Nansemond-Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries......Lowe, Ernest B., 1984 

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Ernest Lowe 

  Ernest Burnley Lowe, 66, a native of Southampton County, died Wednesday in 
his home at 308 Central Ave., Suffolk.  He was the widower of Mary V. Mancuso 
Lowe and the son of the late James Ivey Lowe and Mrs. Martha Bunch Lowe. 

  Lowe had retired from Planter's Peanut Co. as a mechanic.  He was a member 
of Faith Baptist Church and was an Army veteran of World War II. 

  Survivors include two daughters, Patricia Goodrich of Surry County and Faye 
McClenney of Suffolk; three sons, Roger R. Lowe and Robert Earl Lowe, both of 
Suffolk, and James Burnley Lowe of Windsor; two sisters, Violet L. Clarke of 
Cape Canaveral, Fla., and Gladys Beaton of Suffolk; two half sisters, Bessie 
Blythe and Isabelle Copeland, both of Suffolk; nine grandchildren; and six 
great-grandchildren. 

  The funeral will be conducted at 2 p.m. Friday in Hill Underwood Funeral 
Home by the Rev. Henry Chaney and Capt. William Touchton.  Burial will be in 
Cedar Hill Cemetery. 

  The family will be at the funeral home from 7 to 8 p.m. today and at 316 E. 
Pinner St., Suffolk. 


Ernest Burnley LOWE, retired Planters mechanic, Army veteran of WW-II, 
b. 26 Dec 1917, Southampton Co., d. 23 May 1984, at home, Suffolk, 
interred in Cedar Hill Cemetery (Block B, Lot 56*), Suffolk, 25 May 1984, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 62, No. 124, Thurs., May 24, 1984, p. 2 

*Additional information: 

Cedar Hill list, an extension of the Southampton County Historical Society 
   {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/cedar_p.txt 

Photos of his gravestones - added by SWF - are posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #86172739. 

D.Cert. 84-016183 

His mother (1887-1956) 2m. widower Percy Milton SNOOK. 
   She is buried in the same lot: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/cedar_s.txt 

His wife's obit ("Suffolk News-Herald," Nov. 1, 1982, p. 2) 
   is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/l000m7ob.txt 

He 1m. Ruby Lee OLIVER (1921-2002) 12 Feb 1916, but they separated the same 
   month, and div. in 1940.  She 2m. William Robert SKITTLETHORP 21 Sep 1940. 
   She is buried in Elmwood Cemetery, Norfolk. 
   Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives, Elmwood list: 
http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/norfolkcity/cemeteries/elmwood/elm-silv-sk.html 

His father (1865 - 1937) is buried in a GAY family cemetery on Unity Rd. 
   SCHS Cemetery Project, Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 7 (MV-VII-20): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/miscvol7.txt 

His step-father (1875 - 1946) is buried in with his first wife 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 


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File Manager Matt Harris (zoobug64@aol.com). 

file at: 
http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/l000e4ob.txt