Juanita Shirley Mariea Higgenbotham Jones

CELEBRATION OF LIFE: Shirley Higgenbotham Jones

Juanita Shirley Mariea Higgenbotham Jones was born November 1, 1928 in New Orleans, Louisiana. Shirley spent the majority of her early childhood with her grandmother, Alice Newman, since her mother, Beatrice Higgenbotham, taught in rural areas and was home only on weekends. Shirley’s mother was a home economics teacher, who successfully organized rural communities composed primarily of sharecroppers, to improve schoolhouse conditions.