It's been a wonderful life : the memoir of Charles Daughtry Towers, Jr.

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Jacksonville History Center

Name/Title

It's been a wonderful life : the memoir of Charles Daughtry Towers, Jr.

Entry/Object ID

Library.2309

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Library items added during March 2023

Description

211 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 23 cm. It's been a wonderful life : the memoir of Charles Daughtry Towers, Jr. 1st printing 2015 Additional material and editing by Katy Towers; project management by E. M. Kaye. Selected contects: My early childhood -- Fishweir school -- Beaches and my first glimpse of sex -- My John Gorrie Junior High School Years -- My summer jobs, trips & other special occasions -- My Robert E. Lee Senior High School years -- The Hill School and my first months at Princeton -- Princeton after Pearl Harbor until early 1943 -- The Navy and Princeton -- Navy training beyond Princeton -- Eighteen months aboard LSC 118-- Law School -- My early years at Rogers, Towers, and Bailey -- My continuing legal career -- Marriage -- Babies -- Raising the girls -- Traveling with Beezie and the girls -- Lord, thank you for North Carolina -- An end and a new beginning -- My marriage to Katy -- The accident & its aftermath -- My walk with the Lord -- My involvement in the community -- Daddy / Boss Towers -- Some other special family members -- The loved and treasured Black members of our family -- Some recnt and / or current Christian involvements -- End notes. Summary: Known as “Charlie” to his colleagues and friends, Towers led a life of generosity, leadership and philanthropy in addition to his legal career that spanned more than 65 years. Born in Jacksonville in 1923, he was the son of C. Daughtry Towers Sr., also a prominent attorney and civic leader.

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Library

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Nomenclature 4.0

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Book

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Other Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Search Terms

Lawyers -- Florida -- Jacksonville -- Biography., Towers, Charles Daughtry, Jr.

Publication Details

Author

Towers, Charles Daughtry, Jr.

Publisher

[publisher not identified]

Place Published

* Untyped Place Published

[Jacksonville, Fla.]

Call No.

KFX 1544 .A65 T69 2015