I would like to report a cele-

bration to the Family. Lena

J o n e s , t h e L O W E -

BOWDEN Family Secre-

tary, sister of our Family

Reunion President, Donald

Wooten, daughter of Rosie

Mae Lowe-Wooten, grand–

daughter of Aunt Julia Ellen

Lowe, great–granddaughter

of Joseph & Annie Miller-

Lowe, has been selected as

one of North Carolina’s

Great 100 Nurses. This is

an annual award and Lena

was selected as a Great

100 Nurse of North Caro-

lina for 2009. She was

selected from a field of

nominees who represented

more than 58,000 practicing

registered nurses from the

state of North Caro-

lina. The Great 100 Award

is a professional award for

nursing excellence. Lena

was selected for her out-

standing contributions to

n u r s i n g .

A formal Black Tie Gala

was held to honor all Great

100 recipients at the

Greensboro Coliseum in

Greensboro, North Carolina

on October 3, 2009. Each

recipient was recognized

on stage and received a

commemorative plaque and

a Great 100 lapel pin.

As we enter into this sea-

son of Thanksgiving, Christ-

mas and New Years, let us

bow our heads and thank

the Lord for being so merci-

ful and kind to our family.

For if it had not been for the

Lord looking out for us, Oh

where would we be or go?

In my effort to stay in touch

with you throughout the

year, I wish to take this time

to speak with you on what

is happening with next

year’s 2010 LOWE –

BOWDEN Family Reunion.

Please start making plans

for a fun and joyous week-

end in North Carolina for

our 2010 Family Reunion.

As of now, there will be a

FRIDAY NIGHT FISH FRY

prior to our traditional Sat-

urday Dinner. More infor-

mation will be provided as

the time draws closer.

FAMILY HIGHLIGHTS: Lena Jones is one of the Great 100 Nurses for 2009

Happy Holidays to you and your family

LOWE-BOWDEN

FAMILY

LOWE-BOWDEN FAMILY

Special points of inter-est:

August 28, 2010 put that date on your calendar and we will see you at the 47th Family Reunion in Warsaw, North

Carolina.

FAMILY BUSINESS 2

Afghanistan 2

Family

Pictures

3

Doc’s Corner 3

Winners 4

Communication

Officer

4

Inside this issue:

November 8 2009

President Donald Wooten

LOWE-BOWDEN FAMILY

Our Family Reunion has

grown to the point where we

need to add money to our

Treasury Account. The pur-

pose of having a account is to

cover any and all expenses

associated with financing the

LOWE – BOWDEN Family

Reunion . Our goal is to en-

sure that each family member

is properly and appropriately

honored during the passing of

love ones and to ensure your

Annual Family Reunion is a

success each year. Yes, we

do have cost associated with

preparing for the reunion by

printing programs, mailing

letters, and general operating

business actions. This also

includes sending a card to the

family of a deceased love

one.

Therefore, I am asking each

family at this time to donate

$5.00 to build up our Treas-

ury Account. This is not $5.00

per person, but $5.00 from

each family. You may donate

more if you so desire, but for

now just $5.00 per family.

Please send all donations to

Doris Bouyer at 403 Works

Farm Road, Warsaw NC 28398.

I will ask the Treasury Ac-

count officials to provide a

financial report bi-annually of

our balance which will be for-

warded to all of you.

Thank you,

President Donald Wooten

FAMILY BUSINESS

this important task, Roddell and

his wife, Barbara, shared their

feelings with us on our recent

visit with them. We asked Bar-

bara how she feels about this

deployment. Her Response was,

“I feel like he will be okay and

he will take care of his soldiers

over there, but more impor-

tantly take care of himself.” We

asked Roddell

what was on his mind. He re-

sponded, “I am concerned

about my family and taking care

of my guys over there.” Levie

Lowe, Donald Wooten, Doctor

James Lowe, Joseph Lowe and

Melvin Lowe had the honor

and privilege of sharing a meal

with Roddell at a local restau-

rant in Fayetteville, NC called

“Tripps”.

