LOWE, Betty Geraldine Isabel (1933-2004)

LOWE, Betty Geraldine Isabel (1933-2004)

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Betty Geraldine Isabel Lowe was born February 10, 1933, on Green Turtle Cay, Abaco to Harold Jerome Lowe (1904-1987) and Minnie Caroline Roberts (1904-1999).

Her siblings included…

  • Merlee Alberta (1922)
  • Carl Harold (1925)
  • Laverna Iris
  • Gladys Elayne (1944)

On July 3, 1953, in Nassau, New Providence, Betty married James Emory Clerihew Lowe (1928-2018) from Nassau, New Providence. He is the son of Spencer Baldwin Clerihew ‘Clarie’ Lowe (1903-1993) and Fanny Merton Lowe (1903-1973).

Their children included…

  • Colin Emory
  • Mark Clerihew
  • Timothy Harold

Betty Lowe was born February 10,1933 in Green Turtle Cay, Bahamas. She was the middle of five children born to Harold and Minnie Lowe.

Betty was educated in the public school in Green Turtle Cay after which she worked in her father’s general store before moving to the city of Nassau at the age of 18 where her older brother Carl had her join him to work as a bookkeeper at Bay Street Garage. After that she worked in her husband’s family business, Bahamas Grocery, later Lowe’s Pipe & Steel Co. She worked some after the birth of her first child and then became a full-time mother and homemaker.

Betty met her husband, Emory, after moving to Nassau and they were married in 1953. They moved from the Bahamas to Hollywood, Florida in 1974 and then to Boca Raton in 2016. They were married for 65 years when he pre-deceased her in 2018. She was very close with his family who took her in as a daughter and sister and they all remained close throughout the years.

Betty grew up in a Christian home and personally accepted Christ as her Savior at the age of 14. She faithfully served Jesus throughout her life in the Bahamas and later in Florida as a Sunday school teacher, Awana leader, nursery worker and in hospitality.

Betty Geraldine Isabel Lowe passed away December 19, 2025 (age 92) in Boca Raton, Florida and is buried at the Hollywood Memorial Gardens. She is my 2nd cousin 1 time removed.

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(L-R) Clerihew Lowe, Fanny Lowe, Emory Lowe, Betty Lowe, Minnie Roberts Lowe, Carl Lowe
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(L-R) Photo courtesy of Myriam Munoz Betty Geraldine Lowe, Natalie Belle (Lowe) Saunders and Margaret Rose (Lowe) Jannsen
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James Emory Clerihew Lowe and Betty Geraldine Isabel Lowe
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L to R: Frederick Christopher Sawyer, John Wesley Lowe, Daisy MARGUERITE Lowe Sawyer Mendelssohn (flower girl), Carl Harold Lowe, Minnie Caroline Roberts, Margaret Roberts Lowe, Laverna IRIS Lowe Powers (flower girl), Betty Geraldine Isabel Lowe, Pearl Leanora Lowe
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Photo courtesy of Christopher McCluskey

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