Jun 22, 1925 - Sep 24, 2019
Posted by Jo Aguirre
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Donell Gene "Jiggs"
Lowrance
Jun 22, 1925 - Sep 24, 2019
Posted by Jo Aguirre
Jiggs grew up in the Delhi community where he attended school and graduated in 1944. After graduation he was married to Juanita May (Cornelius) Lowrance at Spring Creek, Oklahoma at Juanita's mothers house on January 29, 1945. Shortly after their marriage Jiggs was drafted into the United States Army where he served in the Asiatic Pacific Campaign. After his discharge in 1946, he and Juanita moved to Weatherford, Oklahoma where he attended Southwestern Oklahoma State University Refrigeration where he obtained his refrigeration certification. They moved to California for a short period before moving back to the Mangum and Willow, Oklahoma area where they began farming. Jiggs later began working for Scott's Refrigeration where he specialized in large industrial jobs in the Lawton area including the wildlife refuge. After Jiggs got out of the refrigeration industry he became a traveling salesman for Cullum & Boren Sporting Goods out of Dallas, Texas, Jantzen Sporting Goods and also Strange Jones Hardware in Clinton, Oklahoma. In June of 1967, with his parents health failing, they moved back to Sayre, Oklahoma where they made their home. In 1969 Jiggs began working for Perdue Industries selling houses in the Sayre area before being employed with United for the next 19 years retiring in 1990. Jiggs was not a man to sit idle, so he continued farming until at the age of 91. He enjoyed hunting, fishing and attending his grandchildren's sporting events and livestock shows. Besides providing for his family Jiggs loved the Lord and served as a deacon in every town they lived in, was ordained in January of 1957 and cooked and served at the men's breakfast.
He is preceded in death by his parents and 2 great grandchildren.
He is survived by his wife of 74 years, Juanita; 4 children, Nita Jean Ousley and husband, Roy, Sayre, OK, Jerry Don Lowrance and wife, Pam, Hobart, OK, Carl Bruce Lowrance and wife, Lois, Sayre, OK and Jackie Glen Lowrance and wife, Sherree, Elk City, OK; 13 grandchildren, Lacinda Albright, Connie Jean Ousley, Christal Bensch, Lisa Humphrey, Lynn Wright, Kristy Phyillaier, Michelle Lee, Amber Lowrance, Carl Bruce Lowrance, Jr., Dustin Lowrance, Jackie Sue Lowrance, Heather Miller and Ridge Lowrance; 31 great grandchildren; 2 great great grandchildren; 1 brother, Darrell Lowrance and wife JoAnn, Canyon, TX and a host of other relatives and friends.
Services will be held Friday, September 27, 2019, 2:00 PM at Sayre First Baptist Church. Arrangements are under the direction of Rose Chapel Funeral Service.
Condolences may be made online at www.whineryfs.com