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.