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Bascum Lowery

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Bascum Lowery

Birth
USA
Death
16 May 1985 (aged 83)
Burial
Marion, McDowell County, North Carolina, USA Add to Map
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BASCUM H. LOWERY:

MARION-Bascum Hubert Lowery, 83, of 525 Resevoir Road died Thursday in a McDowell County nursing center.

Born in McDowell County, his parents were the late John A. Lowery and Lula Biddix Lowery. He was a retired farmr.

Surviving are his wife Lois White Lowery of Greenville, S.C.; a son Bobby Lowery of spruce Pine; a daughter, Mrs Gilbert Hollifield Sr. of Marion; seven sisters, Nell Simmons and Mrs Dusky Cresawn, both of Spruce Pine, and Cora Holllifield, Edith Fisher, Thelma McGee, Pauline Boyd and Faye Biddix, all of Marion, nine grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.

Services will be at 11a.m. Saturday in Turkey Cove Baptist Church . The Rev. Sumter West will officiate. Burial will be in Turkey Cove Cememtery.

The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. Friday at McCall-Kirksey Funeral Home, and at other times will be at Mrs Gilbert Hollifield's residence on Greenlee road. The body will be placed in the church 30 minutes before the service.


(1st Marriage 09-14-1919) ESSIE CRESAWN
(2nd Marriage Elva Chapman/no children.
(3rd Marriage Loise White/no children.

SPOUSE:
ESSIE CRESAWN b:02-02-1902 d:04-1-1932

MATERNAL
PARENTS:(Essie is the daughter of)
(A-1)Carson T. Cresawn b:03-22-1856 d:02-03-1935
INTERMENT:Grassy Creek Cem. Mitchell Co.NC.
N.OTE:
Parents of Carson T Cresawn: UNKNOWN.
Lived with his half brother Dr. Merrit Snipes.North Cove Twp.McDowell CO.NC June 9th 1880 CENSUS.
PARENT

(B-1)Laura McKinney b:05-17-1858 d:02-22-1922.INTERMENT: Grass Creek Cem. Mitchell CO.NC.

GRANDPARENTS:
INTERMENT:Grassy Creek Cem. Mithell Co.NC.(Laura Mckinney is the dau.of)
(B-1)Charles McKinney Jr.b:01-18-1817 d:02-01-1862
(B-2)Elizabeth Washburn b:06-11-1823 d:02-10-1888.

G/GRANDPARENTS:
(B-1)CHARLES MCKINNEY SR b:1773 d:1852 McDowell Co.NC.
NANCY TRIPLETT
INTERMENT: Charles McKinney Cem. McDowell Co. NC.

(B-1)G/G GRANDPARENTS:
WILLIAM MCKINNEY listed in Va in 1760's
MARY CARVER

(B-2)Elizabeth Washburn is the Dau. of)
G/Grandparents:
(B2)JAMES WASHBURN b: Culpeper Co.Va.
DORTHY HOPPIS
INTERMENT:Grassy Creek Cem. Mitchell CO.NC.

(B-2)G/G/GRANDPARENTS:
REV.MOSES WASHBURN b:08-14-1763 Culpeper Co.Va. d:04-07-1841
NOTE:FOUGHT IN THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION: (VA CONTINENTAL LINE)
(B-2)AGATHA (AGGA) ETHINGTON b:1772 d:-0-11-1857
INTERMENT: Grassy creek Cem. Mitchell CO.NC.

G/G/G/GRANDPARENT:
(B-2)JOHN WASHBURN

NOTE:
On The Death Certificate; Essie Cresawn Lowery died from burns recieved from a fall into a fire place.
INTERMENT: Grassy Creek BapT. Church Cemtery, Mitchell County,NC.

CHILDREN:
(1)KATHERN LOWERY m Gilbert Hollifield,
(2)BOBBY LOWERY m Esther Mercado Delucca buried at Rebels Creek Cem. Mitchell CO.NC,
(3)TED LOWERY m Sylvia.
(4)INFANT buried near their mother ESSIE CRESAWN LOWERY.
(5)INFANT buried near their mother ESSIE CRESAWN LOWERY.

PATERNAL
PARENT:
(A)JOHN ALEXANDER LOWERY b:10-04-1868 :08-08-1964 m

MATERNAL
PARENT:
(b)LULA BIDDIX b:03-20-1879 d:12-20-1952.
INTERMENT:Turkey Cove Cemetery

MATERNAL
GRANDPARENTS:(Lula Biddix is the daughter of)
(A)WILLIAM ABRAHAM BIDDIX b: 1861 d:1942 McDowell Co.NC.

