When Lee Orville TOWRY was born on April 3, 1924, in Fayetteville, Tennessee, his father, Tillman, was 26 and his mother, Ollie, was 16. He was the eldest of 14 children.
Lee Orville Towry about 1931
Towry family about 1931
Front row: Orville, Lorene, Evelyne
Back row: Tillman, Ollie, Thomas
Lee Orville Towry about 1935
He married Cinderella ADKINS on July 13, 1951, in Angola, Indiana. They had five children in 16 years. They are Robert Russell Peoples Towry, who was Cinderella's son and Orville adopted, Zella Marie Towry, Donna Lee Towry, Sandra L Towry and Christine J Towry.
Orville's first wife, Cinderella Adkins Towry
Orville's adopted son, Robert Russell Towry (Peoples)
Orville's eldest daughter, Zella Marie Towry Wash
Zella Marie Towry Wash
Zella Marie Towry Wash
Orville's daughter, Donna Lee Towry Chambers
Donna Lee's husband, Kenneth W Chambers
Matthew Wayne Chambers
Jonathan Lee Chambers
Orville's daughter, Sandra "Sandy" Lynn Towry Redfern
Orville's daughter, Christine Joy Towry Rose
Mark Funchion
Orville died on October 21, 1998, in Gladwin, Michigan, at the age of 74, and was buried in Flat Rock, Michigan.
Lee Orville Towry's headstone is located at Michigan Memorial Park in Flat Rock, Michigan.
Peggy, Orville, Lorene
Lee Orville Towry
Orville and Clyde