Lilly Palestine Pressley

1881 - 1950  (68 years)

• Name	Lilly Palestine Pressley  [1]
  Birth	12 Nov 1881	Haywood, North Carolina, USA   [1, 2]
  Gender	Female
  Name	Lillie Pressley  [3]
  Name	Lilly Palestine Hightower  [2]
  Reference Number	2009
  Burial	1950	Canton, Haywood, North Carolina, USA   [1]
  Death	13 Mar 1950	Asheville, Buncombe, North Carolina, USA   [1, 2]
  Person ID	I2009	KLD Genealogy
  Last Modified	21 Jun 2026

  
  

  Father	William Pressley
  Relationship	bio
  Mother	Dellie Warren
  Relationship	bio
  Family ID	F808	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Albert L Hightower,   b. 22 Dec 1891   d. 12 Dec 1953 (Age 61 years)
  Children	> 1. Carrie Cordelia Hightower,   b. 14 Jun 1914   d. 27 Jul 1944, Haywood, North Carolina, USA (Age 30 years)  [Father: bio]  [Mother: bio]   2. Roy William Hightower,   b. 1 Aug 1923, Pisgah Forest, Transylvania, North Carolina, USA d. 26 Jul 2004 (Age 80 years)  [Father: bio]  [Mother: bio]
  Family ID	F807	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Jun 2026

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 12 Nov 1881 - Haywood, North Carolina, USA Burial - 1950 - Canton, Haywood, North Carolina, USA Death - 13 Mar 1950 - Asheville, Buncombe, North Carolina, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S19] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;). [S56] Ancestry.com, North Carolina, Death Certificates, 1909-1976, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2007;), North Carolina State Archives; Raleigh, North Carolina. North Carolina, Death Certificates, 1909-1976 North Carolina State Archives; Raleigh, North Carolina [S12] Ancestry.com, U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2015;).