Darrell Garner Lowe

Macon- Darrell Garner Lowe, 81, died on Wednesday, December 8, 2010 at his home with friends. Private services will be held at the Round Knob Cemetery in Spencer, West Virginia. Mr. Lowe was the son of the late Everess Vernon and Virgie Lee Ferrell Lowe. He was predeceased by five brothers, Aubra Bernard Lowe, Winford Carmel Lowe, Martin B. Lowe, Elmer Craig Lowe, and Gereld Lowe and on sister, Gilda Madge Henderson. Mr. Lowe is survived by his wife of thirty years, Janis Lowe; one sister, Neva Stalnaker; numerous nieces, nephews, great-nieces and great-nephews; special friends, Sandy Orr, Frances Ledford and Herb Schrimsher. Mr. Lowe was born in Spencer in Roane County, West Virginia. He enlisted in the United States Army when he was seventeen years old and received the World War II Victory Medal. He then transferred to the United States Air Force where he spent the next twenty-six years, serving during the Korean War and the Vietnam Conflict. He was the recipient of many individual and unit citations and awards, including the Air Force Distinguished Flying Cross. He was proud to be a tail gunner and was a member of the Air Force Sergeants Association and lifetime receiver of "Short Burst", the ex-tail gunner magazine. He retired from the United States Air Force in 1976 and has lived in the Macon-Warner Robins area since. Register online at www.hartsmort.com. Hart's Mortuary and Crematory, Cherry Street, has charge of arrangements.