Ina Grigg Towery
LAWNDALE — Mrs. Ina Grigg Towery, 75, of 102 Falls Road, died
Tuesday, July 27, 2004, at Cleveland Regional Medical Center.
Born Oct. 24, 1928, in Cleveland County, she was a daughter of the late Nesbitt
“Neb” and Sedelle Lee Grigg. She retired after 22 years of service as a
Cleveland County Veterans Service Officer. She was a member of Lawndale United
Methodist Church, where she was a former choir member. She was a former
president of Lawndale Woman’s Club and a participant of the Upper Cleveland
Theater Group and Greater Shelby Community Theater. Her hobbies were her family
and crafts.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by a brother, Louie “Buck”
Grigg, and a sister, Barbara “Bloss” Grigg Beam.
She is survived by her husband of 57 years, Hugh F. Towery of the home; two
daughters, Angela Towery Blanton and husband, Ronnie, and Tina Towery Nejberger
and husband, Serge, all of Lawndale; a brother, Sam Owen Grigg of Lawndale; a
sister, Joy Grigg Hakan of Chapel Hill; two grandsons, Rodney Blanton and wife,
Melody, and Lee Nejberger, all of Lawndale; and two great-grandchildren, Megan
and Miranda Blanton of Lawndale.
The funeral is today at 3 p.m. at Stamey Funeral Home Chapel, with the Revs.
Marti Haliburton and David Reep officiating. Burial will follow in Rose Hill
Memorial Park.
The family will receive friends at the funeral home before the service from 1:30
to 2:45 p.m.
