FLORENCE HIGHT

Florene C. Hight, 81, died Saturday, Nov. 2, 1996, at Chateau Girardeau Nursing Center.

She was born Sept. 10, 1915, in Atkins, Ark., to Omer H. and Vida K. King Crouthers. She married Hallie H. Hight in Morehouse on May 20, 1934.

She lived in Peoria, Ill., where she taught elementary school for 29 years and was a member of Delta Kamma Gamma before retiring at Wappapello. She was a member of the Wappapello Methodist Church and was the church pianist. She was a member of the O.E.S. of Morehouse.

She is survived by her husband and one sister, Lorene Proctor of Morehouse, and several nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by one daughter, one sister and one brother.

Friends may call from 5 until 8 p.m. today at the Nunnelee Funeral Home in Sikeston. Services will be held at the funeral home on Monday at 10:30 a.m. with Rev. Dolan Rogers of Sikeston Community Church officiating. Burial will follow in the Memorial Park Cemetery in Sikeston.