On Saturday, February 19, 2022, Lowell Ray Erwin went home to be with the Lord.
He was born in the family home on Dry Branch on August 16, 1934, the last child of Wallace and Lenora Tate Erwin.
He was preceded in death by his parents and siblings Lena Samons, Dorethea Arrowood, Wayne Erwin, Ora Erwin, and Ruth Porter.
He married Senia Margaret Keaton on June 25, 1955. They lived in New Castle, Indiana, where he worked for Ingersol Steel. It was there they welcomed the birth of their daughter, Debra.
By 1962, the call to move back to Kentucky was strong so they packed up their pickup truck and moved to Carter County. In 1965 they moved the first mobile home on Dry Branch on the edge of family property, and it was there they welcomed their son, John. They would spend their lives there at Cozy Corner where until Senia’s death last August and Lowell’s move to Life Care Center in Morehead in September.
Lowell leaves behind his daughter, Debbie, her husband, Randy and grandson Tim. He also leaves behind his son, John, and grandsons Travis and Andrew.
Anyone who knew Lowell also knew his keen interest in clocks. He began repairing and collecting them while in Indiana working third shift. It started out as way to relax and became a life-long passion. One of his daughter’s first memories is the apartment on L Avenue and clocks on the living room walls, chiming every hour. Also, the time he was repairing a coo-coo clock, cutting new hands out of a Prince Albert tobacco can she watched while he painted them white and attached them to the face.
Funeral services will be held Wednesday, February 23, 2022 at 3:00 p.m. at the Globe Funeral Chapel at 17277 West Highway 60 in Olive Hill, Kentucky with Rex Keaton officiating.
Burial will follow in the Garvin Ridge Cemetery, Olive Hill, Kentucky.
Friends may visit on Wednesday, February 23, 2022 from 1:00 p.m. until the service hour. Pallbearers are Tim Hatfield, John Erwin, Chris Brown, Wes Rayburn, Mark Walker, and Randy Hatfield.
Honorary pallbearers will be Wayne Stamper, Lynn Johnson, Danny Waddell and Rick Conn.
Globe Funeral Chapel of Olive Hill Kentucky is caring for all arrangements for Mr. Lowell Ray Erwin.
