Mary Hightower Lacher, 88, Fayetteville, died Feb. 9, 2006. She was born Nov. 16, 1917 in Fayette County, daughter of Benjamin and Eula McBride Hightower. Services were at the Fayetteville First United Methodist Church chapel with the Rev. Mark Westmoreland officiating. Interment was at Prospect United Methodist Church cemetery, Chamblee, Ga. Survivors include sons, Patrick J. and Lynn Lacher, Anniston, Ala., Richard L. and Hilda Lacher, Dallas, Texas, Robert A. Lacher, Marietta, and Benjamin G. and Debi Lacher, Birmingham, Ala; six grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; and a sister, Charlotte and Harold Smith, Fayetteville. Carl J. Mowell & Son Funeral Home, Fayetteville, was in charge.