Hightower Family Genealogical Database

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  • ID: I17806
  • Reference Number: 17806
  • Name: Ruth Trilla Hightower
  • Given Name: Ruth Trilla
  • Surname: Hightower 1
  • Sex: F
  • Change Date: 30 OCT 2012
  • Birth: 21 NOV 1910 in Duenweg, Jasper County, Missouri, USA 2 1
  • Social Security Number: 539-22-2211 BEF 1951 Washington, USA 3 1
  • Residence: 25 JUL 1998 Saint Luke's Nursing Center, Carthage, Jasper County, Missouri, USA 4 1
  • Death: 25 JUN 2004 in Saint Luke's Nursing Center, Carthage, Jasper County, Missouri, USA 1 5
  • Burial: 30 JUN 2004 Park Cemetery, Carthage, Jasper County, Missouri, USA 6



    Father: Robert Sylvester Hightower b: 20 FEB 1869 in Nokomis, Montgomery County, Illinois, USA
    Mother: Nancy Madison Sallee b: 03 OCT 1876 in Phelps County, Missouri, USA

    Marriage 1 Clyde Samuel Cook b: 03 JUL 1902 in Illlinois, USA
    • Married: 03 MAR 1928 in Carthage, Jasper County, Missouri, USA 2 1
    Children
    1. Has Children Glennadale Cook b: 31 MAY 1930 in Missouri, USA
    2. Has No Children Jacqueline Cook

    Sources:
    1. Title: Hightower Family Genealogical Database [database online]. Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA: Anthony Lee Rockefeller
      Abbrev: Hightower Family Genealogical Database [database online]. Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA: Anthony Lee Rockefeller
      Publication: Copyright (c) 1996-2013, Anthony Lee Rockefeller
    2. Title: Precious Memories, Hightower Families in the United States of America from 1698 to the present with Special Attention to descendants of Francis Pharoah Hightower
      Abbrev: Precious Memories
      Author: Eason, Dona M.
      Publication: D. M. Eason, Huntington Beach, CA, c 1989
      Note:
      "Corrections and additions" (15 p.) inserted. Includes bibliographical references and index.
      Repository:
        Name: Allen County Public Library
        Note:
        Internet address: http://www.acpl.lib.in.us

      Note: Pages 103, 106
    3. Title: Social Security Death Index [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010.
      Abbrev: Social Security Death Index
      Publication: 2010
      Note:
      Original data: Social Security Administration. Social Security Death Index, Master File. Social Security Administration.
      Note: Name: Ruth H. Cook
      SSN: 539-22-2211
      Last Residence: 64836 Carthage, Jasper, Missouri, United States of America
      Born: 21 Nov 1910
      Died: 25 Jun 2004
      State (Year) SSN issued: Washington (Before 1951)
    4. Title: Minkler, Helen Marie (nee Martin), Personal knowledge and family records
      Abbrev: Minkler, Helen Marie (nee Martin)
    5. Title: The Carthage Press
      Abbrev: The Carthage Press
      Publication: The Carthage Press, 800 West Central Avenue, Carthage, Missouri 64836
      Note: Obituary:

      Ruth Cook, 93, died on June 25, 2004 at 8:55 a.m. at St. Luke's Nursing Center, Carthage.

      She was born Nov. 21, 1910 in Duenweg, Mo. to Robert Hightower and Nancy Madison (Sallee) Hightower. She was co-owner and operator of the IGA Thriftway, Pittsburg, Kans., for many years.

      She married Clyde Cook on March 7, 1929 in Barton County, Mo; he preceded her in death on Dec. 14, 1981. Two daughters, Jacqueline Miller, and Ginger Brown; five sisters, and one brother also preceded her in death.

      She is survived by her son in law, Wendell Brown, Carthage; five grandchildren, and six great-grand children.

      Graveside funeral services will be held Wednesday, June 30, 2004 at 2 p.m. at the Park Cemetery, Carthage. Memorial contributions are suggested to the American Heart Association in care of Knell Mortuary, Carthage.
    6. Title: The Carthage Press
      Abbrev: The Carthage Press
      Publication: The Carthage Press, 800 West Central Avenue, Carthage, Missouri 64836
      Note: Graveside services for Ruth Cook, 93, who died June 25, 2004 at St. Luke's Nursing Center, Carthage, were held 2 p.m. Wednesday June 30, 2004 at Park Cemetery, Carthage. Bishop Vance Willis officiated. Memorial contributions are suggested to the American Heart Association in care of the Knell Mortuary, Carthage.

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