CHARLESTON — William Welford “Bud” Lowery, age 83, passed away Saturday, October 3.
Funeral services will be held 2 p.m. Wednesday, October 7, at Newsom Funeral Home chapel. The interment with military honors will follow at Magnolia Gardens Cemetery in the Paynes community.
He served his country in the National Guard 223rd Engineer Battalion, the Army Reserve Petroleum Unit, and later National Guard Medical Unit. He was a lab technician for Tallahatchie General Hospital and Grenada Lake Medical Center.
He is survived by his wife, Berene Hughes Lowery; his children, Scott Lowery of Oxford, Chris Lowery of Water Valley, Michelle Lowery Gussman of Baton Rouge, La. and Michael Lowery of Brandon; 10 grandchildren and 5 great-grandchildren.
