Background
Hightower, Emmett was born on March 31, 1866 in Cass Company, Texas, United States. Son of Isaac Oslin and Rebecca Amanda (Dudley) Hightower.
Hightower, Emmett was born on March 31, 1866 in Cass Company, Texas, United States. Son of Isaac Oslin and Rebecca Amanda (Dudley) Hightower.
Southwestern University, Georgetown. Texas, 1883-1889 (Doctor of Divinity, 1919). Vanderbilt University, 1890-1891.
Emmennt Dysart, Frank Chapman. Ordained ministry Methodist Episcopal Church, South, 1887. Pastor successively, Fort Worth (Texas) Circuit, Jacksboro, Vernon, Taylor, Mansfield, Colorado City, Dublin, Stephenville, Walnut Springs, Glen Rose, Sweetwater, Cisco, Gatesville, Belton, Morrow Saint Church, Waco.
South.S. field secretary Central Texas Conference, 1911-1912.
Pastor 1st Church, Weatherford, Texas, 1912-1914. Divisional field secretary South.S. Board Methodist Episcopal Church, South, 1914-1918.
Superintendent Bible class work, 1918-1919. Associate editor South.S. literature Methodist Episcopal Church, South, since 1918.
Trustee Southwestern University, Weatherford Junior College.
Home: Nashville, Tennessee
Married Ruth Gertrude Dysart, September 21, 1892. Children: Ruth, Paul Alison, Mary (Mistress WordPress Young).