Gregory, Laura Towns 1874 - 1928

MRS. LAURA GREGORY

This Obituary appeared in the Macon County Times

Sometime after March 13, 1928

Probably written by Cal Gregory

Transcribed By Barry Porter

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Pleasant Shade, Tenn., March 16. SPECIAL: Mrs. Laura Gregory, one of the most highly respected ladies of the Mace`s Hill section of the county died Tuesday after having been ill for several days from pleurisy and pneumonia. She was thought to be on the road to recovery when she was suddenly stricken, dying within a few moments. She was in her fifty-fifth year and is survived by three sons, Presley, Bryan and Webb Gregory, all of Mace`s Hill Section :four daughters, Mrs. Mattie McClanahan of Nashville, Mrs. Annie Gregory of Lebanon, and Alice and Catherine Gregory, both of whom resided with their mother: three brothers, Richard J. Towns of this place, Will W. Towns of Dixons Springs and Charles Towns of Hartsville and a large number of nephews and nieces. She was the widow of Monroe Gregory who died in 1919.

Following funeral services conducted by the Rev. Calvin Gregory, The remains were laid to rest late Wednesday afternoon in the Gregory Graveyard near the home. The deceased was a faithful member of Mace`s Hill Baptist Church. Mrs. Gregory was the daughter of the late Edmond Towns and was born and reared in the extreme northwest part of this county. Following the death of her oldest daughter, Mrs. Lee Porter, last November, Mrs. Gregory undertook to rear her six small grandchildren with the result that she soon succumbed to the ravages of the disease in her overworked condition.

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