Obituary of Helene Earle Lowery of Richland Parish Louisiana
as published in the Richland Beacon News, September 13, 2001
Submitted by for the USGenWeb Archives by Dot Golliher, 08/31/2004



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Helene Earle Lowery

Funeral services for Helene Earle Lowery,83, of Clear
Lake, LA., were held at 10 a.m. on Tuesday September 11,
2001, at the Rayville United Methodist Church with the
Rev. Ray Spiller officiating.  Burial followed in the 
Rayville Masonic Cemetery, under the direction of Mulhearn 
Funeral Homes of Rayville.

Mrs. Lowery went peacefully to her eternal rest on Saturday,
September 8, 2001 at her lifelong home on Clear Lake. She
was involved and always interested in the family farm, her
children and her grandchildren’s activities.  Lovingly known 
as “Nana” she remained spirited and young at heart.

She was a member of the Rayville United Methodist Church 
since 1928 and a member of the Beouf River Chapter of the
Daughters of the American Revolution.

Mrs. Lowery was preceded in death by her husband, Oliver
P. Lowery Sr.; a son, Oliver P.”Bud” Lowery; her parents,
Carl and Bertha Earle; and by a sister, Catherine Earle 
Richardson.

Survivors include her daughter, Helene Lowery Reece and 
her husband, Ron; her daughter-in-law, Nancy Albright Lowery; 
her grandchildren-Clay Patrick Lowery, Katherine Elsie Lowery,
John Oliver Lowery, Jacqueline Reece Skoba and Pamela
Reece Spitzer; her great grandchildren- Ashley, Tracy and
Austin Skoba, and Jonathan Spitzer; her nieces, Patricia
Richardson Brice, and Carolyn Richardson Whitman; and a nephew, 
Dan Dennette.

Serving as pallbearers were Clay Lowery, John Lowery, Hollis
Venable, Carl Venable, Trey Whitman and Dan Dennette.

In lieu of flowers, the family asked that any planned
memorials be made to the Rayville United Methodist Church.