Mrs. Mary “Irene” Towers, 90, of Bartlesville, died at 3:10 P.M. on Monday, May 29, 2017 at her home.

A Reflection of Life Service will be held at 7 P.M. on Thursday at the Bethel AME Church, 618 S.W. Adams Blvd.

Celebration of Life service will be held at 11 A.M. on Friday at the Spirit Church, 900 South Dewey, Bartlesville with Pastor Darryl Wootton officiating and Rev. W.T. Brown as the eulogist. Interment will be in the Sanders Cemetery in Craig County directed by the Stumpff Funeral Home & Crematory.

Visitation will be held at the Stumpff Funeral Home until 8 P.M. on Thursday.

Mrs. Towers was born on May 25, 1927 at the Choctaw Coal Mine Co. in Tulsa, Oklahoma to Clarence and Louise (Ward) Walton. She grew up in Arkansas where she moved to Oklahoma with her family and later to Craig County, Oklahoma at the age of 18. She was married in Bartlesville to Eugene (Gene) Towers and they made their home in the Big Creek area of Craig County until moving to Bartlesville in 1955. They have made their home in Bartlesville since that time and Mrs. Towers was active as a homemaker. Her doors were always open to anyone and she and Mr. Towers raised his siblings as well as numerous other children including Jade House. She was a faithful member of the Bethel A.M.E. Church where she sang in the choir, was a member of the Stewardes’s Board and Trustee Boards and was known as the “Mother of the Church”. She was also a member of the Order of Eastern Star and Good News cookoff.

Mrs. Towers is survived by her husband, Eugene (Gene) Towers, her children, Shirley (Towers) Washington and husband Claude of Bartlesville, Beatrice (Towers) Alexander and husband James of Houston, Texas, Clarence Towers and wife Debrah of Bartlesville, Judy Towers of Rogers, Arkansas, Lee Towers and wife Cherlyn of O’Fallon, Missouri, Daniel Towers of Bartlesville, Carol Towers of Bartlesville and Warren Dale Towers of Bartlesville, her brothers and sister, Dorse Walton of Boynton, Okla, Lillie Flemmons of Bartlesville and James Walton and wife “Liz” of Tulsa, her brother-in-laws and sister-in-laws, James and Louise Towers of Lawton, Okla., Richard and Barbara Towers of Wann, Mennie and Herbert Martin of Palmdale, California, and George and Thelma Towers of Tulsa, 13 grandchildren, 31 great grandchildren and 5 great great grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Clarence and Louise (Ward) Walton, brother, Joe Walton, sister, Truly Mae Walton (Sanders) and Clarence Walton Jr.
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Obit for Eugene posted by Ann Weber
Dec 29, 1925 - Feb 19, 2020

STUMPFF FUNERAL HOME
BARTLESVILLE, WASHINGTON CO, OK
(permission granted)

A Reflection of Life Service will be held from 6 to 8 PM on Thursday, at Stumpff Funeral Home.

A Celebration of Life Service will be held at 11 AM on Friday at Spirit Church, 2121 Madison Blvd., with Pastor Darryl Wootton officiating and Rev. Victor Paul, as eulogist.

Interment will be in the Sanders Cemetery in Nowata County, directed by Stumpff Funeral Home and Crematory.

Visitation will be held at Stumpff Funeral Home, until 8 PM Thursday.

Mr. Towers was born on December 29, 1925 in Nowata County to Edward and Katie (Alberty) Towers. He grew up in Craig County. He was married to Mary “Irene” Walton. They made their home in the Big Creek area of Craig County, until moving to Bartlesville in 1955.

Mr. Towers was employed with the City of Bartlesville and later with Phillips 66 Security. He also farmed and raised cattle for several years. Mr. Towers had a true servant’s heart and passion for leading others to Christ. Eugene and his wife raised his siblings as well as numerous other children, including, Jade House. He was a faithful member of Bethel AME Church and the 12th Episcopal District of the AME Church. Mr. Towers served on the Steward and Trustee boards, respectively. He was also a member of the Masonic Lodge.

Mr. Towers is survived by his children Shirley (Towers) Washington and her husband Claude of Bartlesville, OK, Beatrice (Towers) Alexander and her husband James of League City, TX, Clarence Towers and his wife Debrah of Bartlesville, OK, Judy Towers of Rogers, AR, Lee Towers and wife Cherlyn of O’Fallon, MO, Daniel Towers of Bartlesville, OK, Carol Towers of Bartlesville, OK and Warren “Dale” Towers of Bartlesville, OK, his siblings James and Louise Towers of Lawton OK, Richard and Barbara Towers of Wann, OK, Minnie and Hubert Martin of Palmdale, CA, George and Thelma Towers of Tulsa, OK , sister-in-law Lillie Flemons of Bartlesville, OK, 13 grandchildren, 31 great grandchildren and 6 great great grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Edward and Katie Towers, his wife, Irene Towers, brother Otis Towers, sisters Francis Towers, Mary Towers Jones, Ladeen Walton, and Betty Walton.

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