Obituaries: George H. Hightower, 1964, Winn Parish, LA
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: February 6, 1964 Winn Parish Enterprise News-American

G. H. Hightower Succumbs To A Brief Illness

George H. Hightower, 70, retired Winnfield timber contractor, and a resident
of Bermuda, La., in Natchitoches Parish, where he was engaged in agriculture,
died in a Winnfield hospital at 5 p.m. Wednesday, following a brief illness. 
He and his wife, the former Ethel L. Hendrix, had celebrated their fiftieth
wedding anniversary here at the home of their son on January 26.

Funeral services will be conducted at 2:30 p.m. Friday, February 7, at the
Winnfield Hixson Brothers Chapel, with the Rev. Jesse Huckaby and Dr. W. L.
Holcomb officiating.  Burial will be in the Garden of Memories Cemetery under
direction of Hixson.

Mr. Hightower was a native of Summerfield, La., but had spent most of his
life in Winnfield where he and his wife reared their family.

He leaves his wife of Bermuda, La.; one son, Melton Hightower, Winnfield; two
daughters, Ms. M. K. Hattaway, Houston, Texas, and Mrs. Wade T. McManue,
Shreveport; two brothers, Ramsey and Roy Hightower, both of Junction City,
Ark.; two sisters, Mrs. Dallas Pace, Heflin, La., and Mrs. Travis Bradberry,
Shelbyville, Texas; four grandchildren and one great grandchild.