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Submitted: 11/15/21 • Approved: 11/15/21 • Last Updated: 11/18/21 • R468798-G0-S3
March 3, 1942-July 31, 1944
Our Baby
*Photo/Information, courtesy of Edith Guynes Stanley
*Obituary
Funeral services were held at 5:00 o'clock Monday afternoon at the Church of Christ for Douglas Arthur Lowrie, two year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Lowrie.
The baby passed away at 10:00 a.m. Monday after being seriously ill for nineteen days.
Survivors besides the child's parents are four brothers, Harold Lee, Kenneth Joe, Huey and David. Pallbearers include Levi Reid, Truman Wright, Rueben May and Narville Arganbright.
Judge A.C. Wood and C.V. Hanning officiated at the last rites. Burial was in the Wheeler Cemetery under the direction of the Hunt Funeral Home.
(Published in The Wheeler Times, Wheeler, Texas, Volume XI-Number 34, Thursday, August 3, 1944)
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Texas, Birth Index, 1903-1997
Name: Douglas Arthur Lowrie
Date of Birth: 3 Mar 1942
Gender: Male
Birth County: Wheeler
Father's name: Elmer Wooten Lowrie
Mother's name: Pauline McBee
Roll number: 1942_0006
Texas, Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: Douglas A. Lowrie
Death Date: 31 Jul 1944
Death County: Wheeler
Certificate: 36062
Texas, Death Certificates, 1903-1982
Name: Douglas Auther Lowrie
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 2
Birth Date: 30 Mar 1942
Birth Place: Wheeler, Texas
Residence: Wheeler, Wheeler, Texas, USA
Death Date: 31 Jul 1944
Death Place: Wheeler, Wheeler, Texas, USA
Father: Elmer Lowrie
Mother: Pauline McBee
Contributed on 11/15/21
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