Charleston Daily Mail
Charleston, WV
March 19, 1998
Lillian H. Cosby
Lillian Higginbotham Cosby, 79, of Rand died Saturday, March 14, 1998, at home
after a long illness.
She was a member of Levi First Missionary Baptist Church, a 1939 graduate of
Garnet High School, Charleston Chapter NAACP and Henry Highland Garnett
Foundation.
Surviving: sons, Carl Cosby Jr. of Atlanta, Ga., William Benjamin and
Higginbotham Cosby of Rand; daughters, Joan Lain and Mable Jones of Rand,
Margo Perkins of Charleston; sisters, Phyllis Meadows and Hellena Higginbotham
of Rand, Blanche Pollard of Yonkers, N.Y.; nine grandchildren; four great-
grandchildren.
Service will be 1 p.m. Saturday at Levi First Missionary Baptist Church with
the Rev. Ben Merchant officiating. Burial will be in Tyler Mountain Memory
Gardens, Cross Lanes.
Friends may call from 7:30 to 8 p.m. Friday at the church. Scott Funeral
Home is in charge of arrangements.