Mattie Mae West

Mrs. Mattie Mae Higginbotham West, 78, died Saturday, Sept. 4, 2010, at Winston Medical Center in Louisville, MS. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 PM Tuesday at Good Hope Baptist Church, with Rev. Sammie McMillen and Rev. Larry Ferris officiating. Interment will be in Good Hope Cemetery. Visitation will be from 5:00 to 8:00 PM Monday at Porter Funeral Home. Mrs. West was born July 28, 1932, in Noxubee County, MS. She was a cosmetologist, and a member of GoodHope Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her parents, Mattie Louise Vaughn and James Larkini Higginbotham; a son, Jeffrey Donald Hemphill; and two brothers, William Higginbotham and Joe Higginbotham. She is survived by her husband, Paul West of Louisville; two daughters, Cathy Ferris of Monroe, LA, and Paula McCluskey of Ripley, MS; six sons, Randy Hemphill, Danny Hemphill, John Hemphill, and David Hemphill, all of Louisville, MS, James Hemphill of West Point, MS, and Eugene Hemphill of Arizona; a sister, Elsie Parney of Louisville, MS; two brothers, George Higginbotham of Macon, MS, and Charles Higginbotham of Baton Rouge, LA; 27 grandchildren, and numerous great grandchildren, and great great grandchildren. Pallbearers are Jay Moore, Anthony Miles, Jimmy Higginbotham, William Shepheard, Kevin Bishop, Jimmy Hemphill, Dennis Hemphill, and Ronnie Lee. Honorary pallbearer is Shannon Foskitt. Memorials may be made to Gideons International or the Baptist Children’s Villlage.