Mr. Joshua Ryan Hightower age 28 of Leesburg passed away Monday June 2nd , 2014.

Funeral services will be 1 P.M. Thursday June 5th at Perry Funeral Home Chapel, with Rev. Wendell Dutton officiating. Burial will follow in Cedar Hill Cemetery.

The family will receive friends from 5 until 8 P.M. Wednesday.

Pallbearers include: Mark Sipsy, T.J. McCullough, Brad Motes, Justin Lawson, Dillon Dodd & Tyrone Randolph.

Survivors include his fiance’, Rose Williams: sons, Jimi Hightower & Daniel Hightower: daughter, Michelle Hightower: mother, Ann (Jack) Wiseman of Decherd, TN: brothers, Brandy (Rebecca) Pierce of Leesburg & Jonathon (Casey) Hightower of Centre: Grandparents, Betty Jo Pierce of Leesburg & Audrey Hightower of Sand Rock: chosen sister, April Pierce; several Aunts, Uncles & Cousins.

He was preceded in death by his father Jimmy Doyle Hightower.

Mr. Hightower was a native of Cherokee County, was a truck driver and was a Baptist by faith.