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About Owen Fenton Towery:

Name: Owen F. Towery
Death date: 05 Jun 1964
Death place: Rockdale, Milam, Texas
Gender: Male
Race or color (on document): W
Age at death: 86 years 1 month 24 days
Birth date: 11 Apr 1878
Birth place: Alabama
Marital status: Widowed
Father name: Jepthiah Towery
Mother name: Elvira Phillips
Occupation: Retired Farmer
Residence: Rockdale, Milam, Texas
Cemetery name: Salty Cemetery
Burial place: Near Rockdale, Texas
Burial date: 07 Jun 1964

Owen F. Towery of Salty Community. Age 86. Died ?/1964 (Friday) at Boswell Rest Home in Rockdale. Services held (Sunday) at the Salty Church. Burial in Salty Cemetery. Rev. W. J. Chambers, of the Lampasas Primitive Baptist Church, officiated. He was born 4/11/1878 in Hazel Green, Alabama and came to Tx, settling in the Salty Comm. in 1897. Married Miss Mariah Ellen Jackson at Salty in 2/3/1901. He was a farmer and followed that vocation until ill health forced him to retire a number of years ago following a stroke in 10/1959, he had been bedridden and spent the past 2 yrs. in Boswell Rest Home. Preceded in death by his wife on 10/7/1938. Member of New Salem Primitive Baptist Church since the early 1900's. Survivors: 5 sons, Conrad and A. C. Towery, both of Rockdale; Leon and Philip Towery of Thorndale, Mark Towery of Salty; daughter, Mrs. Don Caffey of Salty; 13 grandchildren; 23 great-grandchildren.