Surry County City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Lowe, Virgie S. Bailey, 1984 

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VIRGIE BAILEY LOWE 

MRS. VIRGIE B. LOWE 

  WAKEFIELD - Mrs. Virgie Bailey Lowe, 85, died Tuesday in Chesterfield County 
Nursing Home. 

  Born in Surry County, she was a member of Rocky Hock United Methodist Church 
near Wakefield. 

  Survivors include a daughter, Mrs. J.C. Whitmore Jr. of Wakefield; two sons, 
G. Franklin Lowe and Vernon V. Lowe, both of Wakefield; a sister, Miss Bessie 
B. Lowe of Petersburg; a brother, George Bernard Bailey of Norfolk; 12 
grandchildren; and 20 great-grandchildren. 

  A funeral will be conducted at 2:30 p.m. Thursday in Purviance Funeral Home, 
Wakefield, by the Rev. Lee Chattin and the Rev. R.L. Consolvo. 

  The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 tonight at the home of Mrs. 
Whitmore near Wakefield. 

  The family requests that expressions of sympathy take the form of 
contributions to the Ivor Rescue Squad or Rocky Hock United Methodist Church 
Memorial Fund. 

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VIRGIE BAILEY LOWE 

  Mrs. Virgie Bailey Lowe, 85, a residence of Wakefield, died Tuesday.  She 
was a lifelong residence of Surry County, the widow of Alvin H. Lowe, Sr. and 
a member of the Rocky Hock United Methodist Church.  She is survived by a 
daughter, Mrs. J.C. Whitmore, Jr.; two sons, G. Franklin Lowe and Vernon V. 
Lowe, all of Wakefield; she was the mother of two deceased children, A.H. 
Lowe, Jr. and Violet L. Smith; she is also survived by a brother, George 
Bernard Bailey of Norfolk; a sister, Mrs. Bessie B. Lowe of Petersburg; twelve 
grandchildren; and twenty great-grandchildren.  A funeral service will be held 
Thursday, at 2:30 in the Purviance Funeral Chapel in Wakefield.  Burial will 
be in Rocky Hock Church Cemetery.  The family will receive friends at the home 
of Ms. J.C. Whitmore, Jr., near Wakefield, 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday.  Memorials 
are suggested to the Ivor Rescue Squad or to the Rocky Hock Memorial fund. 


Virgie Salome (BAILEY; Mrs. Alvin Howard Sr.) LOWE, 
b. 15 Jan 1899, Surry Co., d. 4 Dec 1984, Chesterfield C.H., 
interred in Rocky Hock Methodist Church Cemetery (Plot 22*), Surry Co., 
   6 Dec 1984, 
"Daily Press" (Newport News, VA), Dec. 5, 1984, p. 45; 
donated obit, publication unknown 

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

Her parents, George Henry & Mary Florence (POND) BAILEY, are buried in 
   Plot 51B. 

A photo of her gravestone is posted with Find a Grave Memorial #137139347. 

Her husband's obit ("Daily Press," Mar. 14, 1982, p. 66) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/surry/obits/l000a3ob.txt 

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

A memorial to Virgie & her parents is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/surry/obits/b400g7ob.txt 


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