Pansy Hightower, 59, of Fitzgerald, died Thursday, April 7, 2005, at Tift Regional Hospital in Tifton.
A graveside service will be held at 4 PM Saturday at Salem Baptist Church, Ben Hill County, with the Rev. W. L. Hightower and Eddie Richey officiating. Visitation will be held from 7-9 PM on Friday at the funeral home.
Miss Hightower was born July 8, 1945 in Bibb County, Georgia, to the late Willie Hightower and Pauline Gregory Hightower. She was of the Baptist faith. For many years she made her home with her sister and brother-in-law, Tina and Eddie Richey.
Miss Hightower is survived by seven sisters: Tina Richey, Ben Hill County, Georgia, Pearl Bales, Beatrice, Nebraska, Roenelle Daniel, Musella, Georgia, Janice Reynolds, and Carlene White, both of South Carolina, Virgil Hightower, Splendora, Texas and Kay Beasley, Lake Park, Georgia; two brothers: Rev. W.L. Hightower, Forsyth, Georgia, Virgil Hightower, Splendora, Texas, Richard Lee Hightower. She was preceded in death by one sister.