MATERNAL
G/GRANDPARENTS:
MERRIT CALVIN BIDDIX b:1831
(1st Marriage)Elmira Mckinney b:1830
(2nd Marriage)ELMIRA LOWERY (1849-1929)

NOTE: ELMIRA LOWERY IS THE MOTHER OF:
(1)WILLIAM ABRAHAM BIDDIX b:1861 d:1942.
(2)JOHN M BIDDIX b:abt 1862

MATERNAL
G/G/GRANDPARENTS:
JOHN BIDDIX b:1785 d:01-09-1837 Yancey Co.NC.
NANCY ENDSLEY b:abt 1790

MATERNAL
G/G/G/GRANDPARENTS:
(A)JOHN BITTICK b:abt 1748 Soldier in the American Revolution. Served in the Orange Co Continental Dragoons under Col.O'Neal. John Bittick m 12-21-1780
(B)HANNAH BLOUNT(1754-1853)may be the dau. of Col. Benjamin Blount and Afraca("Affie")Smithwick who lived on Grave Yard Creek which is now Mitchell Co.NC.

(B)CORDELIA HOLLIFIELD b:1858 d:1903 McDowell Co.NC.


PATERNAL
Grandparents:
THOMAS ALEXANDER LOWERY b:10-28-1835 d:01-19-1919 m EVELYNE MCKINNEY. b:01-06-1840 d:12-04-1926.
INTERMENT: Biddix Cem. McDowell Co.NC.
NOTE:
THOMAS ALEXANDER LOWERY served in the CSA NC 6th Reg. CO E.

PATERNAL
G/Grandkparents:(Evelyne McKinney is the daughter of)
CHARLES MCKINNEY SR.& SALLIE HOBSON.
INTERMENT:Charles McKinney Cem. McDowell Co.NC.

PATERNAL
G/Grandparents: ALEX LOWERY m GILBERTA.

Note:Her last name is believed to be Gilbert, and her first name being ANNA. The name Gilberta is on their son Thomas Alexander Lowery's death Certificate.

On the 1850 McDowell Co. NC Census list house hold of Alex and ANNA Lowery:
ALEX LOWERY,farmer,age 38.
ANNA LOWERY,age 35.
Thomas Lowery, age 16.
J.M. Lowery, age 10.
Sophia Lowery, age 9.
John Lowery, age 7.
Sarah Lowery, age 2.
Mary Lowery, age 75 FROM VIRGINIA.
BASCUM H. LOWERY:

MARION-Bascum Hubert Lowery, 83, of 525 Resevoir Road died Thursday in a McDowell County nursing center.

Born in McDowell County, his parents were the late John A. Lowery and Lula Biddix Lowery. He was a retired farmr.

Surviving are his wife Lois White Lowery of Greenville, S.C.; a son Bobby Lowery of spruce Pine; a daughter, Mrs Gilbert Hollifield Sr. of Marion; seven sisters, Nell Simmons and Mrs Dusky Cresawn, both of Spruce Pine, and Cora Holllifield, Edith Fisher, Thelma McGee, Pauline Boyd and Faye Biddix, all of Marion, nine grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.

Services will be at 11a.m. Saturday in Turkey Cove Baptist Church . The Rev. Sumter West will officiate. Burial will be in Turkey Cove Cememtery.

The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. Friday at McCall-Kirksey Funeral Home, and at other times will be at Mrs Gilbert Hollifield's residence on Greenlee road. The body will be placed in the church 30 minutes before the service.


(1st Marriage 09-14-1919) ESSIE CRESAWN
(2nd Marriage Elva Chapman/no children.
(3rd Marriage Loise White/no children.

SPOUSE:
ESSIE CRESAWN b:02-02-1902 d:04-1-1932

MATERNAL
PARENTS:(Essie is the daughter of)
(A-1)Carson T. Cresawn b:03-22-1856 d:02-03-1935
INTERMENT:Grassy Creek Cem. Mitchell Co.NC.
N.OTE:
Parents of Carson T Cresawn: UNKNOWN.
Lived with his half brother Dr. Merrit Snipes.North Cove Twp.McDowell CO.NC June 9th 1880 CENSUS.
PARENT

(B-1)Laura McKinney b:05-17-1858 d:02-22-1922.INTERMENT: Grass Creek Cem. Mitchell CO.NC.

GRANDPARENTS:
INTERMENT:Grassy Creek Cem. Mithell Co.NC.(Laura Mckinney is the dau.of)
(B-1)Charles McKinney Jr.b:01-18-1817 d:02-01-1862
(B-2)Elizabeth Washburn b:06-11-1823 d:02-10-1888.

