Southampton-Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Lowe, Rosa V. Drewry, 1955 

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ROSA VIRGINIA DREWRY LOWE

   Mrs. Rose Virginia Drewry Lowe, 82, well-known resident of the South Quay 
community, died Friday morning, October 14, at Raiford Memorial Hospital after 
an illness of several weeks.

   She was the widow of Quinton B. Lowe and the daughter of the late John T. 
and Mrs. Mary Councill Drewry of Southampton County.  She was one of the 
oldest members of Black Creek Baptist Church.

   Surviving are four sons, William Edward Lowe, John Lowe, Harvey Lowe and 
Fenton Lowe, all of Franklin; three daughters, Mrs. Edie Turner of Carrsville, 
Mrs. Mary Cutchins and Mrs. Mae Joyner, both of Franklin; 17 grandchildren, 12 
great-grandchildren; one brother, John Drewry of Sedley; one sister Mrs. Susie 
Bryant of Portsmouth, and a number of nieces and nephews.

   Funeral services were conducted in the chapel of the W.J.M. Holland & Sons 
Funeral Home Sunday at 2 p.m. by Rev. Robert P. Chappell, pastor of South Quay 
Baptist Church, and Rev. Ira D. Hudgins, pastor of the Franklin Baptist 
Church.  Burial was in Poplar Spring Cemetery.

   Active pallbearers were Edward Sykes, McKinley Drewry, Irvin Porter, 
Charles Stradley, Lewis Carr, James Darden, Elton Stephenson and Lloyd Duck.


Rosa Virginia (DREWRY; Mrs. Quinton B.) LOWE, of South Quay, 
Southampton Co. native, d. 14 Oct 1955, Franklin, age 82, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Annex 2, Plot 227*), Franklin, 
   16 Oct 1955, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Oct. 20, 1955, Sect. II, p. 7 

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

Additional information: 

Her husband's obit ("Tidewater News," Oct. 22, 1948, p. 11), with their 
   marriage record appended, is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/l000q1ob.txt 

Her parents are buried in the DREWRY family cemetery, near Sedley. 
   SCHS Cemetery Project, Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 5 (V-35): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/miscvol5.txt 

An abstract of her mother's death certificate (1921-27999), with research 
   notes appended, is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/vitals/deaths/d660m1dc.txt 


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Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), 
and re-formatted by File Manager Matt Harris. 

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