Bowie Co, Texas - Obituary for Eugene DeFee Hightower ******************************************************************* USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net ******************************************************************* Obituary for Eugene DeFee Hightower Born Texas, Date Unk. Buried November 4, 1943. Eugene DeFee Hightower Eugene DeFee Hightower, son of Mrs. Maggie Hightower and the late Sam Hightower of Texarkana, died Monday at Tulsa, Okla, where he had made his home for the last five years. Besides his Mother, he is survived by one daughter, Peggy of Houston, Texas, one son, DeFee Jr., of the United States Army, Danville, KY; three sisters, Mrs. G.J. Goodson of Tulsa, Okla.,Mrs. Anna Brougher of Houston, Texas and Mrs. Esta Gruenthal of New York, NY; one brother Nick Hightower of Longview, Texas; one grandson and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m., Thursday, in the chapel of the Texarkana Funeral Home, with the Rev. G.C. Ivins officiating. Burial will follow in Rose Hill Cemetery. Active pallbearers will be Jack Buffington, H.L. Everett Sr., Jessie Williams, Earnest Gibson, Heber Bowen, Cubby Bowen, (Obit Cut off here). (Note: There is no date within the obituary and Rosehill Cemetery only has the burial date which is 4 November 1943.) Submittted by William Sweeney, zeitwanderer@earth.net. Mr. Hightower was a son of Samuel and Maggie Hightower nee DeFee. Maggie was a sister of W.J. DeFee, John C. DeFee, James G. DeFee and Harmon (Fon) DeFee, who are all buried in Texarkana, Texas.