Mrs. Rubye Lee Lowry entered her eternal rest on January 24, 2025 at Piedmont Fayette Hospital in Fayetteville, Georgia.  She was born in Bedford, Virginia on July 16, 1939, to the late John Pullen and Katye Anderson Pullen. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by three brothers, John Pullen, Billy Pullen, and Gary Pullen and three sisters, Peggy Harrison, Mary Stiff, and Patricia Reynolds.

Rubye graduated from Susie G. Gibson High School in 1955. After high school, she married Alfred Lowry on July 10, 1960. They were married for fifty-seven years. In those years, they traveled the world by way of the U.S. Army. Her husband, Alfred, retired from the Army after twenty-five years of dedicated and faithful service. They then returned to Bedford, VA to live. Rubye was a faithful member of Washington Street Baptist Church.

She leaves to honor her memory three children, Michael Lowry (Shawn), Robert Lowry (Kenitra), both of Atlanta, GA, Brenda Clarke (Edwin Jr.) of Winston Salem, NC; eight grandchildren Rastassia Armstrong (Jerald), Joshua Lowry (Mikhaila), Jordan Bonner (Kait), Mikeala Lowry, Khalil Clarke, Jonathan Lowry, Benjamin Clarke, and Kaylee Clarke. Five great grandchildren; Jayden Lowry, Milan Lowry, Jaxson Armstrong, Reygan Armstrong, and Astrid Bonner; one sister, Kay Thompson of Newport News, VA; and a host of nieces, nephews and other relatives and friends.