Surry-Sussex County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Smith, Violet F. Lowe, 1971 

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VIOLET FRANCES LOWE SMITH 

  WAKEFIELD - Mrs. Violet Lowe Smith, 45, a secretary for the Virginia State 
Regional Laboratory at Ivor, died Sunday in a Richmond hospital. 

  A native of Surry County, she was the widow of J. Russell Smith and a 
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A.H. Lowe Sr. of Wakefield. 

  She was a member of Rocky Hock United Methodist Church, Surry County. 

  Survivors, besides her parents, are a son, Carl R. Smith of Richmond; a 
daughter, Miss Penny Sue Smith of Fredericksburg; a sister, Mrs. J.E. Whitmore 
Jr.; and three brothers, G. Franklin Lowe, Alvin H. Lowe, Jr. and Vernon V. 
Lowe, all of Wakefield. 

  A funeral service will be held today at 3:30 p.m. in Purviance Funeral Home 
Chapel, Wakefield, by the Rev. R.L.  Consolvo and the Rev. L.P. Bland.  Burial 
will be in Rocky Hock Church cemetery. 

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VIOLET FRANCES LOWE SMITH 

  Mrs. Violet Lowe Smith, 45, of Wakefield died Sunday, April 11, at a 
Richmond hospital after a long illness.

  A native of Surry County, she was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A.H. Lowe Sr. 
and the widow of J. Russell Smith.  She was a member of Rocky Hock United 
Methodist Church and secretary of the Virginia State Regional Laboratory, 
Ivor.

  Besides her parents, she is survived by a son, Carl R. Smith, Richmond; a 
daughter, Miss Penny Sue Smith, Fredericksburg; a sister, Mrs. J.C. Whitmore, 
and three brothers, G. Franklin Lowe, Alvin H. Lowe Jr. and Vernon V. Lowe, 
all of Wakefield.

  A funeral service was held Wednesday, April 14, at 3:30 p.m. with the Rev. 
R.L. Consolvo and the Rev. L.P. Bland officiating.  Burial took place in the 
Rocky Hock Church Cemetery.

  Pallbearers were Dr. C.W. Griffin, Robert J. Layne, C.M. Ellis, Gilbert 
Rollings, Dr. Paul Strom, Stanley Walker, Lyle H. Pond and Dr. David C. Forbes.


Violet Frances (LOWE; Mrs. J. Russell) SMITH, of Wakefield, secretary, 
b. 11 Dec 1925, Surry Co., d. 11 Apr 1971, Richmond, 
interred in Rocky Hock Methodist Church Cemetery (Plot 1*), Surry Co., 
   14 Apr 1971, 
"Daily Press" (Newport News, VA), Apr. 14, 1971, p. 8 
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 are buried in Plot 22. 

A photo of her gravestone is posted with Find a Grave Memorial #137053648 

Russell's obit (Purviance Funeral Home, 1968) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/surry/obits/s530r4ob.txt 

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

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


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