Lowery

For many years members of the Lowery family have lived in and near Summit. F. A. Lowery was born in 1849 and died in 1924. His wife, Minerva Tabor, was born in 1849 and died in 1917. She was the daughter of John Tabor, famous for being the first man to plant an orchard in this county and the first to build a cabin in Flippin Barrens. It was to this cabin that he took his bride, Betsy Magness, daughter of James and Narcissa Magness.

The Lowerys reared a large family, some of whose descendants still live in Marion County. Their children are: Belle, who married Ed Sharp; Evie, wife of Mr. Stonecipher; Fronie, who married B. Cheek; Donie,who was the wife of Bob Heath; George, who married Dixie Brewer; Delia, whose husband was Jess Price; Charles, who married Agnes Cheek; P. R., who married Claudia Keeter; and Pearl, the wife of Jim Slover. Donie lived about two years after her marriage to Bob Heath. Mr. Heath re-married and reared a family.

The children of George and Dixie Lowery are: Audrey; Bill; Russell; and Frank. Audrey is the only one who remained in Marion County. She married Bas Ingram, a native boy. They were the parents of Jack and B. E., who live in California, and Gene, whose home is in Kansas City. After her husband's death, she married Bryan Fee, a great-grandson of Henderson Fee, one of Marion County's early settlers. They lived at Summit. For many years Audrey was a teacher in the Yellville-Summit School.

Delia and Jess Price were the parents of Elmer, who lives in Oklahoma; Erma, who married Thurman Waters; and Jessie, who is the wife of Harold Roark, son of A. J. Roark. Thurman Waters was killed in a hunting accident a few years ago. The Roarks are parents of one daughter, Betty, who married Tommy Morrow, son of Jewell and Anne Morrow. Betty and Tommy's children are Randy and Kirk.

For many years Jessie and Harold Roark operated the White Sands Motel at Cotter. After selling the motel, they bought a farm south of Yellville. Betty and Tommy live on South 14.