This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: GerryGieger Surnames: DEBERRY, LOWRY Classification: obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.texas.counties.lamar/3693/mb.ashx Message Board Post: On November 30, 2007, an Angel came for Mary Jane (DeBerry) Lowry and "busted" her right out the top of Good Shepherd Hospital in Longview TX for her final flight home and into the arms of her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Funeral services are scheduled for 3: p.m. Monday, Dec. 3, at Bright-Holland Funeral Home with Rev. Buddy Greer, Rev. John Purviance, Rev. Kevin Moore and Rev. Jay McCasland officiating. Burial follows in Bogata TX Cemetery. The family receives friends from 7 - 9 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home. She was born in Bogata TX on July 25, 1926, to Clarence and Genevieve DeBerry. In 1947, she married James Wilford Lowry at the home of her parents in Bogata. During their marriage they lived in Bogata TX, Huntsville TX, Koontze TX, Boxelder TX, Johntown TX and finally settled in Blossom TX in 1965. Mary Jane was a Daughter of the Republic of Texas. She taught in the school at Blossom until her retirement. She attended school at Bogata, Paris Junior College, and North Texas State University in Denton. She was a charter member of New Hope Baptist Church in Paris TX. She loved her Lord with a passion and it was evident in her every day life. She taught a ladies Sunday School Class at her church and taught a Bible Study each Wednesday morning in Blossom. This group of ladies was the love of her life. She touched many lives during her 81 years on this earth. This was evident from the testimonials given at her 80th birthday party last year hosted by her family. So many people have said that she knew just the right time to send them a card when they were hurting. That was because she listened to the Lord and He prompted her. She was a poet and had several poem books published, the last one being "More Glimpses of Glory." Those waiting to welcome her home are her beloved husband, James Wilford Lowry, her mother and daddy, Genevieve and Clarence DeBerry, her mother-in-law and father-in-law, Alma and Kirb Lowry, her brother and sister-in-law, Dick and Helen DeBerry, and her brother-in-law, Leon Shoffner, and many ancestors who have gone on before - people who Mary Jane traced so diligently through her vast study of her ancestors - people whom she never met until she got "home." Those left to cherish the many memories she left include her daughter, Janie, and husband, Mike Ballard of Gilmer; her God daughter, Glenda, and husband, Jack Ballard, of Texarkana; her grandchildren, Ginnifer Lindsey and husband, Bill, of Hughes Springs, Ryan Ballard and wife, Marla, of Bogata, Marlena Hensarling and husband, Erik, of Houston, Jordan Lowry Ballard of Austin; and the light of her life, her great-grandchildren Ryan Alyssa Lindsey, Carter Stockton Lindsey, Kaytie Jane Ballard and Maggie James Ballard. Also, her sister-in-law, Bobbie Shoffner, of Jefferson; a niece, Diana West, and husband, Bert; great niece Amy Fuller and husband, Gary; great nephew, Brody West; niece, Susan Babb and husband, Al, and niece Janet Bailey, and husband, Tom, along with a host of extended family and many friends. Named casket bearers are her grandsons, nephews and friends to include Ryan Ballard, Bill Lindsey, Jordan Ballard, Erik Hensarling, Brody West, Brian Cox, Carter Lindsey, Chris McKinney, Gary Fuller and Mark Nation. If desired, memorial donations may be made in memory of Mrs. Lowry to Cal Farley's Boy's Ranch, Box 1890, Amarillo, TX 79105-9985 or Gideons International, 875 39th S.E. Paris, TX 75462. Yet those who wait for the Lord will gain new strength; They will mount up with wings like eagles, They will run and not get tired, They will walk and not become weary. Isaiah 40:31 To all the people whose lives Mary Jane has touched, she would tell you to accept Jesus as your Savior so she can see you in Heaven one day! *** Published 1 December 2007 - The Paris News, Paris Texas *** Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.