Howard J. Lowrey, 76, of Bowling Green died at 3:10 a.m. Jan. 18, 2009, at The Medical Center.
The Little Crab, Tenn., native was born April 2, 1932. He was a professor in industrial education and technology at Western Kentucky University for 30 years. He was a member of The First Church of the Nazarene, where he served as a Sunday school superintendent for many years. He taught Sunday school, served on a variety of committees and served on the Kentucky District Advisory Board and Board of Trustees for Trevecca Nazarene University. He was president of the Kentucky District Nazarene Laymans Organization and served in the Air Force as a staff sergeant in the Korean War, Japan and England. He was also a Kentucky Colonel. He was a son of the late Jonah D. Lowrey and Ona Conatser. He was preceded in death by four sisters, Nora Pierce, Lola Gunter, Flossie Crockett and Helen York; and four brothers, Dudley, Walter, Donald and Frank Lowrey.
Survivors include his wife of 56 years, Betsy Ross York Lowrey; two sons, Barry Payne of Union Mills, Ind., and Bryan Payne and his wife, Debby, of Clarksville, Tenn.; four grandchildren, Kasey, Blake, Cody and Sydney Payne; two sisters, Eula Delk of Muncie, Ind., and Dean "Polly" Payne of Mobile, Ala.; and several nieces, nephews, great-nieces and great-nephews.
Funeral is at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Jennings Funeral Home in Jamestown, Tenn., with burial in Wolf River Cemetery in Jamestown. Visitation is from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. today at J.C. Kirby and Son Funeral Home, Broadway Avenue chapel, and from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday in Jamestown.
The Little Crab, Tenn., native was born April 2, 1932. He was a professor in industrial education and technology at Western Kentucky University for 30 years. He was a member of The First Church of the Nazarene, where he served as a Sunday school superintendent for many years. He taught Sunday school, served on a variety of committees and served on the Kentucky District Advisory Board and Board of Trustees for Trevecca Nazarene University. He was president of the Kentucky District Nazarene Laymans Organization and served in the Air Force as a staff sergeant in the Korean War, Japan and England. He was also a Kentucky Colonel. He was a son of the late Jonah D. Lowrey and Ona Conatser. He was preceded in death by four sisters, Nora Pierce, Lola Gunter, Flossie Crockett and Helen York; and four brothers, Dudley, Walter, Donald and Frank Lowrey.
Survivors include his wife of 56 years, Betsy Ross York Lowrey; two sons, Barry Payne of Union Mills, Ind., and Bryan Payne and his wife, Debby, of Clarksville, Tenn.; four grandchildren, Kasey, Blake, Cody and Sydney Payne; two sisters, Eula Delk of Muncie, Ind., and Dean "Polly" Payne of Mobile, Ala.; and several nieces, nephews, great-nieces and great-nephews.
Funeral is at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Jennings Funeral Home in Jamestown, Tenn., with burial in Wolf River Cemetery in Jamestown. Visitation is from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. today at J.C. Kirby and Son Funeral Home, Broadway Avenue chapel, and from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday in Jamestown.
Howard J. Lowrey, 76, of Bowling Green died at 3:10 a.m. Jan. 18, 2009, at The Medical Center.
The Little Crab, Tenn., native was born April 2, 1932. He was a professor in industrial education and technology at Western Kentucky University for 30 years. He was a member of The First Church of the Nazarene, where he served as a Sunday school superintendent for many years. He taught Sunday school, served on a variety of committees and served on the Kentucky District Advisory Board and Board of Trustees for Trevecca Nazarene University. He was president of the Kentucky District Nazarene Laymans Organization and served in the Air Force as a staff sergeant in the Korean War, Japan and England. He was also a Kentucky Colonel. He was a son of the late Jonah D. Lowrey and Ona Conatser. He was preceded in death by four sisters, Nora Pierce, Lola Gunter, Flossie Crockett and Helen York; and four brothers, Dudley, Walter, Donald and Frank Lowrey.
Survivors include his wife of 56 years, Betsy Ross York Lowrey; two sons, Barry Payne of Union Mills, Ind., and Bryan Payne and his wife, Debby, of Clarksville, Tenn.; four grandchildren, Kasey, Blake, Cody and Sydney Payne; two sisters, Eula Delk of Muncie, Ind., and Dean "Polly" Payne of Mobile, Ala.; and several nieces, nephews, great-nieces and great-nephews.
Funeral is at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Jennings Funeral Home in Jamestown, Tenn., with burial in Wolf River Cemetery in Jamestown. Visitation is from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. today at J.C. Kirby and Son Funeral Home, Broadway Avenue chapel, and from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday in Jamestown.
The Little Crab, Tenn., native was born April 2, 1932. He was a professor in industrial education and technology at Western Kentucky University for 30 years. He was a member of The First Church of the Nazarene, where he served as a Sunday school superintendent for many years. He taught Sunday school, served on a variety of committees and served on the Kentucky District Advisory Board and Board of Trustees for Trevecca Nazarene University. He was president of the Kentucky District Nazarene Laymans Organization and served in the Air Force as a staff sergeant in the Korean War, Japan and England. He was also a Kentucky Colonel. He was a son of the late Jonah D. Lowrey and Ona Conatser. He was preceded in death by four sisters, Nora Pierce, Lola Gunter, Flossie Crockett and Helen York; and four brothers, Dudley, Walter, Donald and Frank Lowrey.
Survivors include his wife of 56 years, Betsy Ross York Lowrey; two sons, Barry Payne of Union Mills, Ind., and Bryan Payne and his wife, Debby, of Clarksville, Tenn.; four grandchildren, Kasey, Blake, Cody and Sydney Payne; two sisters, Eula Delk of Muncie, Ind., and Dean "Polly" Payne of Mobile, Ala.; and several nieces, nephews, great-nieces and great-nephews.
Funeral is at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Jennings Funeral Home in Jamestown, Tenn., with burial in Wolf River Cemetery in Jamestown. Visitation is from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. today at J.C. Kirby and Son Funeral Home, Broadway Avenue chapel, and from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday in Jamestown.
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