Individual Details

Velma Wesberry

(1 Dec 1927 - 12 Apr 2011)

The Advocate, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Friday, April 15, 2011, Main Edition, Page 12 A: Deceased Name: Lowry, Velma Wesberry. Velma Wesberry Lowry passed away Tuesday, April 12, 2011, at age 83. She was a native of Wilkerson County, Miss., and longtime resident of Baton Rouge. Visitation at Rabenhorst Funeral Home East, 11000 Florida Blvd., Thursday, April 14, was from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. and Friday is in the chapel from 9 a.m. until service at 11 a.m. Survived by her sons, George and Robert Lowry; brother, Wallace Westberry; three grandchildren and their spouses, Ashleigh and Danny Normand, Rixie and Adam Albright, and Jimmy Lowry; and six great-grandchildren, Luke, Ella, Ben and Beau Normand, Madison and Cooper Albright. Special thanks to her friends, Ed and Fannie Hodges. Preceded in death by her husband, C.V. Lowry; and great-grandchild, Carlin Normand. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to The Carpenter House of St. Joseph Hospice.

Events

Birth1 Dec 1927Wilkinson Co., Mississippi
BirthAbt 1928Mississippi
Residence1935Rural, Wilkinson, Mississippi
Marriage29 Jan 1948Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana - Corman Vance Lowry
Residence1950Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana
Residence1958Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana
Death12 Apr 2011Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana
Alt nameVelma W
Alt nameVelma W. Lowry
RaceWhite
BurialResthaven Gardens of Memory, Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana

Families

SpouseCorman Vance Lowry (1926 - 2000)
FatherHarvey Arthur Wesberry (1901 - 1940)
MotherPearl Mildred Leake (1907 - 2000)
SiblingWallace O Wesberry (1930 - 2011)

Endnotes

1. Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2006), Database online..

2. Ancestry.com, Social Security Death Index (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010), Issue State: Louisiana; Issue Date: Before 1951.

3. Obituary of Velma Wesberry Lowry, The Advocate, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Friday, April 15, 2011, Main Edition, Page 12 A.

4. Ancestry.com, 1940 United States Federal Census (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012), Year: 1940; Census Place: Wilkinson, Mississippi; Roll: T627_2078; Page: 17A; Enumeration District: 79-2.

5. Ancestry.com, 1940 United States Federal Census (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012), Year: 1940; Census Place: Wilkinson, Mississippi; Roll: T627_2078; Page: 17A; Enumeration District: 79-2.

6. Wedding Announcement of Velma Wesberry to Corman V. Lowery, The Advocate, Baton Rough, Louisiana, Sunday, February 1, 1948, Page 18.

7. Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2006), Database online..

8. Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2006), Database online..

9. Ancestry.com, 1940 United States Federal Census (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012), Year: 1940; Census Place: Wilkinson, Mississippi; Roll: T627_2078; Page: 17A; Enumeration District: 79-2.

10. Ancestry.com, Social Security Death Index (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010), Issue State: Louisiana; Issue Date: Before 1951.

11. Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2006), Database online..

12. Obituary of Velma Wesberry Lowry, The Advocate, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Friday, April 15, 2011, Main Edition, Page 12 A.

13. Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2006), Database online..

14. Ancestry.com, Social Security Death Index (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010), Issue State: Louisiana; Issue Date: Before 1951.

15. Ancestry.com, 1940 United States Federal Census (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012), Year: 1940; Census Place: Wilkinson, Mississippi; Roll: T627_2078; Page: 17A; Enumeration District: 79-2.

16. Social Security Death Index.