The Virginian-Pilot
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DATE: Wednesday, January 15, 1997           TAG: 9701150419
SECTION: LOCAL                   PAGE: B5   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: FRANKLIN                          LENGTH:   24 lines

FRANCES H. LOWE

Frances Hall ``Frankie'' Lowe, 70, of the 23000 block of Scottswood Drive died Jan. 14, 1997, in Southampton Memorial Hospital.

Mrs. Lowe was born in Parkersburg, N.C., and was the daughter of the late John Allen and Pattie Williams Hall. She was the widow of William Mitchell Lowe and a member of High Street United Methodist Church.

She is survived by a daughter, Shea L. Beaver and her husband, Harold, of Suffolk; a son, William Allen Lowe and his wife, Carolyn, of Franklin; two sisters, Gail H. Tawney and Ruby H. Morris; brother, Charles D. Hall, all of Franklin; and five grandchildren, Carrie, Kevin, and Erin Lowe, Kelsey Daughtrey and Jacob Beaver. She was predeceased by a sister and two brothers, Irma Bell and Elmer and Jack Hall.

A graveside funeral will be conducted at 2 p.m. Thursday in Southampton Memorial Park. The family will receive friends in the residence and suggests that memorials be made to the Texie Camp Marks Children's Center, 700 Campbell Ave., Franklin, Va. 23851 or a favorite charity. Wright Funeral Home is in charge.

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