Swan Hightower

Swan Hightower

Funeral Services for Mr. Swan Hightower, 89, of Wrightsville, will be held on Friday, April 10, 2015 at 1 PM at the Antioch Baptist Church, 133 East Trilby Street in Wrightsville. Reverend Norman Roberts will officiate. Burial will follow in the Westview Cemetery, Wrightsville.

Mr. Hightower was born in Johnson County, Wrightsville on October 10, 1925, to the late Arthur Curry and Mattie Hightower. He departed this life on Easter Sunday, April 5, 2015, after a brief illness.

On March 10, 1959, he married Lillie M. Hightower and to this union a daughter was born. Swan was a lifelong resident of Johnson County and worked many jobs, to include Tennille Cotton Mill and Crowntex, up until his retirement. He was a wonderful husband and father with such a great sense of humor. Mr. Hightower was lovingly known as “Pa-Pa” to his many grandchildren and great grandchildren. When they came to visit, and it was time to leave, he would always give each one of them two dollars. This continued into their adulthood without them ever receiving a raise.

Mr. Hightower was preceded in death by two brothers, Willie James Hightower and Cleveland Hightower; and by two sisters, Carrie Patterson and Rebbie Hightower Wright.

Mr. Hightower was a caring and kind person who will be missed by many. He leaves to cherish his memory his devoted wife, Lillie M. Hightower; three daughters, Carolyn (Mark) Mitchell of Atlanta, Joann H. (Oliver) Sueing of Sharpsburg, and Thelma Outlaw of Fort Pierce, Florida; four sons, Jimmie Coleman of Wrightsville, John Coleman of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Frankie Coleman of Camp Hill, Pennsylvania, and Leon Butler of Wrightsville; one sister, Annie Pearl Sellers of Tampa, Florida; two devoted nieces, Robbie (Lee) Fails of East Dublin and Dessie Wright of Wrightsville; several grandchildren, great-grandchildren, and a host of relatives and friends.

Mr. Hightower will be placed in the church, and available for viewing, from 11 AM until the funeral hour.

The family will receive friends at 119 Martin Luther King Drive, Wrightsville.

Services by Dudley Funeral Home of Dublin.
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