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WILMA KIRKPATRICK
It is with great honor that we share with you that a wonderful wife, mother, grandmother, great grandmother, sister and friend, Wilma Rae Higdon Kirkpatrick went home to be with her Savior on October 12, 2021. Wilma Rae was born at home in Glenville, Arkansas on March 21, 1936, to Lavelle Higdon and Zelma 'Tat' Vashti Higdon. She was a resident of Schriever, Louisiana, and was a devoted wife and loving mother, taking care of her family was of utmost importance to her. She spent several years living in Oman with her husband, who worked in the oilfield. She was an avid crossword puzzler and reader. She was a long-time member of Mulberry Baptist Church in Houma, Louisiana where she volunteered for many years teaching Sunday school and Vacation Bible School.
Rae is preceded in death by her parents, her husband, Charles, granddaughter Ashley Scivicque and great grandson Allen Dedon.
She is survived by daughters Peggy Lockhart (Robbie), Kathy Galloway (Joey), Dianne Kirkpatrick, Teresa Scivicque (Eric); son Charles 'Tommy' Kirkpatrick (Jenny); siblings Bonnie Hogg, Betty Keathley (Harry), Lavelle 'Sonny' Higdon Jr. (Mavis), Billy Don 'Donnie' Higdon (Carla), Kay Portillo; 13 grandchildren, 32 great grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews.
Pallbearers will be Jeffrey Lockhart, Jason Galloway, Matthew Lockhart, Eric 'Bud' Scivicque, Jacob Kirkpatrick, Paul Lockhart and Chaz Galloway.
Services to celebrate Rae's life will be held at Lewis Funeral Home, Inc. in Magnolia, Arkansas on Friday, October 22, 2021 at 10:30 a.m. with Johnathan McLemore & Jack E. Daniels officiating. Burial to follow at New Hope Cemetery. Visitation will be Thursday, October 21 from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. at the funeral home.
Memorials may be made to the New Hope, PO Box 252, McNeil, AR 71752.
To sign the online guest book or to share a memory visit www.lewisfuneralhome.biz.