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Alberta Towns celebrates her 106th birthday with loved ones Mrs. Alberta Downer Towns was honored on the occasion of her 106th birthday at a celebration at her home Saturday, February 13. Mrs. Towns was born in Wilkes County on February 14, 1910, to Sallie and Albert Downer and is the only surviving sibling of their ten children, five girls and five boys. Alberta Towns Mrs. Alberta Downer Towns was honored on her 105th birthday at a birthday celebration at her home Saturday, February 14. Mrs. Towns was born in Wilkes County on February 14, l910, to Sally and Albert Downer, one of 10 children, five girls and five boys. She and her 97-year-old sister, Annie Laura Downer Porter of Atlanta, are the only surviving siblings. Mrs. Towns is the mother of seven children, Joe Lewis Towns of Washington, Fred Towns of Washington, D.C., and Evelena Johnson of Buffalo, N.Y.; also, Moses Towns, Leonard Towns, Jeroline Towns, and Annie Pearl Towns, who are deceased. For her