Obituaries:  Celeste Garner Hightower, Sabine Parish       H-236
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Aug 11, 1993
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net


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Celeste Garner Hightower

  Services for Celeste Garner Hightower, 92, of Many, were held
Monday, August 9, 1993, at 12 p.m., at New Jerusalem Baptist
Church, conducted by Rev. Clois Rodgers. Interment was held in
the church cemetery.

  Mrs. Hightower died August 4, 1993, at Heritage Manor Nursing
Home. She was born in Many, on March 22, 1896, and resided there
until her death.

  She was a retired business person and housewife.

  She is survived by her son and daughter-in-law, Joseph and
Gladys Hightower of Port Allen; one daughter, Evelyn H. Brisker
of Cleveland, Ohio; one brother, Robert Garner of Many; two
grandsons, Charles Brisker of Durham, N. C., Wendell Hightower of
Houston, Tex.; five granddaughters, Bettye Tolliver of Pittsburg,
Calif., Jolene Crawford of Dallas, Tex., Katherine Cross of
Pomona, Calif., Sandra Edwards of Cleveland, Ohio, Linda Brown of
Port Allen; three sisters-in-law, Fannie Batiste of Oakland,
Calif., Annie Garner of Baton Rouge, Ernestine Hightower of
Cleveland, Ohio; twelve great grandchildren; and one great-great
grandson; numerous nieces, nephews, cousins, other relatives, and
devoted friends.

  She is preceded in death by her parents, Joe and Myra Garner;
husband, Earthy Hightower; son-in-law, Cecil Brisker; four
sisters; and seven brothers.