Ernest Edward Highers
1902-1989
ADDRESS: 620
Clifton Ct., Ft. Smith, Ark.
BIRTH:
Carthage, Tenn., Sept. 22, 1902
WIFE:
Allie
CHILDREN:
Two
BAPTIZED BY:
Coleman Overby, Apr., 1934
BEGAN
PREACHING
Oktaha, Okla.,
1942
CHURCHES
SERVED: Wainwright, Okla., Haskell, Okla., 1945-49, Ft.
Smith, Ark., 1949
RADIO:
Texarkana, Tex., Prescott, Ark., Ft. Smith, Ark.,
weekly;
MEETING PSE R
YEAR: Five to seven;
PERMANENT
CONTACT: Linsey Walker, 1422 May Ave., Ft. Smith,
Ark.
OTHER FACTS OF
INTEREST: While he was at Haskell the membership was
doubled, a new $40,000 brick building was constructed, and
a preacher's home was acquired. Since he has been at
Midland Blvd., Ft. Smith, the membership has been doubled,
the building has been enlarged and a new expansion program
inaugurated. The new building will seat about
700.
Preachers
of Today, Vol. 1, page
158
His widow, Allie, was born in 1907 and lives in
Henderson. Brother Highers is the father of Alan E. Highers
of Henderson, TN.

Henderson City Cemetery,
Henderson, TN