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Wilma Pearl Lowe

Female Abt 1940 - 2022  (~ 82 years)


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  1. 1.  Wilma Pearl Lowe was born about 1940 in Carter County, , , Tennessee; died on 7 Mar 2022 in Carter County, , , Tennessee; was buried in Happy Valley Memorial Park, , Carter County, Tennessee.

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    ELIZABETHTON - Wilma P. Lowe Williams, 81 years old, Elizabethton, passed away on Monday, March 7, 2022 at home. She was the daughter of Steve and Belle Grindstaff Lowe. Wilma retired from Iodent Chemical Company. She was a faithful member of Unaka Baptist Church, Elizabethton and the Red Hat Ladies Sunday School Class and a member of the choir. She enjoyed gardening and making apple butter with Joe and breaking beans on the carport with the family. On Sundays, you would find her cooking for her family. Everyone knew Wilma enjoyed having her dessert first. Wilma’s homemade vegetable soup was famous for helping others feel better. Her potato salad and egg salad sandwiches could be found at any church function. Wilma’s servant heart and sweet smile will be missed by all. Nana loved and enjoyed her grandchildren, even if it meant “washing their mouth out with soap” or “switching their behinds”.
    In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her loving husband Joe in December 2020, brothers: Clarence, Landon, Carl, Junior, Charlie and Sister, Myrtle Estep.
    She is survived by her children: Kane (Geri), and Melissa Elsea (Tim), Grandchildren: Dana Potter (Brad), Kayleigh Gouge (Ryan) and Kameron Elsea (Hannah). Great Grandchild, McKenna Gouge – whom she adored. Siblings: Mary Cole, Jemema Ensor, Lonnie Lowe. Many nieces and nephews and her two best friends, Barb Grindstaff and Kate Rodgers.
    A service to celebrate the life of Wilma Williams will be conducted at 2 p.m. Friday, March 11, 2022 in Memorial Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Walker Roberson & Rev. Eric Heaton officiating. Entombment will follow in the Mausoleum of Peace, Happy Valley Memorial Park following the service. Music will be provided by Diane Roberson, Pianist and Christina Lewis, Soloist.
    Pallbearers will be: Tim Elsea, Kameron Elsea, Brad Potter, Ryan Gouge, Les Grindstaff and Jeff Lowe. Honorary Pallbearers: Gordon Rodgers, Red Hat Ladies Sunday School Class of Unaka Baptist Church, Friends and Neighbors in Hurley Hollow.

    Wilma married Joe Lester Williams on 6 Nov 1959 in Carter County, , , Tennessee. Joe was born about 1938; died about 2020. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]