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Lowe was married to the former Nedra Jean Bledsoe, originally from Boyce in northern Rapides Parish to the north of [[Alexandria, Louisiana|Alexandria]] in central [[Louisiana]]. The Bledsoes relocated to Miller County, where Jena's father operated a [[cotton]] gin. Lynn and Jean Lowe have a son, Michael Lynn Lowe (born 1959, also a farmer, and wife, Diana; two daughters, Ruth Evelyn Lowe of Garland City and Martha Lowe Robertson and husband, Chris, of [[Little Rock]], and three grandchildren. Lynn Lowe had a surviving brother Robert McKinley Lowe of Weems, [[Virginia]], and two sisters Jean Davis of Mesa, [[Arizona]], and Dot Fisher of Ames, [[Iowa]]. He was predeceased by a brother, Jesse Luther Lowe, Jr. Lowe was long active in the [[Missouri]] Synod of the [[Lutheran Church]] in Texarkana, [[Texas]].<ref name=obit/><ref name=lowe>Billy Hathorn, Interview with A. Lynn Lowe, December 28, 2009.</ref>​
 
Lowe was married to the former Nedra Jean Bledsoe, originally from Boyce in northern Rapides Parish to the north of [[Alexandria, Louisiana|Alexandria]] in central [[Louisiana]]. The Bledsoes relocated to Miller County, where Jena's father operated a [[cotton]] gin. Lynn and Jean Lowe have a son, Michael Lynn Lowe (born 1959, also a farmer, and wife, Diana; two daughters, Ruth Evelyn Lowe of Garland City and Martha Lowe Robertson and husband, Chris, of [[Little Rock]], and three grandchildren. Lynn Lowe had a surviving brother Robert McKinley Lowe of Weems, [[Virginia]], and two sisters Jean Davis of Mesa, [[Arizona]], and Dot Fisher of Ames, [[Iowa]]. He was predeceased by a brother, Jesse Luther Lowe, Jr. Lowe was long active in the [[Missouri]] Synod of the [[Lutheran Church]] in Texarkana, [[Texas]].<ref name=obit/><ref name=lowe>Billy Hathorn, Interview with A. Lynn Lowe, December 28, 2009.</ref>​
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A lifelong Republican, Lowe served from 1962to 1964 as the Republican chairman for Arkansas' 4th congressional district. In 1962, he worked in the campaign of the Little Rock [[physician]] Kenneth  to 1966.<ref name=lowe/> In 1966, he ran for the U.S. House seat when the [[incumbent]], Oren Harris of El Dorado  resigned in February to accept appointment from [[U.S. President]] [[Lyndon B. Johnson]] and confirmation by the U.S. Senate as judge of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Arkansas, based in [[Fort Smith, Arkansas|Fort Smith]]. A [[special election]] was held simultaneously with the regular 1966 [[general election]] to fill the few weeks left in Harris' unexpired term. The seat washence vacant from February to November 1966.<ref>''Congressional Quarterly Weekly Report,'' July 22, 1966, p. 1492.</ref>​
 
A lifelong Republican, Lowe served from 1962to 1964 as the Republican chairman for Arkansas' 4th congressional district. In 1962, he worked in the campaign of the Little Rock [[physician]] Kenneth  to 1966.<ref name=lowe/> In 1966, he ran for the U.S. House seat when the [[incumbent]], Oren Harris of El Dorado  resigned in February to accept appointment from [[U.S. President]] [[Lyndon B. Johnson]] and confirmation by the U.S. Senate as judge of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Arkansas, based in [[Fort Smith, Arkansas|Fort Smith]]. A [[special election]] was held simultaneously with the regular 1966 [[general election]] to fill the few weeks left in Harris' unexpired term. The seat washence vacant from February to November 1966.<ref>''Congressional Quarterly Weekly Report,'' July 22, 1966, p. 1492.</ref>​
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