GEORGE TOWERY CEMETERY This cemetery is located in Cleveland County, N.C. in No. 11 Township, being three miles west of Casar, N.C. Owner of Cemetery: Q. L. Fortenberry Approximate number of marked graves: 2 Unmarked graves: 2 Earliest marked grave: Mary M. Towery, d. Sept. 3, 1883 General condition of cemetery: Under big locust tree on top of a hill, being surrounded by a cotton field. Date of survey: Nov. 14, 1939 Workers: Forest Williams and Anson G. Melton Inscriptions: Towery, George Stitler B. April 28, 1812 D. Mar. 8, 1900 Aged: 87 yrs., 10 mos., 10 ds. Towery, Mary M. B. Jan. 4, 1804 D. Sept. 3, 1883 Aged: 79 yrs., 2 mos., 29 ds. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * This cemetery is among the many Cleveland cemeteries included on the Cleveland Count WPA Cemeteries CD, copyrighted 2008, by Ann K. Propst and Derick S. Hartshorn. All listings and cemeteries listings were made prior to 1940 and represent the conditions of that time. All information has been donated to the NCGenWeb Project but authors retain copyright protection under law. It may be referenced and briefly exerpted under the universal fair use doctrine. For a copy of the complete Cleveland County WPA Cemetery Survey CD, see http://www.hartshorn.us/CWPA.htm