Roger Charles Lowe Sr.

Roger was a longtime soccer and football coach as well as a teacher in the Cartersville City School System.

Roger was born to the late Hubert C. Lowe and Josephine Ryder Lowe on March 28, 1947 in Rome. He is a 1965 graduate of Darlington School and a 1969 graduate of the University of Tennessee at Knoxville, where he was a member of the Kappa Alpha Fraternity.

In 1970, Roger first began teaching at Canon Elementary School in Franklin County, GA. Upon returning to Rome, he opened Lowe’s Supermarket #3 in Armuchee, GA. In 1977, Roger left the family grocery business and began a 35-year teaching and coaching career in the Cartersville City School System. Roger started the boys soccer program at Cartersville High School and continued to coach the girls and boys teams after retiring in 2011. He was a talented and inspiring teacher and coach who made an eternal impact on the lives of his students and athletes. Roger was instrumental in bringing recreational soccer to Rome and helped to start the YMCA Youth Soccer Program in 1973.

Roger was a member of the Movement for One Community United, whose mission is to bring people together to build a community of harmony and peace. He was a member of Trinity United Methodist Church of Rome and the Koinonia Sunday School. Roger served the Lord in mission at La Iglesia Dios Es Amor in Costa Rica. After spending time there with his brothers and sisters in Christ, his prayer became that people would experience a more joy-filled relationship with God through prayer.

Roger’s connection to people knew no boundaries or conditions, nor did his ability to enjoy life. His journey was full and his smile was joy. While words can never suffice in describing the comfortably unique person that Roger was, he leaves an amazing legacy that will continue to speak volumes of a life well lived.

Left to cherish his memory are his wife of 47 1/2 “glorious” years, Kay Wolf Lowe of Rome, and his sister and brother-in-law, Patsy and Dick Johnston of Bald Head Island, NC. His children and their spouses also celebrate his life—Heather and Kelly McDurmon of Rome, Jenifer and Kevin Thoem of Wilmette, IL, Tripp and Christy Lowe of Athens, GA, and Cris Lowe of Richmond, VA. Roger’s nine grandchildren will also hold to the memory of their “Pampa”—Ansley, Anne Marie, Rhett, and Luke McDurmon; Morgan, Maggie, and Ethan Thoem; and Baylee and Brennan Lowe— as will his nieces and a nephew—Leslie Johnston Tinsley of Wilmington, NC, Laura Johnston Hill of Raleigh, NC, and Rich Johnston of Asheville, NC, his uncle Lewis Lowe of Rome and cousins Mike Jenkins of Rome and Steve Randall of Issaquah, WA.

A celebration of Roger’s life was held at Trinity United Methodist Church on Sunday, December 18, 2016, at 3:00 P.M., 606 at Turner McCall Blvd, Rome, GA, 30165. The family received friends at the church from 1:00 P.M. until the service. Please visit Daniel's Funeral Home website at www.daniles-funeralhome.com to share memories and post tributes.

To honor Roger’s love and dedication to the lives of young people and the sport of soccer, donations can be made to the CHS soccer program via the following address:

ATTN: Darrell T. Demastus

Assistant Principal/ Athletic Director

Cartersville High School

320 E. Church Street

Cartersville, GA 30120

Memo: In honor of Coach Roger Lowe—Soccer Program