G/GRANDPARENTS:
(B-1)CHARLES MCKINNEY SR b:1773 d:1852 McDowell Co.NC.
NANCY TRIPLETT
INTERMENT: Charles McKinney Cem. McDowell Co. NC.

(B-1)G/G GRANDPARENTS:
WILLIAM MCKINNEY listed in Va in 1760's
MARY CARVER

(B-2)Elizabeth Washburn is the Dau. of)
G/Grandparents:
(B2)JAMES WASHBURN b: Culpeper Co.Va.
DORTHY HOPPIS
INTERMENT:Grassy Creek Cem. Mitchell CO.NC.

(B-2)G/G/GRANDPARENTS:
REV.MOSES WASHBURN b:08-14-1763 Culpeper Co.Va. d:04-07-1841
NOTE:FOUGHT IN THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION: (VA CONTINENTAL LINE)
(B-2)AGATHA (AGGA) ETHINGTON b:1772 d:-0-11-1857
INTERMENT: Grassy creek Cem. Mitchell CO.NC.

G/G/G/GRANDPARENT:
(B-2)JOHN WASHBURN

NOTE:
On The Death Certificate; Essie Cresawn Lowery died from burns recieved from a fall into a fire place.
INTERMENT: Grassy Creek BapT. Church Cemtery, Mitchell County,NC.

CHILDREN:
(1)KATHERN LOWERY m Gilbert Hollifield,
(2)BOBBY LOWERY m Esther Mercado Delucca buried at Rebels Creek Cem. Mitchell CO.NC,
(3)TED LOWERY m Sylvia.
(4)INFANT buried near their mother ESSIE CRESAWN LOWERY.
(5)INFANT buried near their mother ESSIE CRESAWN LOWERY.

PATERNAL
PARENT:
(A)JOHN ALEXANDER LOWERY b:10-04-1868 :08-08-1964 m

MATERNAL
PARENT:
(b)LULA BIDDIX b:03-20-1879 d:12-20-1952.
INTERMENT:Turkey Cove Cemetery

MATERNAL
GRANDPARENTS:(Lula Biddix is the daughter of)
(A)WILLIAM ABRAHAM BIDDIX b: 1861 d:1942 McDowell Co.NC.

MATERNAL
G/GRANDPARENTS:
MERRIT CALVIN BIDDIX b:1831
(1st Marriage)Elmira Mckinney b:1830
(2nd Marriage)ELMIRA LOWERY (1849-1929)

NOTE: ELMIRA LOWERY IS THE MOTHER OF:
(1)WILLIAM ABRAHAM BIDDIX b:1861 d:1942.
(2)JOHN M BIDDIX b:abt 1862

MATERNAL
G/G/GRANDPARENTS:
JOHN BIDDIX b:1785 d:01-09-1837 Yancey Co.NC.
NANCY ENDSLEY b:abt 1790

MATERNAL
G/G/G/GRANDPARENTS:
(A)JOHN BITTICK b:abt 1748 Soldier in the American Revolution. Served in the Orange Co Continental Dragoons under Col.O'Neal. John Bittick m 12-21-1780
(B)HANNAH BLOUNT(1754-1853)may be the dau. of Col. Benjamin Blount and Afraca("Affie")Smithwick who lived on Grave Yard Creek which is now Mitchell Co.NC.

(B)CORDELIA HOLLIFIELD b:1858 d:1903 McDowell Co.NC.


PATERNAL
Grandparents:
THOMAS ALEXANDER LOWERY b:10-28-1835 d:01-19-1919 m EVELYNE MCKINNEY. b:01-06-1840 d:12-04-1926.
INTERMENT: Biddix Cem. McDowell Co.NC.
NOTE:
THOMAS ALEXANDER LOWERY served in the CSA NC 6th Reg. CO E.

PATERNAL
G/Grandkparents:(Evelyne McKinney is the daughter of)
CHARLES MCKINNEY SR.& SALLIE HOBSON.
INTERMENT:Charles McKinney Cem. McDowell Co.NC.

PATERNAL
G/Grandparents: ALEX LOWERY m GILBERTA.

Note:Her last name is believed to be Gilbert, and her first name being ANNA. The name Gilberta is on their son Thomas Alexander Lowery's death Certificate.

On the 1850 McDowell Co. NC Census list house hold of Alex and ANNA Lowery:
ALEX LOWERY,farmer,age 38.
ANNA LOWERY,age 35.
Thomas Lowery, age 16.
J.M. Lowery, age 10.
Sophia Lowery, age 9.
John Lowery, age 7.
Sarah Lowery, age 2.
Mary Lowery, age 75 FROM VIRGINIA.


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