Obituary of Mattie Mae Hickingbottom

Funeral service for Mrs. Mattie Mae Hickingbottom are scheduled for 2 PM Friday, May 13, 2016 at the chapel of Golden Funeral Home, with Rev. Philip Burress officiating. Interment will follow in Memorial Park Cemetery under the direction of Golden Funeral Home. Visitation will be Thursday, from 5 - 7 PM at the funeral home. Mrs. Hickingbottom, age 85, passed away Wednesday, May 11, 2016. She was an awesome grandmother, great-grandmother, and great-great-grandmother and she lived for her grandchildren, great-grandchildren, and her great-great-grandson. She is preceded in death by her husband, Tom Hickingbottom; parents, Henry and Ella Touchstone Harper; daughter, Glenda Jones; son-in-law, James L. Roan; sister, Eddie Lee Ashley, and brothers, Charlie Harper, Vernon Harper, A.B. Arthur, and Arthur Harper. Mrs. Hickingbottom is survived by her daughter, Linda Roan, of Bastrop; grandchildren, Tammy Kelly and husband William, of Bastrop, Tina Whitaker and husband Chuck, of Bastrop, Michael Jones and wife Lisa, of Bastrop, and Angela Jones, of Bastrop; great-grandchildren, Austin Trichell and fiancé, Victoria Wood, Maci Trichell, Madisen Wood, Carson Harrison, Tristen Jones, Kellie Jones, Savannah Jones, and Amanda Pardue; great-great-grandson, Ezra Wood; and numerous nieces, nephews and friends. Serving the family as pallbearers will be Chuck Whitaker, William Kelly, Danny Hickingbottom, Danny Hickingbottom, Jr., Thomas Roan, Terry Graham, and Mike Trichell. The family extends their heart-felt gratitude to Cheryl and Angel, with AIME Hospice Care, and to the nurses at Oakwoods Home for the Elderly, for their wonderful care of Mrs. Hickingbottom.