CUERO - Mrs. Lonnie Belle Towery, 89, of Cuero died in a Cuero nursing home Wednesday.
Services will be conducted at Freund Funeral Home at 2 p.m. Saturday. The Rev. Bob Hairston, pastor of First Baptist Church, will officiate. Burial will be in Hillside Cemetery.
Mrs. Towery was born Sept. 27, 1884, in Smithville, Miss., daughter of W.J. (Bud) and Frances Ashcraft Cowart. She married W.A. Towery in Smithville in 1903. He died in 1943.
Survivors are two daughters, Mrs. Elgin Perry of Houston and Mrs. Irene Wood of Carlbad [sic] N.M.; five sons, Dr. W.R. Towery and C.O. Towery of Cuero, W.R. Towery of Houston, R. Kenneth Towery of McLean, Va., and Dr. D.C. Towery of Edna; two sisters, Mrs. Nettie Ray and Mrs. Pearl Ray of Mississippi; two brothers, Dr. Roland Cowart and O.E. Cowart of Mississippi, nine grandchildren and 18 great-grandchildren.
(Published in Victoria Advocate (Victoria, Texas) - 28 Feb 1974, Thu - Page 12)
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Lonnie Belle Towery was born on September 27, 1884 in Smithville, Mississippi to W. J. "Bud" Cowart and Frances Ashcraft. She died at Cuero Nursing Home in Cuero, DeWitt, Texas on February 27, 1974.
She was a widow and a housewife. Burial was in Hillside Cemetery in Cuero, Texas and the arrangements were handled by Freund Funeral Home. The informant on her death certificate was Dr. W. R. Towery.
Source: Texas Deaths
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Texas, U.S., Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: Lonnie Towery
Death Date: 27 Feb 1974
Death County: De Witt
Gender: Female
Marital status: Widowed
Texas, U.S., Death Certificates, 1903-1982
Name: Mrs Lonnie Belle Towery [Mrs Lonnie Belle Cowart]
Gender: Female
Race: White
Age: 89
Birth Date: 27 Sep 1884
Birth Place: Smithville, mississippi
Residence: Cuero, DeWitt, Texas, USA
Death Date: 27 Feb 1974
Death Place: Cuero, DeWitt, Texas, USA
Father:
W J Cowart
Mother:
Franoes Ashcraft
Certificate Number: 08609
CUERO - Mrs. Lonnie Belle Towery, 89, of Cuero died in a Cuero nursing home Wednesday.
Services will be conducted at Freund Funeral Home at 2 p.m. Saturday. The Rev. Bob Hairston, pastor of First Baptist Church, will officiate. Burial will be in Hillside Cemetery.
Mrs. Towery was born Sept. 27, 1884, in Smithville, Miss., daughter of W.J. (Bud) and Frances Ashcraft Cowart. She married W.A. Towery in Smithville in 1903. He died in 1943.
Survivors are two daughters, Mrs. Elgin Perry of Houston and Mrs. Irene Wood of Carlbad [sic] N.M.; five sons, Dr. W.R. Towery and C.O. Towery of Cuero, W.R. Towery of Houston, R. Kenneth Towery of McLean, Va., and Dr. D.C. Towery of Edna; two sisters, Mrs. Nettie Ray and Mrs. Pearl Ray of Mississippi; two brothers, Dr. Roland Cowart and O.E. Cowart of Mississippi, nine grandchildren and 18 great-grandchildren.
(Published in Victoria Advocate (Victoria, Texas) - 28 Feb 1974, Thu - Page 12)
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Lonnie Belle Towery was born on September 27, 1884 in Smithville, Mississippi to W. J. "Bud" Cowart and Frances Ashcraft. She died at Cuero Nursing Home in Cuero, DeWitt, Texas on February 27, 1974.
She was a widow and a housewife. Burial was in Hillside Cemetery in Cuero, Texas and the arrangements were handled by Freund Funeral Home. The informant on her death certificate was Dr. W. R. Towery.
Source: Texas Deaths
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Texas, U.S., Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: Lonnie Towery
Death Date: 27 Feb 1974
Death County: De Witt
Gender: Female
Marital status: Widowed
Texas, U.S., Death Certificates, 1903-1982
Name: Mrs Lonnie Belle Towery [Mrs Lonnie Belle Cowart]
Gender: Female
Race: White
Age: 89
Birth Date: 27 Sep 1884
Birth Place: Smithville, mississippi
Residence: Cuero, DeWitt, Texas, USA
Death Date: 27 Feb 1974
Death Place: Cuero, DeWitt, Texas, USA
Father:
W J Cowart
Mother:
Franoes Ashcraft
Certificate Number: 08609
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