HIGHTOWER, Iva Kennedy - Fountain County INGenWeb Project

Hillsboro- Mrs. Iva Hightower, 75, died at 1:30 a.m. Sunday in Culver Hospital at Crawfordsville where she had been a patient since last Friday evening. She was born Nov. 29, 1887, at Wingate, a daughter of V. Y. and Mary Winescott Kennedy. She married Thomas Hightower Oct. 7, 1908. Mr. and Mrs. Hightower farmed in the Hillsboro area from 1921 until their retirement 10 years ago. Mrs. Hightower was a member of the Prairie Chapel Church, Fern Chapter OES and Triple F. Club of Hillsboro and Rebekah Lodge of Waynetown. Survivors include her husband; two daughters, Mrs. Edith Furr of Crawfordsville and Mrs. Mary Snyder of Waynetown; two brothers, Van Kennedy of Waynetown and Gould Kennedy of Wingate; a sister, Mrs. Myrtle Chadwick of Crawfordsville and two grandchildren, Richard Snyder of Williamsport and Miss Mary Furr of Crawfordsville. She was preceded in death by three brothers and a sister. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at the Crumley Funeral Home here with Rev. Orval Woody of Whitestown officiating. Burial will be in Rose Hill Cemetery here. Friends may pay their respects at the funeral home Monday afternoon and evening.