Faye Acord Higginbotham

Jan. 20, 1931~May 24, 2017

Faye Acord Higginbotham, age 86, of Austin, Texas, formerly of Temple passed away at her residence in Austin surrounded by family. Graveside service will be 11 A.M. Saturday, May 27, 2017, at the Valley Mills Cemetery under the direction of Foss Funeral Home and Cremation Center.

Faye was born January 20, 1931, in Speegleville, Texas, to Tobe and Thelma (Jaynes) Acord in Speegleville, Texas. She graduated from Valley Mills High School.  Her parents own Acord's Cafe in Valley Mills.  Her father was a WW I Army veteran where he served as a horseshoer.   She attended Southern Methodist University on a speech/debate scholarship. She also attended Central City Commercial College in Waco. She was employed by Amicable Life Insurance Company and later by the Veterans Administration Regional Office in Waco. She married John Vernon Higginbotham on October 12, 1950. They moved to Temple ion 1957, upon his relocation to the Santa Fe Railway dispatching office. In Temple she was employed by the Soil Conservation Service and later by the Veterans Administration Medical Center. After 32 years' federal service she retired in 1987 and at that time was the Assistant Chief of Voluntary Service and Public Relations at Olin E. Teague Veterans Center. She was a member of First Baptist Church, a member of the Housekeepers Club, a past president of Avolonte Study Club and for several years was a volunteer with Churches Touching Live for Christ. She was preceded in death by her husband and one son, Vernon Blake Higginbotham, her parents, and two sisters, Nelmarie of Medford, Oregon, and Gussie Deyo of Dallas.

She is survived by 3 sons: John Mark of Temple; Rhett Kevan and his wife Angela, and their children, Andrew, Amanda, and Alexis all of South Lake, Paul Jerome and his son Kaden of Pfugerville.

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