
01/07/2025
John Wesley Highfill
Jackson, TN
Funeral services for Mr. John Wesley Highfill, age 81, will be held at 2 PM on Monday, January 13, 2025 in the Shelton-Hunt Funeral Home Chapel with burial to follow in Rose Hill Cemetery.
Mr. Highfill, a retired operations manager for Pacific Gas Transmission, passed away on Sunday, January 5, 2025 in the Jackson-Madison County General Hospital.
Mr. Highfill was an avid hunter, fisherman and golfer for many decades teaching his children and step children how to hunt and fish throughout their upbringing. He also had a great love of the Eagles and knew each of their albums front to back. He enjoyed his many years of retirement with his wife Julie. He was an extremely happy grandfather and took great pride in each and every one of his beloved grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by siblings, Betty Highfill, Wynona Granados, Dale Highfill, Elaine Ramos, Billy Highfill and Leroy Highfill.
Mr. Highfill is survived by his wife, Julie Highfill; a daughter, Kimberly Suzanne Lillard (Dennis) of Lincoln, CA; a son, David Noel Highfill (Ellain) of Pasadena, CA (Kimberly and David's mother is John's first wife, Dorothy Sanchez) ; two step-sons, Jesse Schrecengost (Emily) of Missoula, MT and Kelly Peterman (Brooke) of Kalispell, MT; three sisters, Jayne Valdez, Violet Ferguson and Claudette Romo all of CA; and five grandchildren, Erika Suzanne Lillard Luna, Noel Wesley Highfill, Julian Henry Highfill, Dean Otto Peterman and Matilda June Pray.
The family requests memorials to: The Spina bifida association https://www.spinabifidaassociation.org; Ronald McDonald House https://rmhc.org; or The Adult Congenital Heart Association https://www.achaheart.org.
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