Mr. Johnny Lewis Lowman

Mr. Johnny Lewis Lowman, 73, of Connelly Springs, passed away on Wednesday July 8, 2020 at Grace Hospital after a six week illness. Mr. Lowman was born March 21, 1947 in Burke County, a son of the late Lewis and Bessie Lowman Lowman. Johnny was a US Army Veteran and an active member of Mount Calvary Baptist Church, serving as a Sunday school teacher, choir leader, and directed the annual Christmas play. He was employed by Burke County Parks and Recreation Department. He will surely be missed by family and friends. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by a sister, Nethel Icard and brother, Wendell Lowman. Surviving are his wife Phyllis Aileen Lynn Lowman, two sons, John Wesley Lowman and Jeffrey Scott Lowman and wife Samantha Lowman. He was a father figure to Donna Bumgarner, two granddaughters, Harley Lowman Searcy and husband Ben, Scotlynn Sage Lowman and three great-grandchildren, Gavin Michael, Alyssa Shuffler and Morgan Shuffler. Also surviving are his siblings, Louise Craig, Brenda Hudson, Jane Clark, Sondra Lowman and Elbert "Pork" Lowman. Funeral Services for Johnny Lewis Lowman will be held at 2:00 P.M. Saturday July 11, 2020 in the Mount Calvary Baptist Church with Rev. Curtis Carroll, Rev. Eddie Lail and Rev. Nathan Lowman officiating. Interment will follow in the Mount Calvary Baptist Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 5:30 until 8:00 P.M. Friday at Heritage Funeral Service, Valdese. Memorials may be made to Mount Calvary Baptist Church Building Fund, 5848 Miller Bridge Rd., Connelly Springs, NC 28612.