Yvonne E. Lowe

Published 12:00 am Sunday, May 2, 2010

Funeral services for Mrs. Yvonne E. Lowe will be at 10 a.m. Monday, May 3, 2010, at The Church of the Holy Trinity, Episcopal, with the Rev. Michael Nation, rector, officiating. Visitation will be at the McInnis Parish Hall at the church from 9 a.m. until the service. Burial will be at Cedar Hill Cemetery under the direction of Riles Funeral Home. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to The Church of the Holy Trinity, Episcopal, 900 South St., Vicksburg, MS 39180.

Yvonne died Friday, April 30, 2010, at Promise Hospital of Vicksburg. She was 84.

She was the daughter of the late George E. and Catherine F. Hajj. She was a graduate of Carr Central High School, Class of 1944, and from Mississippi State College for Women (now Mississippi University for Women) in 1948 with a Bachelor of Arts degree. She taught in the Warren County elementary schools for many years and, upon her retirement, she served as a hostess at McRaven Antebellum Home.

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Yvonne was an active member of The Church of the Holy Trinity, Episcopal, where she served on the Flower Guild, the Altar Guild and St. Martha Guild and was a church office volunteer.

She is survived by her husband, James A. Lowe II of Vicksburg; son and daughter-in-law, James A. Lowe III and his wife, Carol, of Ridgeland; two grandchildren, Catherine E. Lowe and Rachel F. Lowe; and a brother, George Hajj of Georgia.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by two brothers, Mike Hajj and Paul Hajj.

Pallbearers will be Richard Cooper, Stan Courson, Dick Ferguson, Herb Jones, Jack Stoll and Harold Blue.