Marie "Shirley" Higginbotham Parker

Marie Shirley Higginbotham Parker, 76, of Biloxi, MS passed from the bonds of this earth into the arms of our Lord on Thursday, June 29, 2011. Shirley was born on November 29, 1934 in New Iberia, LA, moved to Biloxi as a young girl and spent the rest of her life here. She retired Civil Service from Keesler Air Force Base in 1993, was a member of St. Mary's Catholic Church in Woolmarket and was a loving and devoted mother. She will be dearly missed. Shirley was preceded in death by her parents, Nelson and Edna (Delcambre) Higginbotham and three brothers, Percy, Curtis and Carey Higginbotham. She is survived by her four children, three daughters, Suzanne Crawford and husband, Harry of Sierra Vista, AZ, Janine Vonderhaar and husband, Jim of Sugarland, TX, Jaime Denmark and husband, George of Biloxi and her son, John E. Parker, Jr. of Biloxi along with nine grandchildren, Heather Zimmerman, Harry Crawford III, Chase Denmark, Heidi Crawford, Jordan Vonderhaar, Lindsey Parker, Sean Crawford, Tyler Parker and Abby Crawford; three great-grandchildren, Brennen, Bryce and Brandt Welsh; two sisters, Rose Mary Tiblier and Melba Higginbotham and two brothers, George and Dennis Higginbotham. The family would like to thank Dr. Wall and Memorial Oncology Staff, Deaconess Home Health Care and Hospice for all their love and care they gave. It was greatly appreciated. A Mass of Christian burial will be on Tuesday, July 5, 2011 at 11:00 a.m. at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Woolmarket. Friends may visit from 10:00 a.m. until service time. Interment will follow in Biloxi City Cemetery. In lieu of flowers the family prefers donations in honor of Shirley be made to the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network, www.pancan.org Bradford-O'Keefe Funeral Home, Howard Avenue, Biloxi is in charge of arrangements.