Biography:

University dean of women. Born– Ashland, Clay County, August 23, 1927. Parents– James J. and Myrtie M. Cockrell. Married– J.B. Jackson, Jr. Children– Three. Married– Ralph D. Higginbotham, 1974. Education– Samford University, B.A., 1949; Jacksonville State University, M.A. Served as dean of women, Jacksonville State University, 1974-1989.  Member, Alabama Baptist State Board; Board of  Trustees, Samford University; vice president, Baptist State Convention, 1972. Jacksonville State named a scholarship in her honor. Died February 23, 2004.

Source:

Parker Memorial Baptist Church; obituary, Anniston Star, February 25, 2004

Joint_Publication(s):

Life and Times of Houston Cole. Jacksonville, AL:  Friends of Houston Cole Library, 1989.

Parker Memorial Baptist Church, 1887-1987. Anniston, Ala.; Parker Memorial Baptist Church, 1987.