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In 1948, Lowrey wrote the article "The Political Career of James Madison Wells," a former Louisiana [[governor]], for the then entitled ''Louisiana Historical Quarterly.''<ref>Walter Lowrey, "The Political Career of James Madison Wells," ''Louisiana Historical Quarterly'', 31 (October, 1948).</ref> He penned the article on the Red River in the publication ''The Rivers and Bayous of Louisiana''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726192033/http://www.iscuo.org/comm.htm|author=Lauren C. Post|title=A review of ''The Rivers and Bayous of Louisiana''|publisher=''Louisiana History: The Journal of the Louisiana Historical Association''|volume=10|issue=2|pages=173–175}}</ref> Through his role as chairman of the United Methodist editorial committee in the late 1970s, Lowrey spearheaded the project ''A History of Louisiana Methodism''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726192033/http://www.iscuo.org/comm.htm|title=A History of Louisiana Methodism|publisher=Centenary.edu|accessdate=March 23, 2011}}</ref> The project includes the history of the church's extensive network of circuit rider preachers.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101003214749/http://www.centenary.edu/library/archives/online/methodist|title=Methodist Circuit Riders|publisher=Centenary.edu|accessdate=March 23, 2011; material no longer accessible}}</ref>

In 1948, Lowrey wrote the article "The Political Career of James Madison Wells," a former Louisiana [[governor]], for the then entitled ''Louisiana Historical Quarterly.''<ref>Walter Lowrey, "The Political Career of James Madison Wells," ''Louisiana Historical Quarterly'', 31 (October, 1948).</ref> He penned the article on the Red River in the publication ''The Rivers and Bayous of Louisiana''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726192033/http://www.iscuo.org/comm.htm|author=Lauren C. Post|title=A review of ''The Rivers and Bayous of Louisiana''|publisher=''Louisiana History: The Journal of the Louisiana Historical Association''|volume=10|issue=2|pages=173–175}}</ref> Through his role as chairman of the United Methodist editorial committee in the late 1970s, Lowrey spearheaded the project ''A History of Louisiana Methodism''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726192033/http://www.iscuo.org/comm.htm|title=A History of Louisiana Methodism|publisher=Centenary.edu|accessdate=March 23, 2011}}</ref> The project includes the history of the church's extensive network of circuit rider preachers.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101003214749/http://www.centenary.edu/library/archives/online/methodist|title=Methodist Circuit Riders|publisher=Centenary.edu|accessdate=March 23, 2011; material no longer accessible}}</ref>

Lowrey's affiliations included Phi Kappa Phi, the scholastic honor society; Omicron Delta Kappa, the leadership fraternity; the Southern Historical Association, and the North Louisiana Historical Association, of which he vice president. He was also a member of the Commission on Archives and History of the United Methodist Church, the Historical Study Committee of Shreveport, and the Louisiana Committee for the Humanities.<ref name=winters/> From 1963 to 1964, he was president of the Louisiana Historical Association, an organization now based in [[Lafayette]] which publishes ''A Dictionary of Louisiana Biography,'' both on-line and in hard volume.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://lahistory.org/site8.php|title=Presidents of the Louisiana Historical Association Since Reorganization in 1958|publisher=Lahistory.org|accessdate=March 11, 2011}}</ref>​

Lowrey's affiliations included Phi Kappa Phi, the scholastic honor society; Omicron Delta Kappa, the leadership fraternity; the Southern Historical Association, and the North Louisiana Historical Association, of which he vice president. He was also a member of the Commission on Archives and History of the United Methodist Church, the Historical Study Committee of Shreveport, and the Louisiana Committee for the Humanities.<ref name=winters/> From 1963 to 1964, he was president of the Louisiana Historical Association, an organization now based in [[Lafayette]] which publishes ''A Dictionary of Louisiana Biography,'' both on-line and in hard volume.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://lahistory.org/site8.php|title=Presidents of the Louisiana Historical Association Since Reorganization in 1958|publisher=Lahistory.org|accessdate=March 11, 2011; no longer on-line}}</ref>​

Lowrey died suddenly at the age of fifty-eight. He is interred at Saint Louis Cemetery in Lafourche Parish in south Louisiana.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Lowrey&GSfn=Walter&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSst=20&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=55197555&df=all&|title=Walter M. Lowrey|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=June 28, 2017}}</ref> Colleague John David Winters (1916-1997)of [[Louisiana Tech University]], wrote a tribute to Lowrey in the ''Journal of the North Louisiana Historical Association,'' since renamed ''[[North Louisiana History]],'' in which he referred to Lowrey as "a skilled researcher, polished writer, and a master teacher."<ref name=winters/>​

Lowrey died suddenly at the age of fifty-eight. He is interred at Saint Louis Cemetery in Lafourche Parish in south Louisiana.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Lowrey&GSfn=Walter&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSst=20&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=55197555&df=all&|title=Walter M. Lowrey|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=June 28, 2017}}</ref> Colleague John David Winters (1916-1997)of [[Louisiana Tech University]], wrote a tribute to Lowrey in the ''Journal of the North Louisiana Historical Association,'' since renamed ''[[North Louisiana History]],'' in which he referred to Lowrey as "a skilled researcher, polished writer, and a master teacher."<ref name=winters/>​