HELEN HIGHTOWER

MOUNDS, Ill. -- Helen Hightower, 78, Mounds Route 1, died Friday, Feb. 21, 1997, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Mo.

She was born Oct. 19, 1918, at Bertrand, Mo., daughter of George and Cordie LeVan. She married Bernard "Bud" Hightower, who died in 1990.

Hightower was a member of Smiles Senior Citizens Center in Mounds.

Survivors include a daughter, Helen Lee Hightower of Mounds; two sons, Bernard Hightower Jr. of Louisville, Ky., David Hightower of Murray, Ky.; two sisters, Pearl Gunter and Mary Crain of Corpus Christi, Texas; four grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by a daughter and sister.

Friends may call at Barkett Funeral Home in Mounds after 5 p.m. Sunday.

Funeral service will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday at the funeral home, with the Rev. F. Jerry Herring officiating. Burial will be in the U.S. National Cemetery in Mound City.