John was born June 2, 1948, to Thomas and Laura Battreall Hightower in DeValls Bluff, Ark. He was a graduate of DeValls Bluff High School and retired as a Warehouse Manager from Producer’s Rice Mill. He was an Army veteran of the Vietnam War and an avid outdoorsman with a love for hunting fishing and trapping.
Update from daughter:
I am the daughter of John Wesley Hightower (6/2/48-1/4/18).
He married my mother, Linda Lee, DOB 2/25/49, from Smyrna Mills, Maine, on 9/5/1970. She was in the Air force, and they met while both in the Washington DC area.
They had 3 children: Don Anthony Hightower DOB 7/15/71
Audrey Lynn (Hightower) Gordin DOB 10/5/74 married to Clayton Edward Gordin in Stuttgart, AR 5/24/97
Amy Joyce (Hightower) Trebilcock DOB 5/10/76 married to Jay Edward Trebilcock 9/21/02
Thought you might enjoy a little update! Thanks for the page.
Audrey Gordin
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