Annie Catherine Black High

Annie Catherine Black High, 99, of Hamburg died Tuesday, January 24, 2012 at the Healthsouth Specialty Hospital in Farmerville, Louisiana. Mrs. High was a native of Snyder and a resident of Hamburg and Fountain Hill for most of her life and a former resident of Eloy and Glendale, Arizona for several years. She graduated from Fountain Hill High School in 1932 and Arkansas A&M College with a Bachelor's Degree in Elementary Education. She taught elementary school in Eloy and Glendale Arizona; Watson, Strong and Fountain Hill before retiring in 1977. She was a member of the First Baptist Church and she enjoyed gardening, sewing, piecing quilt blocks and traveling to visit family members. She is preceded in death by her husband, Clyde Franklin High in 1991; two granddaughters, Stephanie Carol High and Whitney Alise Temple; her parents, William Zimmery & Rachel Victoria Burgess Black and a sister, Ethyl Olivia Black Beane. She is survived by seven daughters, Barbara Ann Pogue of Glendale, Arizona, Irene Riley and husband, Billy, of Hamburg, Joyce Pogue and husband, Gene, of Chandler, Arizona, Betty Wright and husband, Robert, of Willow Park, Texas, Flora Mae Byrd and husband, Dennis, Vickie Temple and husband, John, all of Hamburg and Connie Teutsch and husband, Ken, of Clarksville; two sons, Dale High and wife, Judy, of Bossier City, Louisiana and Dewaine High and wife, Mary, of Avondale, Arizona; a sister, Willie Zim Moore of Tucson, Arizona; a brother-in-law, Horace High of Topeka, Kansas; 23 grandchildren, 38 great-grandchildren and 10 great-great-grandchildren. Funeral services are 10 a.m., Saturday at the First Baptist Church. Burial will be in the Flat Creek Cemetery. Visitation will be 6-8 p.m., Friday at the funeral home. Memorials may be made to the First Baptist Church, P.O. Box 352, Hamburg, Ark. 71646, Flat Creek Cemetery Association, P.O. Box 265, Fountain Hill, Ark. 71642 or to the Promise Land Cemetery Association, c/o Mrs. JoAnne Sullivan, 318 Ashley Road 131, Hamburg, Ark. 71646. Funeral arrangements are under the direction of Jones-Hartshorn Funeral Home of Hamburg. Online guest book at www.jones-hartshorn.com.