'Keefe Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.