Higginbotham owned Lueders Limestone for 10 years, a 540-acre limestone quarry 30 miles north of Abilene with a reputation for providing quality building materials cut from Lueders Basin, one of the largest limestone deposits in the world.
While limestone has been used in ACU building projects over the past 25 years, the rough-hewn blocks of Lueders Limestone are featured in Jacob’s Dream sculpture site, the trailheads, benches and markers along Lunsford Foundation Trail, and the rock around Faubus Fountain Lake, as well as other projects around West Texas.
“Dale was very generous toward ACU,” said Will Lunsford (’89) of the Moriah Group, which purchased the business from Higginbotham in 2009.
Higginbotham, a former co-owner of Arrow Ford, also was a former trustee of Abilene Christian Schools, and a member of the Taekwondo Olympic Committee who served two years as a referee at the Taekwondo World Games in Seoul, Korea. He was a deacon at First Central Presbyterian Church.
He is survived by his wife of 29 years, Doreta; two daughters, Brittany (’08) and Tiffany (’11); and two brothers, Seaton and Vincent – all of Abilene.
