John was born to Bennett & Margaret Hightower of Oxford, NC and graduated from NC State University. John had a love for shag dancing and this is where he met Myra in 1985.
John, known as Poppy to the ones he loved most, owned The Removal Co. for 20 years. Poppy knew no strangers and had a way of making anyone and everyone feel like family. Poppy would give anyone he met the shirt off his back. To know him was to love him and countless lives are forever changed by the impact he had on everyone he met. He lived a full life and his family considers themselves so blessed to be able to call him their own.
Poppy is survived by his wife of 35 years, Myra, their three children, Lisa Hester (Gary), Terri Moss (Ken), Leigh Anne Jones (Ronald), their 8 grandchildren, Ashley, Meghan, Bethany, Brynne, Josh, Quinn, Rhyan, and Tate, 2 step-grandchildren, Awbrea Moss and Kenny Moss, along with 8 great grandchildren, sister, Gwen Waddell-Schultz, Chapel Hill, NC, and brother, Bennett Leak Hightower, Jr., of Oxford, NC.
He is preceded in death by Margaret Hightower, mother; Bennett Leak Hightower, Sr., father; Jim Hightower, brother.
A visitation will be held at Ephesus Baptist Church, 6767 Hillsborough St, Raleigh, NC 27606, Thursday, June 30, 2022, at 10 am with a Service to follow at 11 am.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Ephesus Baptist Church in memory of John Hightower.
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