Isle of Wight County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Lowe, William Ballard, 1993 

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William Lowe 

  WALTERS - William Ballard Lowe, 70, of 28109 Walters Hwy., died Nov. 17, 
1993, in Southampton Memorial Hospital, Franklin.  A native of Walters, he 
was the son of the late William Drew Lowe and Maggie Odell Ballard Lowe. 

  He had retired in 1979 as a sheet metal worker at the Norfolk Naval Shipyard 
Shop No. 17 after 37 years.  Lowe was a member of Antioch Congregational 
Christian Church, Windsor.  He was a former Sunday School teacher, deacon and 
member of the Trustee Committee.  Lowe was a member of the Woodmen of the 
World.  He was a Army veteran of World War II. 

  Survivors include his wife, Harriet Rhodes Lowe; a daughter, Linda L. 
Jenkins of Windsor; a son, David E. Lowe of Franklin; three sisters, Helen L. 
Duck of Carrsville, Jessie L. Cobb of Sedley and Mable L. Lowe of Ivor; a 
brother, Stanley G. Lowe of Walters; three grandchildren, Stacy Lowe, Jeffrey 
Lowe and Christopher Jenkins; and an aunt, Elizabeth G. Ballard of Nashville, 
Tenn. 

  The funeral will be conducted Saturday at 2 p.m. by the Revs. Donald B. 
Woodby, Victor I. Hunter and Randy J. Wooden in Sidney F. Harrell Funeral 
Home.  Burial will be in Colosse Baptist Church Cemetery. 

  The family will receive visitors Friday from 7 to 8 p.m. 

  Memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society, in care 
of Mrs. J.L. Rose, 27882 Walters Hwy., Walters, Va. 23481. 


William Ballard LOWE, retired NNSY sheet metal worker, Army veteran of WW-II, 
b. 7 Jul 1923, Walters, Isle of Wight Co., d. 17 Nov 1993, Franklin, 
interred in Colosse Baptist Church Cemetery*, Collosse, 20 Nov 1993, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Fri., Nov. 19, 1993, p. 2 

*Additional information: 

Isle of Wight County Historical Society {IWCHS} 
   Grave Site Survey Task Force {GSSTF} report #44: 
   http://www.iwchs.com/Cemetery-Reports.html 

A photo of his gravestone - added by Ron Stewart - is posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #110467540. 

D.Cert. 93-042132 

His parents & step-father Lewell "Charlie" BUTLER are buried in 
   Mount Carmel Christian Church Cemetery, Walters. 
   Mount Carmel list, another extension of the SCHS Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/cemeteries/mtcarmel.txt 
   Isle of Wight County Historical Society {IWCHS} 
   Grave Site Survey Task Force {GSSTF} report #61: 
   http://www.iwchs.com/Cemetery-Reports.html 

His mother's obit ("Tidewater News," Aug. 15, 1968, p. 8) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/obits/b346o1ob.txt 


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