It is important that the family

know Clabon Roddell Lowe

will be deployed to Afghani-

stan, around Thanksgiving. Be-

cause of his strong upbringing

and leadership skills instilled in

him by Clabon and Elizabeth

Lowe, we are very sure that

God’s hands will lead and bring

him back to us. During his

preparation for

Military deployment to Afghanistan - Clabon Roddell Lowe “I feel like he

will be okay and

he will take care

of his soldiers

over there, but

more

importantly take

care of himself.”

Page 2 LOWE-BOWDEN FAMILY

sary in October and Uncle Bill

celebrated his 90th birthday.

Uncle Levy has a seizure disor-

der that has yet to be named

but is under control with medi-

cation. Melvin continues to care

for him. Judy Aaron celebrated

her 80th birthday in October.

Congratulations to her! Johnnie

Hi Family members and happy

holidays to all of you. From my

corner to begin with I'm happy

to report that Aunt Sallie and

Uncle Bill are okay. She had a

fall several months ago but only

sustained a laceration that has

healed well. They also cele-

brated their wedding anniver-

Lee Faison and family are doing

well also. Barbara Faison was

recently contacted regarding the

burial site of her grandmother,

Elizabeth Lowe Kornegay. She

is buried in the Winn Cemetery

Mt. Olive, N.C. Barbara Harris

reported that her family was

well also.

Family Pictures

DOC’S CONNER: Dr.James E. Lowe MD.

Page 3 LOWE-BOWDEN FAMILY

Thelma Hayes' grandson,

Colin Reid who is pres-

ently serving in Afghani-

stan will be home before

Thanksgiving. He is a

corporal in the U.S.M.C

As we all know Rodell

Lowe is leaving for Af-

ghanistan in (P4)

We are pleased to announce the winners of the family chal-

lenge. The question was, “Doing the 1920 census who

were the two family members that weren’t listed?”

We would like to thank the following family members:

Barbara Faison, Alice Faison, Floyd Long, Felicia Long,

Edward Bass, Chelsea Bass, Joseph Lowe And a special

round of applause for Little Miss Kyla Franklin who is

only five years old.

As we prepare for the upcoming holiday season, let’s not

forget those less fortunate.

LOWE-BOWDEN FAMILY

Communications Officer

We’re on the Web at

www.lowebowden.org

to everyone. He is our Com-

munications Officer - Melvin

Lowe. Melvin is the Brother

to Everlena Long, Limon Jr

and Thurmond. He is the son

of Limon W. Lowe.

Our Family President, Donald

Wooten, has charged me with

the responsibility of coming

up with some sort of vehicle

that the family can stay con-

nected. As your Communica-

tions Officer, I will try to do

my best to God and our fam-

ily. I will do this by using old

school and new school tech-

nology. There will be a quar-

terly newsletter that will be

mailed out the traditional way

and we will go high tech using

the Internet, conference call-

ing, e-mail and videoconfer-

encing. We already have a

web presence, so just type

t h i s a d d r e s s i n ,

www.lowebowden.org From

this website. We will be able

to stay in contact with each

other anywhere in the world

that you may have an Internet

connection. From this Web-

site, we will be able to pro-

mote family businesses and

give dates of family events

such as graduations, wed-

dings and updates on family

medical conditions. We have

the capability and capacity to

add up to 500 e-mail ad-

dresses so anyone can have

an e-mail address. Remem-

ber, this is your website.

Please e-mail me with any

content that you would like to

display.

Thank you and God bless.

The LOWE-BOWDEN

Family Reunion is a

work in progress. The

family is truly blessed to

have so many talented

members throughout

the family. Our family

has such a person I

would like to introduce

President Donald Wooten

Vice President James Lowe Jr. MD

Secretary Lena Jones

Treasurer Sally Cooper

Treasurer Doris Bouyer C.O. Melvin Lowe

DOC’S CONNER: Dr. James E. Lowe MD.

in November 2009. Let us all pray for his safe return. So that's all of the information I have for this edition. Please feel free to call or contact us with family news or questions. James E. Lowe Jr., MD V.P. Lowe-Bowden Family

Winners of the Family Challenge