Mrs. Beverly Jo Howe Higginbotham, longtime resident of Elberton, GA entered into rest peacefully on Friday, November 10, 2023, at Brown Health & Rehab, with her daughter and granddaughter at her side. She was 78.
Born in Wichita, KS, Beverly grew up in Lompoc, CA where she graduated high school with the class of 1963. In Georgia, she worked as a school bus driver for the Elbert County School System and also managed the Elberton Moose Club. She is preceded in death by her parents, Paul Clarke Howe and Edith Martha Lack Howe; and husbands: Danny Perez and Edgar Glenn "E.G." Higginbotham, III.
Beverly is survived by her children: Jodi and Robert Rowland of Hartwell, GA and Michael and Alexis O'Connor of Los Angeles, CA; sister, Paula Foster of TX; grandchildren: Jake Rowland, Randi R. Davis, Indigo O'Connor, and Piper O'Connor; and great-grandchildren: Ty Rowland, Talyn Rowland, and Gryffin Davis.
At her request, no services will be held. Beverly's cremated remains will return to California where she will be laid to rest.
Berry Funeral Home & Crematory of Elberton is assisting the family of Mrs. Beverly Jo Howe Higginbotham.