Obituary blended from St. Clair News-Aegis (Pell City, AL) and Word and Way (Kansas City, MO) - 16 Oct 1952
Dr. S. F. Lowe, director of the Radio and Television Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention since 1938, died at Georgia Baptist Hospital in Atlanta early Saturday morning, October 4. He had been ill for a number of months. Death was caused by a coronary occlusion. Dr. Lowe was a modern pioneer in the world of religion. Early convinced that radio was a gift of God for the spread of the Christian gospel, he spent most of his life trying to sell the medium to religious leaders. At the outset he met a great deal of outspoken opposition, but he lived to see most of his detractors won over to his way of thinking. His dream of a nationwide radio ministry has been realized among his own people. He led Southern Baptists into the field of radio back in 1938 and has devoted his full time to this work since 1944. Under his leadership the work has grown in a marvelous way, with the Baptist Hour alone now being carried by more than 320 stations every week, in 28 states and five foreign countries. Born June 6, 1890, in Houston County, Georgia, Dr. Lowe graduated from Locust Grove Institute in 1911, received his A. B. degree from Mercer University in Macon in 1914. He received the Th. M. degree from Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, Kentucky, in 1917, did one year of resident study on a doctorate, was awarded the Doctor of Divinity degree by Mercer University in 1940. Following his seminary work, Dr. Lowe had five pastorates before turning all his energies to the First Baptist Church, Tennille, Georgia, 1918-29; First Baptist Church, Dawson, Georgia, 1920-24; First Baptist Church, Enterprise, Alabama, 1924-27; Fifteenth Avenue Baptist Church, Atlanta, Georgia, 1931-44. He served as vice president of the Southern Baptist Home Mission Board, 1935-38. Dr. Lowe is survived by his wife, three sons - Sam F. Jr., judge of the Fulton County (Georgia) Civil Court; Lewis C., a ministerial student at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, Kentucky, and Bill F., store manager for Ivan Allen Marshall in Macon - a daugher, Mrs. J. Carl Hodges, of Atlanta, and six grandchildren. Four brothers and one sister, Mrs. Alice Hardison, Byron, Georgia; Wallace W. Lowe, Atlanta, J. H. Lowe, Birmingham, Alabama; C. C. Lowe, Byron, Georgia and E. H. Lowe, Carrs Station, Georgia. The funeral was held at Fruid Hills Baptist Church, Atlanta.
Dr. S. F. Lowe, director of the Radio and Television Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention since 1938, died at Georgia Baptist Hospital in Atlanta early Saturday morning, October 4. He had been ill for a number of months. Death was caused by a coronary occlusion. Dr. Lowe was a modern pioneer in the world of religion. Early convinced that radio was a gift of God for the spread of the Christian gospel, he spent most of his life trying to sell the medium to religious leaders. At the outset he met a great deal of outspoken opposition, but he lived to see most of his detractors won over to his way of thinking. His dream of a nationwide radio ministry has been realized among his own people. He led Southern Baptists into the field of radio back in 1938 and has devoted his full time to this work since 1944. Under his leadership the work has grown in a marvelous way, with the Baptist Hour alone now being carried by more than 320 stations every week, in 28 states and five foreign countries. Born June 6, 1890, in Houston County, Georgia, Dr. Lowe graduated from Locust Grove Institute in 1911, received his A. B. degree from Mercer University in Macon in 1914. He received the Th. M. degree from Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, Kentucky, in 1917, did one year of resident study on a doctorate, was awarded the Doctor of Divinity degree by Mercer University in 1940. Following his seminary work, Dr. Lowe had five pastorates before turning all his energies to the First Baptist Church, Tennille, Georgia, 1918-29; First Baptist Church, Dawson, Georgia, 1920-24; First Baptist Church, Enterprise, Alabama, 1924-27; Fifteenth Avenue Baptist Church, Atlanta, Georgia, 1931-44. He served as vice president of the Southern Baptist Home Mission Board, 1935-38. Dr. Lowe is survived by his wife, three sons - Sam F. Jr., judge of the Fulton County (Georgia) Civil Court; Lewis C., a ministerial student at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, Kentucky, and Bill F., store manager for Ivan Allen Marshall in Macon - a daugher, Mrs. J. Carl Hodges, of Atlanta, and six grandchildren. Four brothers and one sister, Mrs. Alice Hardison, Byron, Georgia; Wallace W. Lowe, Atlanta, J. H. Lowe, Birmingham, Alabama; C. C. Lowe, Byron, Georgia and E. H. Lowe, Carrs Station, Georgia. The funeral was held at Fruid Hills Baptist Church, Atlanta.
