No Stone. Buried south side of parents, Lee and Ruth Thurman. She died at 30 with Polio, leaving a 2 year old daughter and her husband Ovie Harper Higginbotham. Tulsa World 7/30/1950 Vera Opal Thurman Higginbotham (1920-1950) AR/OK Mrs. Vera Higgenbotham, 30-year-old Summers, Ark., farm wife, died early Saturday morning of polio in St. John's hospital. She had been hospitalized for 10 days. The death of Mrs. Higgenbotham was the second for 1950 at St. John's and brought the polio toll in Tulsa for the year to six. A native of Weddington, Ark., Mrs. Higgenbotham had lived in the Siloam Springs, Weddington, and Summers area all her life. Weddington and Summers are southeast of Siloam Springs. She was the wife of Ovia Higgenbotham, Summers farmer, and was a member of the Baptist church. Other survivors include a daughter, Ruth Elizabeth Higgenbotham, 2, of the home, and the father, Lee Thurman, of Weddington. ===== TULSA DAILY WORLD, FRIDAY, JULY 21, 1950 2 New Polio Patients In City's Hospitals Two new polio patients-including a 30-year-old Summers, Ark., housewife-were admitted to Tulsa hospitals Thursday. Mrs. Vera Higginbotham, wife of Ovie Higginbotham, Summers, was admitted to St. John's hospital. Her condition was not believed serious. Leta Kay Alderman, 7-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Otto Alderman, Stilwell, entered Hillcrest Memorial hospital. She was in good condition late Thursday.