Dorothy Kathleen Cartmill Higginbotham, 88, passed away Wednesday, January 6, 2010 at her home in Dublin. She was a member of First Christian Church Disciples of Christ and retired from the VA Health Dept.s Agency on Aging. She was preceded in death by her parents, John Edward and Hannah Pearl Wilson Cartmill, a son, Joseph William Higginbotham, a brother and a sister. Survivors include her husband of 64 years, Joseph Moore Higginbotham; a daughter and son-in-law, Ann H. and Freddie Akers; a grandson, Jonathan Akers; a granddaughter, Le Anna Akers, all of Dublin; and a brother, William Byron Cartmill of Benton, ARK. Funeral services will be held Friday, January 8, 2010 at 11:00 a.m. at the Mullins Funeral Home in Radford with Rev. Bill Rowland officiating. Interment will follow in the Highland Memory Gardens in Dublin. The family will receive friends Friday from 10:30 a.m. until the time of the service. The Higginbotham family is in the care of Mullins Funeral Home & Crematory in Radford.