Surry-Southampton County City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Lowe, Alvin H. Sr., 1982 

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ALVIN HOWARD LOWE, SR.

A.H. LOWE SR.

  WAKEFIELD - Alvin Howard Lowe Sr., 86, of Wakefield, died Saturday in Louise 
Obici Memorial Hospital. 

  He was a lifelong resident [sic*] and farmer of Surry County.  He was a 
member, senior steward and trustee of Rocky Hock United Methodist Church. 
He was a member of Farmer's Hunt Club. 

  Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Virgie Bailey Lowe; a daughter, Mrs. J.C. 
Whitmore Jr., and two sons, G. Franklin Lowe and Vernon V. Lowe, all of 
Wakefield; 12 grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren. 

  A funeral will be conducted at 2:30 p.m. Monday in Purviance Funeral Home, 
Wakefield, by the Rev. J.M. Tongue, the Rev. L.P. Bland and the Rev. Robert L. 
Consolvo. 

  Burial will be in Rocky Hock Church Cemetery. 

  The family request expressions of sympathy take the form of contributions 
to the Ivor Rescue Squad or the memorial fund of Rocky Hock United Methodist 
Church. 


Alvin Howard LOWE, Sr., farmer, 
b. 31 Mar 1895, Southampton* Co., d. 13 Mar 1982, Suffolk, 
interred in Rocky Hock Methodist Church Cemetery (Plot 22**), Surry Co., 
   15 Mar 1982, 
"Daily Press" (Newport News, VA), Mar. 14, 1982, p. 66 

**Rocky Hock list, an extension of the 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/surry/cemeteries/rockyhk.txt 

A photo of his gravestone is posted with Find a Grave Memorial #137139377. 

*Marriage register, WW-II draft registration & D.Cert. 82-007887 all give 
   b. Southampton Co. 

His parents, Benjamin Franklin "Frank" & Laura 'Mittie' (LEWIS) LOWE, are 
   buried in a LOWE family cemetery in Southampton Co. - site not known 
   (May 2022) to the SCHS Cemetery Project. 

His widow's obits ("Daily Press," Dec. 5, 1984, p. 45, & donated) 
   are posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/surry/obits/l000v1ob.txt 

They m. 3 Jul 1918 in Sussex Co. - the M.Reg. {BVS copy} gives them as 
   Colored.  (Colored p. 2 #39) 


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

file at: 
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