Perry, Mitzi Ann Lowe, 1932-2024
Biography
Mitzi Ann Lowe Perry (1932-2024) is the daughter of Joseph Olandus “Lannie” Lowe (1894-1991) and Aubye Lowe (1900-1981). Mitzi grew up in Haynesville, Louisiana, and enrolled at Centenary College of Louisiana in fall of 1951 as a member of the class of 1955. She was a member of the college’s choir, Maroon Jackets, and the Iota Gamma Chapter of Chi Omega women’s fraternity. She completed her Bachelor of Science in Education degree from Centenary in 1957. Throughout her life, she remained connected to Centenary including the choir and alumni board as well as twice chairing homecoming celebrations. Perry received the Centenary Alumni Loyalty Award in 2003. In 1973, she earned a Master of Education degree from Louisiana State University in Shreveport. She worked as a teacher in Caddo Parish and served as a leader in the Caddo Teachers Association and Louisiana Teachers Association. She later worked at Werntz and Associates for more than twenty-five years, initially as an actuary and consultant, then becoming their first female vice president in 1985. In 1953, she married Bruce Arden Middlebrooks. In 1976, she married John Hewitt Perry.