William Alfred Thrower

WILLIAM ALFRED THROWER, 70, DIED WEDNESDAY IN VETERAN HOSPITAL IN DURHAM AFTER AN EXTENDED ILLNESS. HE WAS BORN IN CUMBERLAND COUNTY, SON OF THE LATE CHARLES THROWER AND MARY BEARD THROWER.
HE HAS BEEN A RESIDENT OF ROCKY MOUNT FOR APPROXIMATLEY 45 YEARS. HE WAS A MEMBER OF RED OAK METHODIST CHURCH, A CETERAN OF WORLD WAR I AND A MEMBER OF THE AMERICAN LEGION.
FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE HELD AT 2PM FRIDAY AT GAY-YOST FUNERAL HOME WITH DR. JAMES HAILEY, PASTOR OF RED OAK METHODIST CHURCH, IN CHARGE. BURIAL WILL BE IN ROCKY MOUNT MEMORIAL PARK.
SURVIVING ARE HIS WIFE, MRS. MAE DENSON THROWER OF THE HOME, NASHVILLE HWY.; TWO SONS, W.LLOYD THROWER OF ROCKY MOUNT, AND DR. ROBERT G. THROWER OF TRENTON, NJ; A BROTHER, CYRUS THROWER OF TAMPA, FL.; TWO SISTERS, MRS. HUGHIE MCLAURIN AND MRS. JOHNNY CAIN, BOTH OF FAYETTEVILLE; THREE GRANDCHILDREN.
NEPHEWS WILL SERVE AS PALLBEARERS.