Mr. Chas. Towery, formerly of Rutherford county, but who has made his home in Opelika, Alabama, for some years, was buried at Mt. Hebron today.
Mr. Towery was killed last Saturday night while riding on the running board of an automobile. It is said that eh was a sufferer from heart attacks and it is thought that he was suddenly stricken with heart failure. His head was badly injured by the fall. He was brought home Monday.
For several years he has been working with he Cook Lumber Company of Opelika, Ala. He leaves a wife, several children, mother and four sisters, Mesdames J.C. Buff, Ruth; W.G. Devinney, Sunshine; S.B. Short, Shelby and R.E. Deal, Stony Point, Va. His brother, Mr. Baxter Towery, was shot and killed April 5th by a Keith, an employee of the lumber company.
Mr. Towery was about 40 years of age.
From the front page of the Forest City Courier, Ruthford County, Thursday, May 7, 1925
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