General Information

Birth
27 FEB 1924
Death
3 FEB 1944
WW II
Burial
Beaty Cemetery, Washington County, Lincoln, Arkansas

Notes

HIGHTOWER FUNERAL HELD

Funeral service was held this afternoon for Louis Kenton Hightower, son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hightower, Sr. of Prairie Grove, at Beaty cemetery near Prairie Grove.

His body was the first Washington County resident to be brought back from overseas.

He was drowned while attempting to go to the aid of two Marine Corps companison about 200 yards from the island.

He was posthumously awarded the Navy and Marine Corps Medal for Heroic Conduct, and the Purple Heart.

He had enlisted in the Marines in February, 1943 and went overseas with the Fourth Marine Divison.

Besides his parents he is survived by a sister, Helen; and a brother, Robert, Jr. of Prairie Grove.

The Luginbuel Funeral HOme was in charged of arrangements.

October 30, 1947 - Northwest Arkansas Times

Parents

Robert Walter Hightower
- Father
1900 - 1960
Birth
18 MAR 1900
Mena, Arkansas
Death
9 MAY 1960
Fayetteville, Washington County, Arkansas
Burial
12 MAY 1960
Beaty Cemetery, Washington County, Lincoln, Arkansas
Ruth C. Collins
- Mother
1905 - 1998
Birth
26 SEP 1905
Death
24 JAN 1998
Delmar, New York