Pearl Leonora Lowe was born October 13, 1932, on Green Turtle Cay, Abaco to Osgood Joseph Lowe (1886-1970) and Sally Naomi Saunders (1903-2002).

Her siblings included…

• Chester Reginald (1922)

Pearl received her education at the Green Turtle Cay All Age Public School, where she was later employed as a Monitor Teacher’s Aid for two years. She was also a Store Clerk at The Big Shop owned by her uncle and also employed at Lowe’s Food Store. She served as agent for the mailboats for 58 years until her retirement.

Pearl never married but became an adopted mother to her nephews, nieces and youth in the community. She loved cooking and baking. She enjoyed preparing Stew Chicken and Dumplings as a New Year’s Day tradition. Everyone enjoyed her pound cake and donuts.

She was a skilled seamstress and used her talent to also create costumes for church productions.

Pearl became a follower of Jesus Christ on March 12, 1945, under the ministry of Bishop John Davis Sr. Two years later she was baptized and joined the Miracle Church of God in Green Turtle Cay. She served as Sunday School Superintendent, Youth Leader, Teacher, Clerk, Treasurer, Pastor’s Council, Associate Pastor, and Senior Pastor with distinction. She was an ordained minister of the Church of God Cleveland, Tennessee. Following the footsteps of her father and grandfather, Pearl served as pastor of the Church of God on Green Turtle Cay for 35 nonconsecutive years.

Alton R. Lowe recalls…

𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘢 𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘦, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘪𝘵. 𝘏𝘰𝘸 𝘰𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘥𝘰 𝘸𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘭𝘬 𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘢 𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘪𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘩𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺? 𝘓𝘦𝘵 𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘦. 𝘗𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘭’𝘴 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘣𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘣𝘰𝘳𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘳𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦. 𝘔𝘺 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘚𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘗𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘭 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘧𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘰𝘭𝘥. 𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘮𝘺 𝘚𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘴𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘭 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘳, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘦 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘉𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦, “𝘑𝘦𝘴𝘶𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘱𝘵.”, 𝘸𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘬𝘭𝘺 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘴. 𝘎𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘭.

𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴. 𝘍𝘰𝘳 𝘢 𝘯𝘶𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘧𝘳𝘦𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘦𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘣𝘰𝘢𝘵, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 “𝘚𝘵𝘦𝘥𝘦 𝘉𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘵”, 𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘢 𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦. 𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘢𝘯 𝘢 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘱 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘊𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳’𝘴 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘦. 𝘏𝘦𝘳 𝘨𝘭𝘢𝘻𝘦𝘥 𝘥𝘰𝘯𝘶𝘵𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘷𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘢𝘨𝘦! “𝘐𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘭?”, 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘮𝘢𝘺 𝘢𝘴𝘬. 𝘕𝘰, 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵. 𝘗𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘭 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘦𝘹𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘤𝘩𝘶𝘳𝘤𝘩 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘱 𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘊𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘢, 𝘑𝘢𝘱𝘢𝘯, 𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥, 𝘒𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘢, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘗𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘱𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴, 𝘉𝘳𝘢𝘻𝘪𝘭, 𝘜𝘳𝘶𝘨𝘶𝘢𝘺, 𝘈𝘳𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘢, 𝘊𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘜𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴.

𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘸𝘢𝘭𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘵, 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯 𝘶𝘮𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘢 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘯, 𝘴𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘢𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 “𝘏𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘰” 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘵. 𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘈𝘭𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘵 𝘓𝘰𝘸𝘦 𝘔𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘶𝘮. 𝘗𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘭 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘢 𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘷𝘰𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘫𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘩. 𝘚𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘪𝘵: 𝘢 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘺 𝘱𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘧 𝘢 𝘴𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘵𝘵𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘰𝘯 𝘢 𝘴𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘪𝘴𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘉𝘢𝘩𝘢𝘮𝘢𝘴.

Pearl Leonora Lowe passed away October 2, 2020 (age 87) on Green Turtle Cay, Abaco and is buried at the Green Turtle Cay Cemetery. She is my 1st cousin 1 time removed.