Alice "Elsie" Estelle Higgs Woodburn, 105 of Leonardtown, MD died on June 7, 2010 at St. Mary's Nursing Center, Leonardtown, MD. Born September 5, 1904 in Leonardtown, MD, she was the daughter of the late Thomas Manley and Florine Lucretia Bowles Higgs.

She was the loving wife of the late Wilmer Daniel Woodburn.

Elsie is survived by her children Francis B. Woodburn of Mechanicsville, VA, Emily Ann Christie of Lincoln, DE, Mary Jane Wood of Mechanicsville, MD and Rita W. Abell of California, MD as well as her 31 grandchildren. She is also survived by her siblings Bernice H. Ferguson of KY, Mary Eva Abell of Leonardtown, MD, and Rebecca Shalis of Rockville, MD.

Elsie is preceded in death by her children Alice M. White, William E. Woodburn and her siblings Theresa H. Ford, Helena H. Armstrong, Frances Wiltrout, Thomas M. Higgs and Charlotte Metzger.

Elsie was a lifelong resident of St. Mary's County where she was a homemaker. She enjoyed going to the fair with her lye soap, as well as to the market to get her fish. She enjoyed raising chickens and peacocks and selling eggs and poultry to everyone in Leonardtown, MD. She especially enjoyed feeding her chickens. She always had her feet on the sewing machine making her children clothes and many, many more. Her favorite medication was Vick's and her favorite drink was dandelion wine. In order get a glass of her dandelion wine you had to be a very special person.

The Family will receive friends on Thursday, June 10, 2010 from 5:00 – 8:00 PM in the Mattingley-Gardiner Funeral Home Chapel, Leonardtown, MD where prayers will be recited at 7:00PM. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Friday, June 11th, 2010 at 10:00AM in St. Aloysius Catholic Church with Fr. John Dakes officiating. Interment will follow in the church cemetery.

Arrangements provided by Mattingley-Gardiner Funeral Home.