Mary Meche

Mary Higginbotham Meche, 92 passed away on October 7, 2013 in a local hospital. She was born on November 14, 1920 in Church Point, LA. Mary was a loving person who never met a stranger and was always helping everyone. She was beautiful inside and out and her family was the center of her life. Mary was a member of the Nifty-Fifty , loved to line dance, and ran the Sulphur Sweet Shop . She also loved flower gardening, telling stories, sewing and cooking. Her baked from scratch cakes were one of her specialties no one could touch. Funeral services will be held on Thursday, October 10, 2013 at 11a.m. at Our Lady of Prompt Succor Catholic Church in Sulphur with Father Thomas Huhn, MS officiating. Burial will follow in Mimosa Pines Cemetery in Carlyss under the direction of Johnson and Robison Funeral Home. The family will receive friends on Wednesday, October 9, 2013 at the funeral home from 5-9 p.m. with a rosary at 6:30 and will resume on Thursday at 9a.m. until time of the service. Mary is survived by her six children, Loretta Warren of Westlake, Betty Youngblood, James Meche, and Jody Higginbotham all of Lake Charles, Ella Meche Barbe of New Orleans, and Richard Meche of Richmond, TX; 8 grandchildren; 11 great grandchildren, 4 great-great grandchildren; and one brother, Voris Higginbotham of Church Point. She was preceded in death by her parents, Eldridge and Josephine Higginbotham; daughter, Murella Meche; brother, Curley Higginbotham; sister, Verlie Cormier; and her only niece, Mary Lee Arceneaux.