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Samuel Graves Lowery
Samuel Graves Lowery (1912--1995) was born in Burnt Corn, Alabama to Jacob Franklin Lowery and Eloise Rutherford Russell and Sam married Evelyn Shelby and they had (3) three children: Samuel Graves, Jr., Shelby, and Anne.Sam Lowery, became the postmaster at Burnt Corn and continued to acquire land. During the forties the family possessed over thirteen thousand acres of farm and timber land, in and around Burnt Corn. Today Burnt Corn is almost entirely owned by the Lowery Trust, which is made up of many family members, none of whom live in Burnt Corn. Sam passed away in 1995.
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