Henry C. Low was born to Asa Zenas Low and Mary Lou Garrett Low on Oct. 21, 1926 in Jennings. He graduated from Jennings High School in 1943. He attended Louisiana State University, graduating in August 1949 with a Bachelors of Science in Petroleum Engineering. On Dec. 1, 1949, Henry was hired as a roustabout with Stanolind Oil & Gas (later became Amoco Production Company) at the Slaughter Gas Plant in Sundown, Texas. His career was interrupted in October of 1950 with a two-year tour of duty in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict. In 1953, he was promoted to Junior Engineer at the Levelland Gas Plant and subsequently transferred to the production department in Brownfield in 1954. In 1960, he accepted a supervisory position. Henry retired as a District Drilling Superintendent from Amoco Production on July 1, 1986 in Hobbs, N.M. After this, he worked five years as a production foreman for Maynard Oil Company. He then became deeply involved with genealogy research, traveling to several parts of the U.S. and meeting many new relatives.
