- Collection:
- Atlanta Funeral Programs Collection
- Title:
- Graveside Services for Mrs. Betty J. Hightower, Thursday, November 18, 1993, 1:00 P.M., Kennedy Memorial Gardens, 2500 River Road, Ellenwood, Georgia, Brother Harold Warfield, Officiating
- Contributor to Resource:
- African-American Historical and Genealogical Society (Washington, D.C.). Metro Atlanta Chapter
Wesley Chapel Genealogy Group - Date of Original:
- 1993-11-18
- Subject:
- African American women--Georgia--Ellenwood--History--20th century
African Americans--Funeral customs and rites--Georgia--Ellenwood--History--20th century
Funeral rites and ceremonies--Georgia--Ellenwood--History--20th century
Funeral service--Georgia--Ellenwood--History--20th century
Mourning customs--Georgia--Ellenwood--History--20th century
African Americans--Georgia--Ellenwood--Genealogy - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Clayton County, Ellenwood, 33.61011, -84.28798
- Medium:
- church records
programs (documents)
records (documents) - Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- Funeral program for Betty J. Hightower. Birth date: May 15, 1941. Death date: (not recorded). Funeral date: November 18, 1993. Church: Kennedy Memorial Gardens (Ellenwood, Ga.). The Atlanta Funeral Programs Collection is a project of the Digital Library of Georgia in association with the Auburn Avenue Research Library on African-American Culture and History as part of Georgia HomePLACE. The project is supported with federal LSTA funds administered by the Institute of Museum and Library Services through the Georgia Public Library Service, a unit of the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia.
- Local Identifier:
- Folder number: 46
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:aarl_afpc_hightowerbettyj19931118
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:aarl_afpc_hightowerbettyj19931118
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 1 page
- Holding Institution:
- Auburn Avenue Research Library on African-American Culture and History
- Rights:
-
Curtis Lowe
Eric McKinnon
Mike Dixon Gerald MeWorther
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Betty J. Hightower was born on May 15, 1941 to the late W. A. Holloway and Elvira Holloway.
Mrs. Hightower moved to Ohio at an early age where she attended school in Cleveland, Ohio. She married Eugene Hightower and to this union four daughters were born. She later moved back to Atlanta, Georgia where she was employed by Southern Bell until her illness.
During her illness, she never lost courage and remained in very good spirits throughout. She was a devoted and loving mother that helped to inspire and influence her entire family to love and care for one another.
She was a dedicated servant -of Jehovah God and looked forward to his promise of a paradise earth where no one would get sick, grow old or die.
Mrs. Hightower is survived by her husband, Eugene Hightower; four daughters, Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Lowe (Daphne), Valerie Hightower, Mr. and Mrs. Gerald McWorter (Alesia), and Janean Hightower; mother, Elvira Holloway; one sister, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Hill (Mary); one brother, Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Holloway, Jr.; grandchildren, J ocelynn, Curtis, Jr. , and Crystal; an adopted daughter, Stephanie McKinnon; a host of nieces, nephews, cousins, other relatives and friends.
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EULOGY ... . .. .. .... .. . . ...... . Brother Harold Warfield
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
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Kennedy Memorial Gardens Ellenwood, Georgia