Julia Mary Lowry

Julia Mary Lowry Julia Mary Wallace was born Dec. 30, 1910 in Greyburg, Texas near Beaumont. She attended public school in Sour Lake, later transferring to Beaumont High School where she graduated. She then attended Southwestern University where she met and married Wallace Edwin (Brick) Lowry in 1930. She graduated with her B.A. degree from Southwestern. She would later receive her M.Ed. from The University of Texas. Julia died of natural causes in Temple, Texas on October 12, 2010. She is survived by her sons, Burt Lewis and Wallace Edwin, Jr. and his wife, Sue. Her four grandchildren include Patrick Shepherd Lowry and wife, Shelley, Mary Susan Brazelton and husband, West, Joel Matthew Lowry, and Elizabeth Hill and husband, Trey. She also has six great-grandchildren. She and her husband moved to Huntsville in the mid 1930Â’s where he served as principal of Huntsville High School. They then moved to Orange where he was superintendent of schools. They returned to Huntsville in 1939 when he went on the Sam Houston faculty. Here she would thrive in multiple civic activities, child rearing, and support for Sam Houston the enterprise for the next sixty years. Her last ten years were in Temple where she could be close to her son. Of particular importance to her, was support for her church. With her family, she was an active, participating member of the First Methodist Church for sixty years. For many of those years she taught the fourth grade Sunday School class. She loved this endeavor with extensive contact with the children, and it may have been her favorite. She gave extensively of her time and effort to the Huntsville Memorial Hospital working as a volunteer. She served in many ways at the hospital, but she preferred directly helping sick people and their families. She viewed herself as a cheerleader for all things related to Sam Houston State University. This included faculty, presidents, students, football teams, buildings, fund raising and emphasized to her family that it was important not to be passive in your support for important things. She was one of the early members of Delta Kappa Gamma and Zeta Tau Alpha on the Sam Houston campus. With many other strong women, she much enjoyed supporting and participating in their activities. She will be sorely missed by her survivors, but they are comforted seeing her spirit being manifested in the many-faceted lives of her grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Services for Julia Lowry will be held Friday, October 15, 2010, 10:00 a.m. at First Untited Methodist Church in Huntsville, Texas with Rev. Scott Dornbush officiating. Burial will follow in Oakwood Cemetery, Huntsville. Family will receive friends Thursday, October 14, 2010, 6:00-8:00 p.m. at Sam Houston Memorial Funeral Home in Huntsville. Those wishing to leave memorial condolences for the family may do so at www.shmfh.com

Julia Mary Lowry

January 1, 1753 - October 15, 2010