Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 22, 2024, at McKibben and Guinn Funeral Service in Grenada for Mrs. Elsie Nelle Pittman Lowe, 87, who died on Monday, Jan. 15, in Grenada. A private family burial will follow in Coffeeville Cemetery. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service time on Monday, Jan. 22, at McKibben and Guinn Funeral Service.
“Sister,” as she was affectionately known to her friends and family, was born on June 29, 1936, in Coffeeville, the daughter of the late Allen and the late Nelle Pittman. After graduating from Coffeeville High School in 1954, she attended and graduated from the Mississippi University for Women – the “W” – with a degree in home economics. She later went back and got a degree in elementary education. She taught several years at Kirk Academy in Grenada.
Nelle was an excellent seamstress and cook, and loved preparing meals for her family and friends. She was a faithful Christian and was a member of First Baptist Church in Coffeeville. For many years, she taught the ladies Sunday school class and always enjoyed having them come to her home for their annual Christmas party. She also served as the church librarian for several years and was a life member of the Coffeeville Women’s Progressive Club.
Nelle was also a faithful member of the Friends of the Library in Coffeeville. She was an avid reader and also loved playing Bridge with her Grenada friends. She was also a diehard Mississippi State football and basketball fan, and loved cheering them on. Most Saturdays during the fall, she could be found watching the Bulldogs on television dressed in one of her Mississippi State sweatshirts with her cowbell by her side, and yes, she rang it loudly and proudly anytime the Bulldogs scored.
In addition to her parents, her husband, James Lowe; her daughter, Lisa Lowe Mann; three brothers, Sam Allen Pittman Jr., Phillip Pittman and Denley Pittman, and her sister, Joanne Pittman, who died as an infant, preceded Nelle in death.
Survivors include, her son, Jim Lowe of Collierville, Tenn.; two granddaughters, Katie Bailey (Andy) and Beth Bright, all of Grenada; three great grandchildren, Charlie Bailey, Denley Bright and Lowe Broome, all of Grenada, and one brother, Joe Pittman of Montgomery, Texas.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorials be directed to First Baptist Church of Coffeeville, P.O. Box 241, Coffeeville, MS 38922, or Friends of the Library, P.O. Box 359, Coffeeville, MS 38922.
Online condolences can be expressed to the family at www.mckibbenandguinn.com
McKibben and Guinn Funeral Service in Grenada is in charge of arrangements.
