27 May 2013

Southern Cemetery #2: L. S. Lowry


'IN LOVING MEMORY OF
ROBERT STEPHEN MCALL LOWRY
THE BELOVED HUSBAND OF
ELIZABETH LOWRY
BORN 4TH JUNE 1857
DIED 10TH FEBRUARY 1932
AT REST
ALSO ELIZABETH LOWRY HIS WIFE
BORN MARCH 5TH 1858
 DIED OCTOBER 12TH 1939

 'ALSO
THEIR BELOVED SON
LAURENCE STEPHEN
LOWRY
BORN 1ST NOV. 1887
DIED 23RD FEB. 1976.'

The links below are to The Lowry's brief account of his life (which includes his relationship with his mother), and to a lecture Manchester-born Howard Jacobson gave at the Lowry in 2007:

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The Lowry on L. S. Lowry

'The Proud Provincial Loneliness of LS Lowry', by Howard Jacobson

My other posts on Southern Cemetery graves:

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The Manchester Sound
Maria Pawlikowska–Jasnorzewska
David Martin
George Ghita Ionescu
John and Enriqueta Rylands
John Cassidy
Jerome Caminada
George Freemantle
Leo Grindon and Rosa Grindon
Eric Thompson

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