Obituary blended from St. Clair News-Aegis (Pell City, AL) and Word and Way (Kansas City, MO) - 16 Oct 1952
Dr. S. F. Lowe, director of the Radio and Television Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention since 1938, died at Georgia Baptist Hospital in Atlanta early Saturday morning, October 4. He had been ill for a number of months. Death was caused by a coronary occlusion. Dr. Lowe was a modern pioneer in the world of religion. Early convinced that radio was a gift of God for the spread of the Christian gospel, he spent most of his life trying to sell the medium to religious leaders. At the outset he met a great deal of outspoken opposition, but he lived to see most of his detractors won over to his way of thinking. His dream of a nationwide radio ministry has been realized among his own people. He led Southern Baptists into the field of radio back in 1938 and has devoted his full time to this work since 1944. Under his leadership the work has grown in a marvelous way, with the Baptist Hour alone now being carried by more than 320 stations every week, in 28 states and five foreign countries. Born June 6, 1890, in Houston County, Georgia, Dr. Lowe graduated from Locust Grove Institute in 1911, received his A. B. degree from Mercer University in Macon in 1914. He received the Th. M. degree from Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, Kentucky, in 1917, did one year of resident study on a doctorate, was awarded the Doctor of Divinity degree by Mercer University in 1940. Following his seminary work, Dr. Lowe had five pastorates before turning all his energies to the First Baptist Church, Tennille, Georgia, 1918-29; First Baptist Church, Dawson, Georgia, 1920-24; First Baptist Church, Enterprise, Alabama, 1924-27; Fifteenth Avenue Baptist Church, Atlanta, Georgia, 1931-44. He served as vice president of the Southern Baptist Home Mission Board, 1935-38. Dr. Lowe is survived by his wife, three sons - Sam F. Jr., judge of the Fulton County (Georgia) Civil Court; Lewis C., a ministerial student at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, Kentucky, and Bill F., store manager for Ivan Allen Marshall in Macon - a daugher, Mrs. J. Carl Hodges, of Atlanta, and six grandchildren. Four brothers and one sister, Mrs. Alice Hardison, Byron, Georgia; Wallace W. Lowe, Atlanta, J. H. Lowe, Birmingham, Alabama; C. C. Lowe, Byron, Georgia and E. H. Lowe, Carrs Station, Georgia. The funeral was held at Fruid Hills Baptist Church, Atlanta.
Dr. S. F. Lowe, director of the Radio and Television Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention since 1938, died at Georgia Baptist Hospital in Atlanta early Saturday morning, October 4. He had been ill for a number of months. Death was caused by a coronary occlusion. Dr. Lowe was a modern pioneer in the world of religion. Early convinced that radio was a gift of God for the spread of the Christian gospel, he spent most of his life trying to sell the medium to religious leaders. At the outset he met a great deal of outspoken opposition, but he lived to see most of his detractors won over to his way of thinking. His dream of a nationwide radio ministry has been realized among his own people. He led Southern Baptists into the field of radio back in 1938 and has devoted his full time to this work since 1944. Under his leadership the work has grown in a marvelous way, with the Baptist Hour alone now being carried by more than 320 stations every week, in 28 states and five foreign countries. Born June 6, 1890, in Houston County, Georgia, Dr. Lowe graduated from Locust Grove Institute in 1911, received his A. B. degree from Mercer University in Macon in 1914. He received the Th. M. degree from Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, Kentucky, in 1917, did one year of resident study on a doctorate, was awarded the Doctor of Divinity degree by Mercer University in 1940. Following his seminary work, Dr. Lowe had five pastorates before turning all his energies to the First Baptist Church, Tennille, Georgia, 1918-29; First Baptist Church, Dawson, Georgia, 1920-24; First Baptist Church, Enterprise, Alabama, 1924-27; Fifteenth Avenue Baptist Church, Atlanta, Georgia, 1931-44. He served as vice president of the Southern Baptist Home Mission Board, 1935-38. Dr. Lowe is survived by his wife, three sons - Sam F. Jr., judge of the Fulton County (Georgia) Civil Court; Lewis C., a ministerial student at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, Kentucky, and Bill F., store manager for Ivan Allen Marshall in Macon - a daugher, Mrs. J. Carl Hodges, of Atlanta, and six grandchildren. Four brothers and one sister, Mrs. Alice Hardison, Byron, Georgia; Wallace W. Lowe, Atlanta, J. H. Lowe, Birmingham, Alabama; C. C. Lowe, Byron, Georgia and E. H. Lowe, Carrs Station, Georgia. The funeral was held at Fruid Hills Baptist Church, Atlanta.
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