Cameron, Texas
Thursday, August 15, 1968, page 4
Stroke Fatal For Tom Hightower
Tom M. Hightower, 81, lifelong resident of Walkers Creek community, died early Friday evening in a local hospital. He had suffered a stroke April 15 and had been seriously ill since that time.
Mr. Hightower was born April 27, 1887 in Milam County, the son of G. T. Hightower and Eva Davis Hightower. He was a farmer and rancher and at one time operated the Silver City Grocery Store.
He is survived by his wife; two sons, Aubrey Hightower, Cameron, Harley Hightower, Mobile, Alabama; four brothers, Oscar Hightower, Cameron, Charley Hightower, Freeport, Dewey Hightower, Bryan, Fletcher Hightower, Houston; five sisters, Miss Effie Hightower, Mrs. Leona Angell, Mrs. Stella McCall, Mrs. Cage Kennon, all of Cameron, and Mrs. Eva Simmons, Houston; four grandchildren and one great grandchild.
Funeral services were 3 p.m. Sunday in the chapel of Green's Funeral Home, Cameron, Rev. J. E. Lafferty officiating. Burial was in Walkers Creek Cemetery.
Cameron, Texas
Thursday, August 15, 1968, page 4
Stroke Fatal For Tom Hightower
Tom M. Hightower, 81, lifelong resident of Walkers Creek community, died early Friday evening in a local hospital. He had suffered a stroke April 15 and had been seriously ill since that time.
Mr. Hightower was born April 27, 1887 in Milam County, the son of G. T. Hightower and Eva Davis Hightower. He was a farmer and rancher and at one time operated the Silver City Grocery Store.
He is survived by his wife; two sons, Aubrey Hightower, Cameron, Harley Hightower, Mobile, Alabama; four brothers, Oscar Hightower, Cameron, Charley Hightower, Freeport, Dewey Hightower, Bryan, Fletcher Hightower, Houston; five sisters, Miss Effie Hightower, Mrs. Leona Angell, Mrs. Stella McCall, Mrs. Cage Kennon, all of Cameron, and Mrs. Eva Simmons, Houston; four grandchildren and one great grandchild.
Funeral services were 3 p.m. Sunday in the chapel of Green's Funeral Home, Cameron, Rev. J. E. Lafferty officiating. Burial was in Walkers Creek Cemetery.
Family Members
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Effie Hightower
1881–1968
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Leona Hightower Angell
1883–1978
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James Leroy Hightower
1885–1966
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Oscar Leo Hightower
1889–1980
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Stella H Hightower McCall
1891–1981
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Edward Pernell Hightower
1893–1924
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Charlie Midciff Hightower
1895–1990
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Dewey Hobson Hightower
1898–1977
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William Fletcher Hightower
1900–1994
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Eva Hightower Simonds
1902–2005
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Texas Jewel "Tex" Hightower Kennon
1907–2005
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