Beckham County, OK - Obits: N arcissus Elizabeth Lowry, 1927
13 June 2008
Submitted by: delma25@pldi.net (Delma Tindell)

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LOWRY, NARCISSUS ELIZABETH
(7 Apr 1927, Sayre Headlight, Sayre, Beckham Co, OK):
Mrs. Bettie Lowry (known as "Mother Lowry") died at her home in Sayre,
Tuesday evening at 9:25.  She has been ill about four and a half years
caused by a stroke of paralysis.  Mother Lowry was truly one of the noble
women and mothers who came to this country and pioneered.  She came to
Oklahoma in 1900; then came to Sayre in 1910, after her husband, J. W.
Lowry died Oct. 1, 1908.
Mother Lowry was a sweet Christian MOTHER, gave her life to christian
service and her family.  She was loved by all who knew her.
She was the mother of 12 children, two of whom have preceded her in death,
one child at the age of two years, and Sam Lowry who died in 1922.  She
also reared one granddaughter, Mrs. Will Richerson from infancy.
Funeral services will be held from the Methodist Church at Delhi,
Oklahoma, of which church she was a Charter Member, at three o'clock
Thursday afternoon, April 7, 1927.
(14 Apr 1927, Sayre Headlight, Sayre, Beckham Co, OK):
Mrs. Narcissus Elizabeth Reeves was born September 3, 1850, at Fulton,
Mississippi, and died at Sayre, Oklahoma, April 5th, 1927.  She was united
in marriage to John W. Lowry on January 19, 1871.  To this union were born
twelve children, eight boys and four girls, two of whom preceded her to
the better world.  One died at the age of two and one-half years and the
other, S. W. Lowry, passed away at Savanna, Oklahoma, in September, 1922,
at the age of 49 years.
Mother Lowry leaves surviving her ten children, as follows:  W. O. Lowry,
of Port, Oklahoma; Mrs. Charles B. Cruse of Perkins, Oklahoma; Mrs. H. C.
Webb of Phoenix, Arizona; S. O. Lowry and Garvin Lowry of McAlester,
Oklahoma; Mrs. Bob Allen of Willow, Oklahoma/ Mrs. Jim Stickland of Pampa,
Texas; Bob Lowry of Olney, Texas;
J. I. Lowry and Tom Lowry of Sayre, Oklahoma.  She also reared from
infancy, Mrs. Will Richerson, of Sayre, Oklahoma.
She leaves fifty-five grandchildren, sixteen great grandchildren, many
other relatives and a host of friends to mourn her departure.  All the
children and sixty other near relatives attended the funeral to say good
bye to mother for a little while.
Mother Lowry moved with her husband and family from Texas to Oklahoma in
the year 1890.  She moved to Delhi, Oklahoma, in 1900, where her husband
homesteaded a farm.  Mr. Lowry passed away October 1, 1908, at Delhi, and
two years later Mrs. Lowry moved to Sayre, where she made her home until
death.
She was truly one of the great pioneer mothers who came to this country in
an early day and suffered many privations and hardships, that her family
might have a better chance in life.  She was a loving wife and mother.  To
rear a family of 12 children to manhood and womanhood to occupy a
respectable place in society is no small task.
She professed faith in Christ and united with the Methodist Church at the
age of 12 years and all through her active life she gave herself
unreservedly to the interest of her church.

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