Barbara Towery

Chesnee, SC - - Barbara Jean Yelton Towery, 84, of 200 East Court Drive, went home to be with the Lord on Tuesday, September 15, 2026 at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home.

Born in Chesnee, she was the widow of the late Walter Faye Towery and the daughter of the late Nesbitt Yelton and Nellie Scruggs Yelton Crow and the step-daughter, of the late Dillard Crow. She was a graduate of Chesnee High School and was retired from Hamrick Mills. Mrs. Towery was a member of New Pleasant Baptist Church.

Surviving is a son, Terry Eugene Reynolds of Spartanburg; two brothers, Kenneth Yelton of Chesnee and Boyce Crow (Sandra) of Columbia; a sister, Debbie Brown (John) of Gaffney; two grandchildren, Hannah Black (Summer) and Avery Strange; two sisters-in-law, Jean Yelton and Julie Crow; a step-grandchild; several step-great-grandchildren; several nieces and nephews; and several great-nieces and great-nephews. Mrs. Towery was preceded in death by a daughter, Lisa Strange; three brothers, Marshall Yelton, Roger Crow and Randy Crow; a sister, Sylvia Childers; a sister-in-law, Emily Yelton; a brother-in-law, Charles Childres; and two step-sons, Dennis Towery and Randy Towery.

Memorial services will be held on Monday, September 21, 2026 at 11:00AM in the Blakely Funeral Home Chapel with Reverend Bryan Yelton officiating. The family will receive friends after the service at Blakely Funeral Home.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to: St. Jude Children’s Hospital, 501 Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105-1905.

The family will be at their respective homes.

An online guest register is available at www.blakelyfuneralhome.com

Blakely Funeral Home & Crematory, Gaffney, SC