Thelma Ruth Higdon Stern

Funeral service for Mrs. Thelma Ruth Higdon Stern, 93, of Monroe, LA, will be held at 2:00 P.M., Saturday August 16, 2025, graveside at Mulhearn Memorial Park Cemetery with Rev. Jason Ramsey officiating, under the direction of Mulhearn Funeral Home Sterlington Rd. Monroe. Visitation will be from 12:30 P.M. until 1:30 P.M. on Saturday, August 16, 2025, at the funeral home. 

Mrs. Stern died peacefully in the early morning hours at her home after a brief illness.

She is preceded in death by her mother, Mattie Lucinda Hawthorne Higdon; father, W. B. ‘Doc’ Higdon; brother, William Bert Higdon; sister-in-law, Emily Alice Blomquist Higdon; and daughter, Alexandra Rebecca Stern

Left to remember her are daughter, Cheryl Ann Wood Spiers; daughter, Lisa Stern Crawford and husband, Steve Crawford; son, LeRoy (Lee) William Stern; grandchildren, Susan Alyse Pullium, Will Crawford and wife Haley, Leah Crawford, and Ben Crawford; great-grandchildren, Ava Grace Pullium, Chloe Pullium, and another on the way; special nieces and nephews, Kathy Stern, Mike Stern, Mark (Benny) Stern, Ellen Higdon Caldwell, and Jackie Higdon Guerriero, as well as numerous other family members. There are multitudes of Hawthorne family in the Winnsboro and surrounding areas to be acknowledged, and the best, most devoted, sister-like friend one could ever have, Darlene Williams.

Mrs. Stern lived a beautiful and blessed life. She was crowned Miss Louisiana in 1949. She worked in the entertainment industry in Hollywood and Mexico performing with the likes of Vincent Price and enjoyed friendships with Joan Crawford, Cary Grant, Debbie Reynolds, and many more. She was an elegant and graceful southern lady. She impacted everyone who was blessed to cross her path. Her family will miss her until the end of their days.

Pall Bearers are her son-in-law and grandsons, Steve Crawford, Will Crawford, and Ben Crawford; nephews Mike Stern and Mark (Benny) Stern; and 2 of the sons and former son-in-law of her dearest friend, Lee Williams, Chad Looney, and Terry Joe Carter.

In lieu of flowers, donations to your favorite charity in her name would be appreciated.

If she could speak to you now, she would encourage you to love the Lord, to read your bible, and to always put Him first in your life. To remember to ask Him for forgiveness and then thank Him for his blessings. Eternity is forever and life is but a stopping point along the way. Below are 3 scriptures. The first 2 she loved. The last was her favorite and as her children, we thought them important to share with you.

Proverbs 3:6 “In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy path.” 

Psalms 119:105 “Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.”

Acts 2:38 “Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.”