Kenneth Bryce Higginbotham

Mr. Higginbotham died Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2003, at St. Francis Health Center in Topeka.

He was born Sept. 7, 1915, in Mystic, Iowa, the son of Lemuel L. and Alice Ann Ramsden Higginbotham. He graduated from Central High School in St. Joseph, Mo.

Mr. Higginbotham began working in coal mines in Elmira, Mo. He was an artist and also worked in advertising at the Kansas City Journal Post and Sears in Kansas City, Mo. He was advertising manager for Sears in Shreveport, La., and a commercial artist for Pictorial Times. When he retired, he was supervisor of the directory art department of Southwestern Bell Telephone in Topeka. He was voted advertising man of the year and awarded the medallion from Printers Ink Magazine in 1966. He was a World War II veteran and member of Westminster Presbyterian Church.

He married Mildred Laubach on Jan. 2, 1938. She died April 5, 2001.

Survivors include a son, Neil H., Lawrence; a daughter, Oneita L. Higginbotham, Braganca, Brazil; three grandsons; and six great-grandchildren.

Friends may call after 1 p.m. Friday at the funeral chapel, where family will receive them from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Friday.

The family suggests memorials to Westminster Presbyterian Church, sent in care of the funeral chapel, 1321 S.W. 10th Ave., Topeka 66604.