Verna Golden Lowe

Notes:

He was a school teacher.

"Johnson County News," Thursday, April 28, 1949
JOHN A. LOWE DIES SATURDAY
Citizens of Johnson county were saddened last Saturday morning, April 23, when they heard that John A. Lowe had passed away peacefully in his sleep some time early that morning at his home, near Shupe's Mill. He was in his eighty-third year.
Mr. Lowe had, during his long life, been circuit court clerk here for eight years, assistant postmaster at Mountain City for 17 years, taught school in the county for a number of years, and was active in the affairs of the Baptist church.
He was married to Sofia Loretta Wills on April 21, 1887, and Mrs. Lowe preceded him in death in September of 1948.
Mr. Lowe died just two days after what would have been their 62nd wedding anniversary, if Mrs. Lowe had survived just seven months longer.
He was a deacon of the Mountain City First Baptist Church for more than 50 years, during which he had served as a Sunday school teacher and superintendent, and as church clerk.
Funeral services were held from the Baptist Church here last Sunday afternoon at 2:00 o'clock, with the pastor, Joel H. Ponder, officiating. Interment was in the Phillippi cemetery. Grandsons served as pallbearers, and members of the Young Matrons Class of the church served as flower bearers.
Surviving are four daughters; Mrs. C. O. Shupe, Mrs. Ethel Goodwin, Mrs. Gertie Fritts, and Mrs. Myrtie Jenkins, all of this community, and two brothers, Alex and David Lowe of Jonesboro. Twenty grandchildren and 19 great-grandchildren also survive.

John married Loretta Sofia Wills on 21 Apr 1887 in Johnson County, , , Tennessee. Loretta (daughter of David Wesley Wills and Mary E. Cress) was born in Jul 1861 in Johnson County, , , Tennessee; died on 12 Sep 1948 in Johnson County, , , Tennessee; was buried in Phillippi Cemetery, Highway 421, Johnson County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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"Elizabethton Star," Monday, September 13, 1948
MRS. JOHN A. LOWE
Funeral services for Mrs. John A. Lowe, 89, who died at her home in Mountain City at 8 a.m. today, will be held at the Mountain City Baptist Church Tuesday.
Mrs. Lowe was a daughter of the late David and Mrs. W. Wills.
She was a member of the Baptist church of Mountain City.
Besides her husband, she is survived by four daughters, Mrs. C. O. Shupe, Mrs. N. A. Jenkins, Mrs. Ethel Goodwin, and Mrs. J. M. Fritts; a number of grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
The funeral services will be in charge of the Donnelly Funeral Home of Shouns.

James married Nancy Catherine Stout on 23 Aug 1860 in Johnson County, , , Tennessee. Nancy (daughter of John H. Stout and Easter Heaton) was born on 8 Jan 1839 in Johnson County, , , Tennessee; died on 23 Apr 1931 in Washintgon County, , , Tennessee; was buried in Cherokee Community Cemetery, , Washington County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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She is living with her son John A. Lowe in the 1920 Johnson County, TN Census.

David married Mary E. Cress about 1852 in Johnson County, , , Tennessee. Mary (daughter of Samuel D. Cress, Sr. and Sarah Shupe) was born on 7 Mar 1828 in Johnson County, , , Tennessee; died on 19 Jan 1873 in Johnson County, , , Tennessee; was buried in Phillippi Cemetery, Highway 421, Johnson County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Abraham married Mary Crosswhite on 26 Dec 1822 in Carter County, , , Tennessee. Mary (daughter of George Crosswhite and Sarah Adams) was born on 4 Nov 1801; died on 13 Feb 1849 in Johnson County, , , Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Easter Heaton on 11 Mar 1838 in Johnson County, , , Tennessee. Easter (daughter of Vaught Heaton and Mary Nancy Smith) was born on 13 Dec 1822 in Carter County, , , Tennessee; died on 11 Jul 1898 in Johnson County, , , Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Mary D. (Wills) about 1840 in Johnson County, , , Tennessee. Mary was born about 1819 in , Brunswick County, Virginia Colony, . [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Samuel married Sarah Shupe about 1825 in Carter County, , , Tennessee. Sarah was born on 12 Apr 1805 in Wythe County, , , Virginia; died on 25 Apr 1873 in Johnson County, , , Tennessee; was buried in Phillippi Cemetery, Highway 421, Johnson County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]