Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: Wilbur Spencer Lowers    
                Born: Dec-22-1911          in Otto, Roane Co, WV  1,2
                Died: Apr-26-1992           1 (see note 1)
              Census: 1940                 in Lubeck District, Wood Co, WV  
             Resided: 1930                 in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV  2
          Occupation: 1940                 WPA foreman  3
              Father:
              Mother:
Other spouse 2
                Wife: Edna Victoria Dodd   4  
             Married: Oct-25-1930          in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV  2
                Born: Jul- 4-1913          in Wood Co, WV  5,2 (see note 2)
                Died: Apr-10-1954          in Wood Co, WV  5
              Buried:                      in Bethel Baptist Cemetery, Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV  6
              Census: 190                  in Lubeck District, Wood Co, WV  
             Resided: 1930                 in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV  2
              Father:
              Mother:
           M Child 1: Frederick Jackson Lowers      
                Born: Apr- 5-1932          in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV  7
                Died: Dec-25-2004          in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV  8
              Buried:                      in Sunset Memory Gardens, Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV  7
             Resided:                      in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV  7
              Census: 1940                 in Lubeck District, Wood Co, WV  
          Occupation:                      Parkersburg City Police patrolman (27 yrs)  7
            Military:                      U.S. Army, Military Police, Korean War  7
                Wife: Patsy Ruth Williams  b. Oct- 8-1935  d. Mar-23-1987  
             Married: Mar-13-1954          in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV  2 (see note 3)
           M Child 2: Lewis L. Lowers      
                Born: ca 1935               3
                Died: bef Dec 2004          9
              Census: 1940                 in Lubeck Cemetery, Lubeck, Wood Co, WV  
           F Child 3: Living      
           M Child 4: Wilbur S. Lowers, Jr.      
                Born: Dec-11-1938           1
                Died: Jan-22-1997           1
             Resided:                      in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV  1
           F Child 5: Ruth Ann Lowers      
                Born: Mar- 8-1941           6
                Died: Jun-19-1941          in Wood Co, WV  5,6
              Buried:                      in Bethel Baptist Cemetery, Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV  6
           F Child 6: Living      
             Husband: Living  
           M Child 7: Living      
                Wife: Living  
           M Child 8: Living      

Sources:
(1) Social Security Death Index. 
(2) Wood County Marriage Records, Parkersburg, WV. 
(3) 1940 Census, Wood County, WV. 
(4) Obituary of son. 
(5) West Virginia Deaths Index, 1853-1973 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(6) Findagrave.com. 
(7) Obituary. 
(8) Obituary - At home. 
(9) Obituary of brother. 

Event Notes
Note (1) Social Security card issued in West Virginia before 1951.
Note (2) Age at marriage would put birth in about 1908.
Note (3) Marriage date incorrectly given in husband's obituary as Mar 20 1954.







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