The DeFuniak Herald - March 26, 1925
Eugene Hightower for 40 yrs a mail clerk on the Central of Georgia Railway, committed suicide on Friday, Mar 13th at Albany, Ga. A Negro by the name of Potts was the only eye witness to the tragedy, who stated that Hightower made a dive under the driving wheels of the moving locomotive. Eugene was engaged to be married to Mrs Carrie Thomas of Florala, the wedding date set for March 19th. Funeral services were held at his old home at Blakely, Ga.
[Contributed by Lois Danley and Sharon Watson]