Surry-Mecklenburg County City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Lowe, M. Viola Curtis, 2015 

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MARY VIOLA CURTIS LOWE 

  WAKEFIELD - Mary Viola Curtis Lowe passed away on Thursday, June 25, 2015 
at the age of 90.  She was born on June 1, 1925 in Mecklenburg County, VA, 
to the late John William Curtis and the late Ola Gordon Curtis.  She was the 
third youngest of ten children.  When she was a teenager, her family moved to 
Surry County, where she met and married the late Alvin Howard Lowe, Jr., on 
December 4, 1941.  While on their honeymoon to Richmond, they heard about the 
bombing of Pearl Harbor.  Following their honeymoon, they settled in Surry 
County, where Mrs. Lowe was a farmer's wife, homemaker, mother and great 
Southern cook. 

  Mrs. Lowe was a member of Rocky Hock United Methodist Church.  She was 
predeceased by all nine of her brothers and sisters; Maynard, Audrey, William, 
Marvin, Lucille, Gordon, Carlton, Annie Lou and Garland.  She was also 
predeceased by her good friend, Ernest Newton. 

  Mrs. Lowe is survived by her daughter, Beverly Parson (Robert); her son, 
Dwight Lowe; granddaughter, Noelle Laney (Mark); grandson, Neil Parsons 
(Stacey); great-grandchildren, Emily, Hannah, and Eric; and many other 
relatives and friends. 

  The family will receive friends at R.W. Baker & Co. Funeral Home, Wakefield 
Chapel on Sunday, June 28, 2015 from 4-6 p.m.  The funeral will be held at 2 
p.m. on Monday, June 29, 2015 in the funeral home chapel.  Burial will follow 
at Rocky Hock United Methodist Church Cemetery.  In lieu of flowers, memorial 
donations may be made to the Lake Prince Woods Benevolence Fund. 


Mary Viola (CURTIS; Mrs. Alvin H. Jr.) LOWE, 
b. 1 Jun 1925, Mecklenburg Co., d. 25 Jun 2015, Suffolk, 
interred in Rocky Hock Methodist Church Cemetery (Plot 23*), Surry Co., 
   29 Jun 2015, 
"Daily Press" (Newport News, VA), June 28, 2015, p. A-10 

*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 her gravestone is posted with Find a Grave Memorial #189642196. 

Her husband's obits ("Daily Press," Oct. 22 & 23, 1975, & donated) 
   are posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/surry/obits/l000a4ob.txt 

Her parents are buried in Blandford Cemetery, Petersburg. 


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/surry/obits/l000v2ob.txt