Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Lowe, Quinton B., 1948 

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QUINTON BARKLEY LOWE

   Funeral services for Quinton Barkley Lowe, 77, who died Sunday afternoon, 
October 17, at Raiford Memorial Hospital, were conducted Tuesday afternoon 
at three o’clock at the Franklin Baptist Church by the pastor, Rev. Randolph 
Gregory, assisted by Rev. R. D. Stephenson of Portsmouth, a former pastor.

   Interment was made in Poplar Spring Cemetery.  Two songs which Mr. Lowe 
loved very much, "In The Sweet Bye and Bye" and "Rock Of Ages," were sung by 
Joel Holland.  The active pallbearers were James Darden, Lloyd Duck, Edward 
Sykes, Elton Stephenson, Calvin Francis, James Britt, Irvin Porter and Alfred 
Howell.

   Mr. Lowe had been very active up until he was stricken with a heart attack 
on Friday night.  He was born in Southampton County on January 22, 1871, the 
son of the late James I. and Jennie Holt Lowe.  In 1892* he married Rosie 
Virginia Drewry, also of this county.

   Besides his wife he is survived by three daughters, Mrs. Cassie Turner of 
Walters and Mrs. Sam Cutchins and Mrs. S.L. Joyner of Franklin; four sons, 
W.E. Lowe, Harvey Lowe, John Lowe and Fenton Lowe, all of Franklin; and 18 
grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.


Quinton Barkley LOWE, 
b. 22 Jan 1871, Southampton Co., d. 17 Oct 1948, Franklin, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Annex 2, Plot 227**), Franklin, 
   19 Oct 1948, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Oct. 22, 1948, p. 11 

**Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
    Poplar Spring list: 
 http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/psanx2.txt 

*date of marriage wrong- his bro James Ivea Jr. did marry in 1892 (MB7:364). 
Quinton B. Lowe, 21, s, So.Co., So.Co., 
   s/o James Ivea and Virginia D. Bradshaw Lowe
m. 05-10-1894 Bride’s Parent’s residence by Rev. J.E. Stephenson
Rosa Virginia Drewry, 17, s, So.Co., So.Co., 
   d/o John C. and Mary Council Drewry
(MB8:199; transcribed & annotated by Bruce Saunders: 
 http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/vitals/mb08pt.txt) 

His widow's obit ("Tidewater News," Oct. 20, 1955, Sect. II, p. 7) 
   is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/l000r1ob.txt 


Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by 
Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), 
and re-formatted by File Manager Matt Harris. 

file at: 
http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/l000q1ob.txt