Donald Reginald Lowe

It is often repeated that all Lowes in the Bahamas descend from patriarch Captain Gideon Lowe born in 1755 on Harbour Island, Eleuthera.  After an 1806 hurricane that devastated Harbour Island, Captain Gideon with wife Nancy and their 10 children departed on their vessel Carpenter’s Revenge to start life over…

The Art of Giving

During the 1940's, young men from Green Turtle Cay headed to the nation's capital Nassau to seek employment.  Two such lads included my Dad, John Wesley Lowe, and his cousin, Earl Anthony ‘Tony’ Roberts, grandsons of Thomas Wesley Curry and Lilla Carleton.  Dad landed a job at Maura Lumber Company…

Royalty on Island Shores

The month of March not only brings blossoming spring flowers,  but also British royalty to the shores of the Bahamas, whose clear aquamarine waters and white sandy beaches are simply breathtaking for both the poor and the prosperous. The island nation's British legacy started in the early 1700's when King George I appointed an English sea…