A funeral service for Clara B. Higginbotham, 86, of Granville, OH, will be held at 11:00 a.m. Monday, March 4, 2024, at The McDougald Funeral Home. Family will receive friends from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday, March 3, 2024, The McDougald Funeral Home, 2211 N. Main St. Anderson, SC 29621. Interment will be at M.J. "Dolly" Cooper Veterans Cemetery, 140 Inway Dr. Anderson, SC 29621. Also, a "Celebration of Life" event will be held in the Spring at the Buckeye Lake Winery in Ohio.

Clara, a homemaker, passed away peacefully in the early morning hours of Thursday, February 22, 2024, at Altercare South Nursing Home. She was born April 26, 1937, in Abbeville, SC, to the late Colie Hill and Frances (Spires) Burriss.

Clara, in her younger years enjoyed sewing, pottery, and weekends at the lake with her family. She enjoyed pets and had two poodles, Rocky and Gidget. She also had two exotic birds; an African Grey named Alex and a Severe Macaw named Pete. Clara also collected Fenton Glass and Longaberger Baskets. Clara was an excellent cook and really enjoyed having family over for holiday meals. In her later years, she enjoyed working on picture puzzles.

She is survived by her children, Melva L. (Jim) Muir, James M. (Bev) Higginbotham, Jr., and Tracy (Laura) Higginbotham; brothers, Doug Hill and George (Tina) Burriss; eight grandchildren, Jennifer Wright, Christopher (Krystal) Wright, Angela N. Higginbotham, Alisha N. (Greg) Schiltz, Amanda L. (Nathan) Warner, and Clay, Collin, and Addison Higginbotham, ten great-grandchildren, Brock, Morrigan, James, Charlotte, Liam, Cameron, Livi, Lillie, Willow, and Violet, and several nieces and nephews.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband of 64 years, James M. Higginbotham, Sr.; three brothers, Cleve P. Hill, Marion Burriss, and Danny Otto Burriss, and two sisters, Betty Jo Simpson and Lib Addison.