Tazewell County, Virginia, Obituaries: Velma Pauline Lowe

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Bristol Herald Courier
Monday, December 16, 2002

Velma Pauline Lowe
     BAPTIST VALLEY, Va. -- Mrs. Velma Pauline Lowe, 90, went to be with the 
Lord on Saturday morning, Dec. 14, 2002, at her residence with her loving 
family by her side. Born on May 25, 1912, in Tazewell County, Va., she was 
the daughter of the late George and Dora Beavers West. In addition to her 
parents, she was preceded in death by her husband of 60 years, T. Crockett 
Lowe; her son, Sherman D. Lowe; two grandsons; and several brothers and 
sisters.
     She was a member of the Yost Chapel Church at Baptist Valley.
     She is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Frances Colley and husband Don of 
Cedar Bluff and Mrs. Margaret Campbell and husband Jim of North Tazewell; 
four sons, Dewey R. Lowe, Charles E. Lowe, David C. Lowe and wife Mildred, 
all of Cedar Bluff, and David C. Lowe Jr. and wife Sheena of Lumberton, Texas; 
daughter-in-law, Juanita Lowe of Holly Hill, Fla; four brothers, Tom West of 
Texas, George West and wife Clara of Cedar Bluff, William R. West and wife 
Boots of Seymour, Tenn., and James West and wife Delores of Tazewell; one 
sister, Marian Benfield, Glen Burnie, Md.; 12 grandchildren; seven great-
grandchildren; four great-great-grandchildren; special caregiver, Ethel 
Stumpp of Richlands; and several nieces and nephews also survive.
     Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2002, in 
the Singleton Funeral Service Chapel in Cedar Bluff with Rev. Ralph Bostic, 
Rev. George Ed Hankins and Rev. Tommy Colley officiating. Entombment will 
follow in the Greenhills Memory Gardens Mausoleum at Claypool Hill, Va. 
Pallbearers will be Charles E. Lowe Jr., Jim Campbell Jr., Sherman D. Lowe III, 
Shawn Ross, Cecil Stumpp, Joe Baldwin, Fred Ross and Jamie Fields. 
     The family will receive friends at the Singleton Funeral Service in Cedar 
Bluff from 6-9 p.m. Monday. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the 
Yost Chapel Church, Route 5, Box 178, North Tazewell, VA 24630. E-mail 
condolences may be sent to the family at drlowe@stargate.net.
     Singleton Funeral Service is serving the Lowe family.