Carlsbad Current-Argus, Carlsbad, New Mexico, Friday, September 19, 1997, page 6
Pecos, Texas -- Services for Mary Katherine Brininstool Calley Hightower, 96, were held Tuesday, Sept. 9, at the First Christian Church with retired minister, Clark Ford of Midland, officiating. He was a long-time friend and neighbor. Music was provided by Stella Tinkler of Pecos and Jess Boyd and Donna Courson of Carlsbad.
She died Sunday, Sept. 7, 1997, in Pecos where she had lived most of her married life.
She was born Oct. 31, 1901, to William Henry and Nancy Cumi Brooks Brininstool in McKinney, Texas. Two husbands preceded her in death, Floyd Calley and Judge J.F. Hightower. She was also preceded in death by one son, Charles Francis Calley; six brothers, Morman, Carl, Anderson, Michael (Yank), Brooks, Jack and Walter David (Bud); three sisters, Margaret Moore, Grace Cohea and Carrie Lou Hemler.
She is survived by her two daughters, Doris Calley Kelton and her husband, Jim Tom of Pecos, and Nancy Mae Calley Snailum and her husband Darr, of Fort Stockton; three grandsons; two granddaughters; and six great-grandchildren; two sisters-in-law, Rose and Inas Brininstool, both of Carlsbad; as well as many nieces and nephews.
She was a member of the First Christian Church since 1932. She was a member of the Women's Christian Fellowship and an active worker for the church.
She drove a school bus into Pecos for six years, ran a rooming and boarding house several years and operated a school store for years. She invented the chili-burger -- all this plus feeding and cooking for cowboys, building fences, repairing windmills, working cattle and helping in the branding pen. (Her husband, Floyd, was a rancher.)
Pecos, Texas -- Services for Mary Katherine Brininstool Calley Hightower, 96, were held Tuesday, Sept. 9, at the First Christian Church with retired minister, Clark Ford of Midland, officiating. He was a long-time friend and neighbor. Music was provided by Stella Tinkler of Pecos and Jess Boyd and Donna Courson of Carlsbad.
She died Sunday, Sept. 7, 1997, in Pecos where she had lived most of her married life.
She was born Oct. 31, 1901, to William Henry and Nancy Cumi Brooks Brininstool in McKinney, Texas. Two husbands preceded her in death, Floyd Calley and Judge J.F. Hightower. She was also preceded in death by one son, Charles Francis Calley; six brothers, Morman, Carl, Anderson, Michael (Yank), Brooks, Jack and Walter David (Bud); three sisters, Margaret Moore, Grace Cohea and Carrie Lou Hemler.
She is survived by her two daughters, Doris Calley Kelton and her husband, Jim Tom of Pecos, and Nancy Mae Calley Snailum and her husband Darr, of Fort Stockton; three grandsons; two granddaughters; and six great-grandchildren; two sisters-in-law, Rose and Inas Brininstool, both of Carlsbad; as well as many nieces and nephews.
She was a member of the First Christian Church since 1932. She was a member of the Women's Christian Fellowship and an active worker for the church.
She drove a school bus into Pecos for six years, ran a rooming and boarding house several years and operated a school store for years. She invented the chili-burger -- all this plus feeding and cooking for cowboys, building fences, repairing windmills, working cattle and helping in the branding pen. (Her husband, Floyd, was a rancher.)
Carlsbad Current-Argus, Carlsbad, New Mexico, Friday, September 19, 1997, page 6
Pecos, Texas -- Services for Mary Katherine Brininstool Calley Hightower, 96, were held Tuesday, Sept. 9, at the First Christian Church with retired minister, Clark Ford of Midland, officiating. He was a long-time friend and neighbor. Music was provided by Stella Tinkler of Pecos and Jess Boyd and Donna Courson of Carlsbad.
She died Sunday, Sept. 7, 1997, in Pecos where she had lived most of her married life.
She was born Oct. 31, 1901, to William Henry and Nancy Cumi Brooks Brininstool in McKinney, Texas. Two husbands preceded her in death, Floyd Calley and Judge J.F. Hightower. She was also preceded in death by one son, Charles Francis Calley; six brothers, Morman, Carl, Anderson, Michael (Yank), Brooks, Jack and Walter David (Bud); three sisters, Margaret Moore, Grace Cohea and Carrie Lou Hemler.
She is survived by her two daughters, Doris Calley Kelton and her husband, Jim Tom of Pecos, and Nancy Mae Calley Snailum and her husband Darr, of Fort Stockton; three grandsons; two granddaughters; and six great-grandchildren; two sisters-in-law, Rose and Inas Brininstool, both of Carlsbad; as well as many nieces and nephews.
She was a member of the First Christian Church since 1932. She was a member of the Women's Christian Fellowship and an active worker for the church.
She drove a school bus into Pecos for six years, ran a rooming and boarding house several years and operated a school store for years. She invented the chili-burger -- all this plus feeding and cooking for cowboys, building fences, repairing windmills, working cattle and helping in the branding pen. (Her husband, Floyd, was a rancher.)
Pecos, Texas -- Services for Mary Katherine Brininstool Calley Hightower, 96, were held Tuesday, Sept. 9, at the First Christian Church with retired minister, Clark Ford of Midland, officiating. He was a long-time friend and neighbor. Music was provided by Stella Tinkler of Pecos and Jess Boyd and Donna Courson of Carlsbad.
She died Sunday, Sept. 7, 1997, in Pecos where she had lived most of her married life.
She was born Oct. 31, 1901, to William Henry and Nancy Cumi Brooks Brininstool in McKinney, Texas. Two husbands preceded her in death, Floyd Calley and Judge J.F. Hightower. She was also preceded in death by one son, Charles Francis Calley; six brothers, Morman, Carl, Anderson, Michael (Yank), Brooks, Jack and Walter David (Bud); three sisters, Margaret Moore, Grace Cohea and Carrie Lou Hemler.
She is survived by her two daughters, Doris Calley Kelton and her husband, Jim Tom of Pecos, and Nancy Mae Calley Snailum and her husband Darr, of Fort Stockton; three grandsons; two granddaughters; and six great-grandchildren; two sisters-in-law, Rose and Inas Brininstool, both of Carlsbad; as well as many nieces and nephews.
She was a member of the First Christian Church since 1932. She was a member of the Women's Christian Fellowship and an active worker for the church.
She drove a school bus into Pecos for six years, ran a rooming and boarding house several years and operated a school store for years. She invented the chili-burger -- all this plus feeding and cooking for cowboys, building fences, repairing windmills, working cattle and helping in the branding pen. (Her husband, Floyd, was a rancher.)
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