Howard D. Lowe

1922 - 2010

BAIRD Howard D. Lowe, age 87, of Baird, Texas, passed away Monday, May 24, 2010, at his Baird home. Services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, May 27th, at the First Baptist Church in Baird, with Pastor Jimmy Hatcher officiating. Interment will follow in Ross Cemetery, Spencer-Price Addition, in Baird. Parker Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Howard was born July 7, 1922, in Aledo, Texas, to Felix Clabe Lowe and Sarah Hardin Lowe. He graduated high school in Hollis, Okla., and attended Howard College in Big Spring. He entered the U.S. Army during World War II and served in the Philippines. Howard was a Railroad Engineer for 41 years, retiring from Union Pacific in 1985. He had operated a goat dairy in Clyde during the 1950s, had farmed wheat near Claude and, after his retirement, became a full-time farmer and rancher near Baird. Howard married Marie Pedersen Lowe on July 27, 1989, in Montrose, Colo.
Howard had been a Deacon Emeritus, Sunday School Teacher and Lay Preacher in the Baptist Church for over 40 years. He was a member of the First Baptist Church of Baird. He was a member of the Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association and had been named the Conservation Rancher of the Year in 1991. He was also known for entertaining many local children's events with his magic tricks.
Survivors include his wife, Marie; 5 sons, Stanley Lowe and Lisa of Odessa, Mark Lowe and Wendy of Odessa, Lyndal Lowe and Natalie of Amarillo, Leslie Lowe and Carolyn of Clyde and Timothy Lowe of Abilene; 1 daughter, Loris Beatrice Lowe of Austin; 1 sister, Loyce Brown of Amarillo; nine grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his first wife, Iris; 2 brothers, Chester and Danny Lowe; and a daughter-in-law, Renee Lowe. The family suggests memorials be made to the First Baptist Church of Baird or Hendrick Hospice in Abilene, Texas.