Ruth Braxton Lowe

A funeral service will be held on Wednesday, January 13 at 2:00 p.m. at The Loflin Funeral Home Chapel, 212 West Swannanoa Avenue, Liberty, NC; burial will follow in Fairview Cemetery. The family will receive friends on Wednesday one hour prior to the service at the funeral home.

She was the daughter of the late Willis Augustus Braxton and Gertrude Elizabeth Isley Braxton Phillips and was also preceded in death by her husband, James Garfield Lowe and sisters, Mickey Petree, Maxine Gray, and Gladys Workman.

Surviving is her daughter, Shirley Mathews Haithcox of Southport; son, John Allen Lowe and his wife, Sherry of Liberty; sisters, Doris Robinson of Hickory and JoAnn Monroe of College Station, TX; brother, Raymond Phillips of Florida; grandchildren, Joseph Haithcox, Marion Haithcox, Melissa Geiger and Daniel Haithcox; great-grandchildren, Keith Haithcox, Natalie Haithcox, Kyra Geiger, Amber Yandle, Anita Yandle, Chuck Yandle and Kristina Voong.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to First United Church of Christ, PO Box 190, Liberty, NC 27298.

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Loflin Funeral Home in Liberty is honored to serve Ruth’s family.