WILMA DODSON HIGGINBOTHAM July 14, 1912 - Feb. 17, 2008

Wilma Dodson Higginbotham, 95, of Huntsville and formerly of Midway, died on Sunday, Feb. 17, 2008, in Huntsville.

Funeral services are set for 1 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 23, 2008, at the Barlow-Bonsall Funeral Home in Charleston, W.V., with burial in the Graceland Cemetery.

Wilma was born on July 14, 1912, in Charleston, W.V. to James William and Tina Austin (Rhodes) Dodson. She graduated from South Charleston High School and attended Marshall University. Wilma retired as women's editor for the Charleston Daily Mail. She was a member of the Pilot Club of Charleston, DACOWITS. She had lived in Midway since 1997 and was a Mormon. Wilma was preceded in death by her parents.

Wilma is survived by her daughter and son-in-law, Kaye and Cecil Reynolds of Midway; two grandchildren, James W. Payne-Fuller and wife Thara and Lisa L. Beaton and husband, Craig; four great-grandchildren, Rhiannon Payne, Trevor Payne, Megan Olson and Emma Brooke Fuller.

Memorials may be made to the Ella Smither Geriatric Center, 1115 Avenue O, Huntsville, Texas 77340.

Local arrangements were under the direction of Madisonville Funeral Home.