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A Poem, 'The Rose Beyond The Wall'
....In Memory of Lula M. Cunningham Lowery

Near a shady wall a rose once grew,
Budded and blossomed in God's free light,
Watered and fed by the morning dew,
Shedding it's sweetness day and night.

As it grew and blossomed fair and tall,
Slowly rising to loftier height,
It came to a crevice in the wall
Through which there shone a beam of light.

Onward it crept with added strength
With never a thought of fear or pride,
It followed the light through the crevice's length
And unfolded itself on the other side.

The light, the dew, the broadening view
Were found the same as they were before,
And it lost itself in beauties new,
Breathing it's fragrance more and more.

Shall claim of death cause us to grieve
And make our courage faint and fall?
Nay! Let us faith and hope receive--
The rose still grows beyond the wall,

Scattering fragrance far and wide
Just as it did in days of yore,
Just as it did on the other side,
Just as it will forever-more.

Author, A. L. Frink
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OKLAHOMA COUNTY MARRIAGES

Name: J P Lowery
Event: Marriage
Event Date: 21 Jul 1901
Event Place: , Carter, Oklahoma, U.S.A.
Age: 26
Place of Marriage License or Bond:
Spouse: Lula Cunningham
Spouse's Age: 23
Reference Number:
Film Number: 1313670
Digital Folder Number: 4533020
Image Number: 00576
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1920 Federal Census Stephens Co. OK

Name: Joseph P Lowery
Residence: , Stephens, Oklahoma
Estimated Birth Year: 1875
Age: 45; Birthplace: Texas
Relationship to Head of Household: Self
Gender: Male; Race: White
Marital Status: Married
Father's Birthplace: Georgia
Mother's Birthplace: Texas
Household Gender Age
Spouse Joseph P Lowery.....M/45y/1875/TX/GA/TX
Spouse Lula M Lowery........F/41y/1879/AL/AL/AL
Child Elmer P Lowery.........M/17y/1903
Child Bruce S Lowery.........M/16y/1904
Child Lillian B Lowery.........F/14y/1906
Child Agatha A Lowery........F/11y/1909
Child George E Lowery........M/10y/1910
(Children all born in Oklahoma)
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The Duncan Banner
January 29, 1950
Mrs. Lula M. Lowery Dies

Mrs. Lula Mae Lowery, 72, of 1310 Maple
resident of Duncan for nearly 50 years, died
at 12:45 p.m. Saturday in a local hospital.
She had been ill for some time and entered the
hospital 10 days ago.

Born February 16, 1877, in Alabama,
she moved to Duncan in 1900, and had married
J. P. Lowery at Comanche on July 21, 1901.
She was a member of the Baptist Church.

Immediate survivors are the widower and five
children. Elmer of 1408 Cypress, Duncan;
Bruce of 1109 Grand, Duncan; George of Okla City;
Mrs. Blanche Johnson of Gainesville, Texas;
and Alleen Lowery of Tokyo, Japan.

Other survivors are two sisters, Mrs. Jack Morris
of Waco, Texas; and Mrs. Ethel Fuller of Amarillo.
Texas, and four brothers, Arthur Cunningham of
Fort Worth; John Cunningham of Amarillo,
Luther Cunningham of White Deer, Texas,
and Raymond Cunningham of Texas.
Also surviving are nine grandchildren.

The Beeson Grantham Funeral Home will handle
funeral arrangements which are pending.

Poem-Marriage License,1920 Federal Census,
and Obituary added 4/14/12 to this memorial
by Janet Milburn #47529757,Obit from Stephens
County Genealogical Society, Duncan, Oklahoma quarterly, 'Footsteps',Volume 17, Number 2,
April-June 2002. Marriage License, Census
gleaned from familysearch.org and Ancestry.com.