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Obituary for HIGHTOWER


Published in the Albuquerque Journal on Sunday May 06, 2012

BOBBIE LEE 85, passed away April 17, 2012 at Kate B. Reynolds Hospice Home in Winston-Salem, NC after a brief illness. She was born Feb. 12, 1927 in Claunch, NM, to the late Jesse Evan and Ethyl Mae Gaines Easley. She was also preceded in death by her husband of 54 years, Henry Jackson Hightower; brother, Glen Easley; and sisters, Doris Finch Boyd and Dorothy Jennings. Survivors include her three children, Jimmy (Cheryl) Hightower of Lake Havasu City, AZ, David (Gerry) Hightower of Killeen, TX; and daughter, Sandra (Harold) McGee of Winston-Salem, NC; brother, Jesse Easley, Jr. of Socorro, NM; six grandchildren, Brenda Isselhardt, Carol Marshall, Jeff and Michael Hightower, Kenny and Evan Hightower; eight great-grandchildren: Holly Isselhardt, Bryce Marshall, Melody Garrett, Bella Hightower, Dane Hightower, Tyler and Austin Hightower. A celebration of life will be held at 2pm, Saturday, May 12, 2012 at the Daniel's Family Funeral Service Chapel, 309 Garfield St., Socorro, NM. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made in Bobbie's honor to Palliative Care Gift Fund, Forsyth Medical Center, 8NT I/APCU, 3333 Silas Creek Pkwy, Winston-Salem, NC 27103 or to Kate B. Reynolds Hospice Home, 101 Hospice Ln, Winston-Salem, NC 27103.