August 5, 2025
Dear Family,
Great news! We have made significant progress developing plans for the July 3-5, 2026, Lowry-Avery Reunion. Here are some important updates.
Hotel reservations can now be made at the Charlotte Ft. Mill Courtyard by Marriott using this link: Book your group rate for Lowry Avery Reunion. The cost will be $169.00 per night and reservations must be made by June 12, 2026 (next year). This hotel is newer and surrounded by attractive shops and restaurants.
There will be a dinner dance Friday night, July 3, with live (and lively!) music. Saturday morning we will gather at the Church of the Good Shepherd for the traditional memorial service followed by lunch and a family meeting, hopefully at McCelvey Center. A photographer will be available to take a photo of the entire group plus individual family units. The current owners of the Lowry ancestral home next to the church have graciously agreed to allow us to tour the house after the meeting. Closing activities and meal will be at the Belle Crane area, a recent and well regarded facility that we are confident will greatly enhance our experience.
Once details about registration are finalized, we will let you know how to sign up for the reunion. As in the past, we are able to offer confidential assistance to help with the cost of attending the reunion for those who need it. We want as many as possible to be able to come.
Heddy Murphey Brown and her daughter Ellie are updating the reunion booklet. Email Heddy at heddymb@gmail.com with any changes to your family - births, deaths, marriages - that have occurred since 2015, noting your family branch and the year of the event. The new booklet will be in the same format as prior booklets, so use that as a guide in sending the info. If you don’t have a hard copy of the 2015 booklet, access a digital copy at lowry-averyreunion.com. Heddy can also answer questions about data sent in prior to the cancelled 2020 reunion.
Would you like to help with the booklet? Email Heddy, or call or text her at 813-765-8821. Jan Leonard Stamper (Matthews Branch) and Elizabeth Fuller Davis (James Ernest Lowry Branch) have already volunteered to coordinate their branches. Assistance from the Wilson and Walker branches would be much appreciated.
We are excited to be able to get our remarkable family together again after an eleven year absence. To improve the quality of the events and communication we are pleased that Josh Fuller has joined the steering committee. We need more young folks with new ideas and skills to take part in the steering committee plus the committees listed on the interest portion of the website.
Please set aside July 3-5, 2026, to attend the reunion and reserve your room/s at the Marriott Courtyard in Kingsley so we can once again celebrate our unique family relationship. As requested before, we appreciate your forwarding this announcement to any family members who may need it.
Sincerely,
The Steering Committee
Fred Faircloth
Freddy Faircloth
Heddy Brown
Jan Stamper
Josh Fuller