Perrin Holmes LOWREY, Jr.

1923 - 1965  (41 years)

• Name	Perrin Holmes LOWREY
  Suffix	Jr.
  Born	20 Nov 1923  [1]
  Gender	Male
  Died	24 Jun 1965	Sweet Briar, Amherst, VA, USA   [1, 2]
  Buried	Amherst Cemetery, Amherst, Amherst, VA, USA   [2]
  Person ID	I459	Boyd
  Last Modified	2 Dec 2011

  
  

  Father	Perrin Holmes LOWREY, II,   b. 22 Jul 1886, Blue Mountain, Tippah, MS, USA ,   d. 2 Jan 1971, Blue Mountain, Tippah, MS, USA  (Age 84 years)
  Mother	Erin Louise TAYLOR,   b. 6 Oct 1901, , , MS, USA ,   d. 4 Dec 1935, Baltimore City, MD, USA  (Age 34 years)
  Married	5 Aug 1920	Hyde Park Baptist Church, Chicago, Cook, IL, USA   [3, 4, 5]
  	Married in Minister’s Study; Witnesses: Susan Riley (Peabody College) & Aunt Trudy
  Documents		Perrin Holmes LOWREY Marriage License
  		Perrin H LOWREY Marriage Certificate
  Family ID	F769	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Janet Beatrice KELSO,   b. 16 Jun 1924,   d. 18 Jul 1996, Port Chester, Westchester, NY, USA  (Age 72 years)
  Married	3 Feb 1944
  Children	+ 1. Anne Kelso LOWREY   2. Mark Perrin LOWREY,   b. 4 Aug 1956,   d. Apr 1981  (Age 24 years)
  Last Modified	16 Mar 2008
  Family ID	F777	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Died - 24 Jun 1965 - Sweet Briar, Amherst, VA, USA Buried - - Amherst Cemetery, Amherst, Amherst, VA, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos

  Perrin H Lowrey Jr, Author

  
  

• Notes

  Chicago Tribune June 26, 1965: CRASH KILLS DR. P. H. LOWREY OF CHICAGO U. Services to Be Held in Virginia Today Services for Dr. Perrin Holmes Lowrey, 41, associate professor of humanities and English in the college at the University of Chicago, will be held at 4:30 p.m. today in the Ascension Episcopal church in Amherst, Va. Burial will be in the Amherst cemetery. Dr. Lowrey was killed Thursday in an auto accident on the campus of Sweet Briar college, Sweet Briar, Va. The Lowreys lived at 5817 Blackstone av. Dr. Lowrey's 11-year-old daughter, Anne, was injured when the car missed a curve in a residential area and struck a retaining wall. She was reported in satisfactory condition in Lynchburg General hospital. Wife, Son Not in Car The Lowreys have spent their summer vacations at the college since 1960 when Dr. Lowrey was a visiting professor there. Dr. Lowrey's wife, Janet, and their son, Mike, 9, were not in the car. Dr. Lowrey received a master of arts degree in 1948 and a Ph. D. in 1956, both from the University of Chicago. He became a faculty member at the university in 1957 and was named head of humanities in 1962. He was a native of Verona, Miss. Wrote Book, Articles Dr. Lowrey wrote a book titled, "The Great Speckled Bird and Other Stories," which was published last year. He also wrote numerous articles and short stories. He received an Inland Steel company faculty fellowship, which provided money for research and travel, last February. He served as a gunnery officer aboard the U. S. S. Henderson in the Pacific in World War II.  [2]

  
  

• Sources

  [S30] Social Security Death Index, (The Generations Network, Inc., 2009). [S10] Find a Grave. [S54] 1920 US Federal Census. [S7] Interview with Harriet Lowrey Ford. [S164] Illinois, Cook County Marriages 1871 - 1920.