Thelma Williams Lowe

Mrs. Thelma Williams Lowe, 92 of Ft. White passed away on Monday, July 4, 2011 at the North Florida Regional Medical Center in Gainesville. Mrs. Lowe was a daughter to the late Ressie and Matilda Raulerson Williams and lifelong resident of Columbia County and Ft. White. She attended schools in Ft. White, was the owner and operator of Lowe’s Tubeland and a longtime member of Elim Baptist Church in Ft. White. Mrs. Lowe was preceded in death by her husband of over 40 years, Mr. Leroy Lowe, two sons, Marvin and Jimmy Harper, four brothers, W.C., Gerald, Robert and Charles Williams and one sister, Euralee O’Steen.

Mrs. Lowe is survived by two sons, Chester Harper and Billie Jo Harper both of Ft. White, three sisters, Loice Porter and Eloise Harrison both of Ft. White and Adell Torcise, Homestead, Fl, sixteen grandchildren and numerous great and great great grandchildren.

Funeral services for Mrs. Lowe will be conducted at 11:00 A.M. on Friday, July 8, 2011 at Elim Baptist Church with Rev. Charles Knight and Rev. Thomas Bankston officiating. Interment will follow at the church cemetery. Visitation with the family will be from 6-8:00 P.M. Thursday evening at the funeral home. Arrangements are under the direction of GUERRY Funeral Home, 2659 SW Main Blvd., Lake City.

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