Mrs. Anna Elizabeth Spalding Higdon, 88, passed away Thursday, December 24, 2015 at The Village of Lebanon Nursing Home. She was born to Charles Martin and Benita Abell Spalding on November 13, 1927. She was retired from the Marion County School System and a member of St. Augustine Catholic Church.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Paul Thomas Higdon; parents, Charles Martin and Benita Abell Spading; son, Thomas Paul Higdon; daughter-in-law, Betty Jo Higdon.

Survivors include two daughters, Janice Crews and Debbie Higdon, both of Lebanon; three sons, Gary, Mike and Rick Higdon, all of Lebanon; sister, Cyril Ray McCauley. Also surviving are ten grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, December 30, 2015 at St. Augustine Catholic Church. Interment to follow in the church cemetery.

Visitation will begin at 9:00 a.m. at the funeral home and will continue until time of service at 2:00 p.m.

In lieu of flowers, expressions of sympathy may take the form of contributions made to the Working the Puzzle for Autism, Inc. and The Marion County Good Samaritans Foundation, Inc.