Dorothy Nebraska Lowery

Mrs. Dorothy Nebraska Cooper Lowery, age 90, of Ocean Springs, MS, died Sunday, March 16, 2014. Mrs. Lowery was a native and lifelong resident of the Mississippi Gulf Coast. She was a longtime member and volunteer with the Back Bay Mission. She was formerly employed as a housekeeping supervisor at the Broadwater Beach Hotel in Biloxi. Mrs. Lowery was preceded in death by her husband, James Wallace Lowery, son, Robert Joseph "Cricket" Lowery, and daughters, Dorothy Ann Ramsay, Annette Marie West and Ethel Diane Fritz. Survivors include a daughter, Amanda (Shelton) Scarborough, three sons, Elvin Lowery, Sidney (Joanne) Lowery and Kenneth (Laree) Lowery, 27 grandchildren, 51 great-grandchildren and 22 great-great grandchildren. Visitation will be on Friday, March 21, from 12 noon until 1 pm, with a 1 pm chapel service, all at the Ocean Springs Chapel of Bradford O'Keefe Funeral Home. Burial will follow in D'Iberville Memorial Park Cemetery.