When Mary "Madie Lou" TOWRY was born on February 4, 1900, in Lincoln, Tennessee, her father, Grenville, was 28, and her mother, Louisa, was 22.
She married James Robert MOYERS on August 5, 1923, in her hometown. They had nine children in 21 years.
She died on September 12, 1977, in Fayetteville, Tennessee, at the age of 77, and was buried at Pleasant Hill Cemetery in Skinem, Lincoln County, Tennessee.