Julius Raymond "Ray" Lowery Jr.

Praying for you Dorothy and your family. When I walked around Pine Harbor I would sometime stop and have short conversations and he always left me laughing. May he rest in peace.

My favorite memories with Ray are the family dinners at Elise and Raymond´s home, stopping through Pell City, on our way to Jasper. Ray had to sit at the kids table with us. Ray, you made us laugh and cry. Our father, your uncle loved you so much!

Please excuse my sharing again, but my last name is Mankin! Not Mankib! So my sharing a memory of my cousin Ray is from Billie Anne Mankin, Atlanta, Georgia .... Older daughter of Bill and Dotty Mankin. Aunt Elise was my father´s younger sister and Aunt Julianne was the youngest of the 3 Mankin children. Thank you again and much love to Ray´s Dorothy, and to Amy, Mandy, Trey and their families. Your Cousin Billie Anne

Sending you love my dearest older cuz! And many thanks to both you and to Mary Anne for spending the day in 1952 at Silver Sands (now known as Destin, Florida) for walking this 2 year old up and down the beach until she was walking and never returned to crawling. As I much preferred crawling. My father, your uncle Baba (Bill Mankin) and my mother, Dotty were so very indebted to both you and to cousin Mary Anne for the walking thing! Ha, ha! Yes, there are old black and white photos as...