Extracted from The Alexandria Daily Town Talk (Alexandria, LA)
Saturday, July 25, 1953

MRS. BARBARA LOUISA LOWDERMILK

Mrs. Barbara Louisa Lowdermilk, 55, of Pineville died Friday, July 24, 1953 at 4:35 p.m. in a local hospital. She is survived by her husband, L. S. Lowdermilk of Pineville; two daughter[s], Marjorie Lowdermilk of Pineville and Mrs. C. E. Chandler of Pasadena, Texas; two sons, George Earl Lowdermilk and Samuel Lowdermilk of Houston, Texas; eight grandchildren; her father, Mr. John Jones of Calvin; one brother, Earl O. Jones of Henderson, Texas; and one sister Mrs. C. W. Wardlaw of Calvin.

Funeral services will be held today at Calvin Baptist church at 2:30 p.m. with Rev. G. W. Dameron and Rev. Walter Getz officiating. Interment will be in the Calvin cemetery under the direction of Southern Funeral Home of Winnfield.