Earnest Lowe, Jr., 72, of Beckville, Texas, passed away on Wednesday afternoon, December 6, 2023, at his home near Beckville. Earnest Neil Lowe, Jr. was born on January 28, 1951, in Arcadia, Louisiana to Earnest Neil Lowe, Sr. and Noverine Ray Goss Lowe. He graduated from high school in Quitman, Louisiana. Earnest married Rhonda Darlene Brown on May 12, 1972, in Jonesboro, Louisiana. He began work as a mechanic and later promoted to supervisor at Texas Utilities/Luminant Mining where he retired in 2011, after 32 years with the company. Hunting and fishing were some of his favorite things to do. Earnest moved to Tatum in 1979, from Simsboro, Louisiana and moved to Beckville in 2010, from Tatum. He was a member of the Mt. Zion Baptist Church. Earnest was preceded in death by his father, Earnest Lowe, Sr. and son, Jonathan Lowe.

He is survived by his mother, Noverine Lowe; wife, Rhonda Lowe; daughter, Jaime Prior and husband Travis; and siblings, Jackie Lowe, Debbie Miller and husband Steve, Michael Lowe, and Margaret Joyner and husband Joe.

A funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. on Sunday, December 10, 2023, at Edmonds Funeral Home Chapel, 228 Allen Avenue, Jonesboro, Louisiana 71251. Interment will follow at Walnut Ridge Cemetery in Jackson Parish, Louisiana.  A time of visitation will be from 12–2 p.m. at the funeral home on Sunday prior to the funeral service. Local arrangements are by Jimerson-Lipsey Funeral Home.

A guestbook may be signed online at www.jimerson-lipsey.com.