Audrey Kay Lowenstein
Audrey Kay Lowenstein was born on March 5, 1977 in Cadiz, Kentucky. She was the only child of Lloyd Martin Lowenstein and Janice Kay Allen Lowenstein. She had one half brother, Adam Matthew Gray, born in 1981, the son of Clifton Wade Gray and Janice Kay Allen Gray. Audrey’s father was born in Germany in 1955, but grew up in Trigg County, Kentucky and worked with the Specialty Foods Groups in Owensboro, Kentucky as a utility worker. His parents were Jack Jacob and Mary Katherine Wallace Lowenstein. Jack died in Germany when Lloyd was only five months old and his mother, Mary Katherine, subsequently married Zelner Cossey. . Audrey’s mother, Janice, was born in Cadiz in 1961, the daughter of James Willard and Mary Virginia Lawrence Allen and worked as a private and commercial housekeeper.
Audrey grew up in Trigg County and attended Trigg County Schools. She was an excellent student, often making the honor roll. On May 19, 1995, as a high school senior, she was awarded the Kentucky Department of Education Secondary Vocational Education Certificate of Achievement at her high school honors award day. She graduated from Trigg County High School in May of 1995.
After her high school graduation, Audrey worked as a nurse’s aide at the Shady Lawn Nursing Center.
On January 30, 1996, a winter storm moved in from the west and created bad weather conditions in the form of freezing rain which was prevalent over Trigg and nearby Christian County, Kentucky. On that afternoon, Audrey was alone in her vehicle and traveling westbound on highway 272 about eight miles west of Hopkinsville, Kentucky heading toward Trigg County. Because of the icy conditions on the road, Audrey apparently lost control of her vehicle. She crossed over into the eastbound lane and was struck head-on by a United Parcel Service van that was driven by 50 year old, Martha L. Allison of Hopkinsville. Unfortunately Audrey was not wearing a seat belt and the impact of the vehicle caused Audrey to be fatally injured in the accident. Ms. Allison, who was wearing a seat belt, was treated at the emergency room and released. The Kentucky State Police blamed ice as the contributing factor for the fatal accident. Audrey was only 18 years old at the time of her death.
Audrey’s funeral was on February 1, 1996 and she was buried in the Trigg Memory Acres cemetery in Trigg County, Kentucky.
Audrey Lowenstein tombstone
LINEAGE: (Audrey Kay Lowenstein was the daughter of Lloyd Martin and Janice Kay Allen Lowenstein. Janice was the daughter of James Willard and Mary Virginia Lawrence Allen and the granddaughter of Robert Lee and Icie Drew Sholar Lawrence. Robert Lee was the second child of James Waymon and Adelia Bell Hite Lawrence, James Waymon was the first child of John Labon Lawrence and Martha Frances Bridges Lawrence. Martha Frances was the first child of Starkie Thomas and Pruda Minerva Hixon Bridges. Starkie Thomas was the second child of William and Mary Thomas Bridges. William was the fourth child of Drury and Charity Cohoon Bridges.)
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