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TO RECOGNIZE THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF REVEREND WILLIAM M. LOWMAN AND HIS POLITICAL AND SPIRITUAL LEGACY TO THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
Whereas, born the son of Suckie and John "Jack" Lowman in 1852, William M. Lowman grew up during the unrest of the Civil War and lived through the turbulent years of Reconstruction; and
Whereas, married in 1868, he and his wife Ellen Jones Lowman had nine children, Suckie, Reverend Lewis Alexander, Margaret, Phyllis, Harrison, Thomas, Mackie, Francis, and Sue; and
Whereas, in 1873, he served as a captain in G Company of the South Carolina Militia and was elected to the House of Representatives in 1874 and served until 1876; and
Whereas, he became a charter member of St. John Baptist Church in 1875 and, led by his strong faith in God, was ordained as a minister there the same year and served the church until 1884; and
Whereas, with two other ministers, Reverend Lowman helped to organize Zion Mill Creek Baptist Church as a missionary outreach of the Wateree Baptist Association in 1883, and called as the first pastor of the church, he served there for four years and organized the church's first Sunday school department in 1884; and
Whereas, he returned to Saint John Baptist Church as its minister in the late 1880's and then accepted a call to minister at Zion Mount Mariah Baptist Church in 1892; and
Whereas, in 1898 at the age of forty-five, a year before he died, Reverend Lowman received his voter registration; and
Whereas, the members of the South Carolina Senate are pleased to learn of the contributions of Reverend William M. Lowman and to record them for posterity. Now, therefore,
Be it resolved by the Senate:
That the members of the South Carolina Senate, by this resolution, recognize the contributions of Reverend William M. Lowman and his political and spiritual legacy to the State of South Carolina.
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