Marilyn Towery Cloninger, 73, of 3535 Shelby Road, Lawndale, died Thursday,
March 31, 2011 at Kings Mountain Hospice House in Kings Mountain.

Born December 11, 1937 in Cleveland County, she was a daughter of the late
Julius Washington Towery and Bertha Sara Brittain Towery.  She was retired
from FASCO and was a member of Lawndale Baptist Church.

In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband, Dan
Cloninger; infant daughter, Lisa Jane Cloninger; brother, Joe Towery and
sister, Melba Poole

Survivors include her son, Greg Cloninger and wife, Diane of Lawndale; two
grandchildren, Daniel and Dillon Cloninger; three brothers, Jerry Towery of
Shelby, Fred Towery of Fallston, and Dennis Towery of Lawndale, and sister,
Sadie Lattimore of Germanton, NC.

Visitation: 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM, Saturday at Stamey Funeral Home, Fallston.

Funeral Service: 3:00 PM, Saturday at Stamey Funeral Home Chapel, Fallston

Officiating: Rev. Jim Kilby

Burial: Palm Tree United Methodist Church Cemetery

Memorials: Lawndale Baptist Church Building Fund, PO Box126, Lawndale, NC
28090.

A guest register is available at www.stameyfuneralhome.com.

Arrangements by Stamey Funeral Home, Fallston.